The loomis method has been frustrating the ever-loving-fck out of me! I cannot stand it, but whenever I try to find an alternative to it, or ask other artists if there is another way, they shame me and berate me for not wanting to use loomis. What in the world were artists using BEFORE loomis? Why is it the end-all be-all of drawing a friggin' head?
I get you completely. I would read that book over and over, look at Prokos videos and it just did not make any sense to me lmao (it still doesn't) I ended up just having to change it. up and start drawing a box to measure out the planes. I think really thats the key, just, adapting it to what feels good for you! I know for example there's the 'Asaro' head, which isn't necessarily another method, but a really good way of understanding the shapes of the head.
The loomis method has been frustrating the ever-loving-fck out of me! I cannot stand it, but whenever I try to find an alternative to it, or ask other artists if there is another way, they shame me and berate me for not wanting to use loomis. What in the world were artists using BEFORE loomis? Why is it the end-all be-all of drawing a friggin' head?
I get you completely. I would read that book over and over, look at Prokos videos and it just did not make any sense to me lmao (it still doesn't)
I ended up just having to change it. up and start drawing a box to measure out the planes.
I think really thats the key, just, adapting it to what feels good for you!
I know for example there's the 'Asaro' head, which isn't necessarily another method, but a really good way of understanding the shapes of the head.