Loomis Method, How to Find the Centerline Part 1
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- Loomis Method and Reilly Method require the artist to place the centerline for the face. We discuss the process to find the centerline for the Loomis and Reilly methods.
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This is the best tutorial because all the new ones never show the process. They just tell you to draw two circles without showing you how to derive the measurements and placements
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I'm one month into drawing and there is so much to learn. thank you so much for your videos, you're a great teacher!
Thank you I am glad your are enjoying the videos and finding them helpful.
Are you still drawing? I’m almost 1 month in
How are you holding up 2 years and a month in?
I would be lost without your videos. Thank you the effort and the depth you provide in your explanations.
I am glad they have helped! Please help get the word out.
10:50 he is using a katana blade instead of scale.
You have the most accurate, most precise and most comprehensive set of videos about Loomis. Thank you Master!
Thank you Mik. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Parts 2 and 3 really compete the approach for finding the center line this is really just a first step.
master is a good term a lot of my actual teachers in my school don't even draw Loomis's method
@@alexbarb2829 I wasn't trained in Loomis in college either. I came across later in my professional career. There are other methods along with measuring, triangulation, basic proportions and so forth but I recognize Loomis would have taken my drawing to a professional level quicker if it had been taught to me in school.
Thanks ! Very well explained !
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You are a great teacher...Thank you so much!
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Spectacular, Thanks
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you have the best loomis tutorials
Hey Hugo Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it.
Brilliant!!!
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Thank you for this ONE!
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Thanks. Really helpful.
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Great video, thank you
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I feel like a lot of people just skip learning to draw boxes, spheres, cylinders but mostly PLANES in different perspectives and jump straight to "ok lets draw a head using this cool loomis method I found". I was one of those people and i never understood how to construct it properly. But after practicing simple forms, contour lines, center lines in perspective, when I got back to loomis head I felt like I was drawing in 3D, I was placing the centerline on an actual 3D form
Thank you for your comment. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Combined with learning perspective basics Loomis and Reilly are very powerful methods.
I can't believe I've found a left-handed artist. Almost got to thinking I might be the only one.
Thank you for watching! There are alot of left handed artists out there you are not alone. :)
@@KevinMcCainStudios I am also lefthanded, but the other day, I found myself using the right hand for a broader background. I was surprised, but this is, how I also paint walls.
Another amazingly talented left handed artist is Alex Tzavaras from simplify drawing and paining.
I watch them both.
Yes. I’m a nurse, and “nursing intuition” is sometimes carried as a magical enhancement that only few nurses carry. I’ve often thought that it’s the years of practice, or exposure to families in healthcare. A type of cultural capital, I think. I really appreciate your down-to-Earth teaching style. 😀
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Thank you for these videos plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz keep them coming!!
I will, thank you for watching the video!
Thank you so much
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Hope I got this right, draw the circle first and then put it in a box. Glad you demonstrated that. I am drawing 10 heads a day to get caught up on my drawing. It takes alot of commitment and practice to my art to get better and to feel more relaxed about the process.
Hello, I appreciate your questions. You create the circle and the ellipse that is 2/3 the height of the circle the you create the centerline that divides the front of the face from the side of the head. The you create a line on the outside of the face. Using the forehead and nose line and the two vertical lines. We use "x" marks the spot to find the middle. That is the first step. Part 2 and 3 finish the procedures for creating an accurate centerline. Thank you again for watching.
Ty so much
Your welcome. Thank you for watching!
Muito bom!!!
Obrigado
Thank you😔❤
Your welcome! Thank you for watching
Left most (3/4) view at 22.00mins -that method only produces a centre line left of measured centre if the brow line and/or the nose line are drawn in perspective first. Otherwise you just get measured centre and then still end up guessing!
Hello Richard I appreciate your comment. This video is to help people getting used to finding the middle using "x" marks the spot. Part 2 of the video shows how to find perspective middle and take the guesswork out of the process.
I just started learning to draw and your videos are incredibly informative. One question, how did you develop such amazing hand control? your strokes are so relaxing and precise, your lines and circles are amazing, I cant get near to a decent circle or straight line.
I practice lines and circle for 15 minutes everyday before drawing or painting. It helps with precision.
Süpeeer helpfuull
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嗯thank you
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I was wondering why this looked so natural to me, then I realised your a fellow lefty 😂
Thank you for watching. If you watch part 2. It gives you the second part for finding the centerline. Check it out.
@@KevinMcCainStudios Thanks, I definitely will.
Thankyou for this. Even in Loomis's drawing the head and hands, specifically for certain perspectives it lacks the process and I would find myself not knowing what to do. I kinda ended up doing a hybrid of Loomis and the Huston method. Putting like a half cylinder as the "mask" of the face at the angle I'm going for. The square on the front kind of accomplishes the same task.
I appreciate your comment. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
You need to read the text linked to the images and not just look at the images.
All of the information is in the text.
I tried to practice during the video, but I caaaaaaaaan't ): I will need to watch this video lesson again and again ):
Did my explanations seem confusing? Let me know how I could improve the video. I will make more videos explaining the subtle concepts of Loomis. If you go to sketchfab.com they have some 3D Loomis head you can position and sketxh from if that helps. You will have so do a search for the Loomis head on sketchfab.com bur it's a great resource.
Also I appreciate you watching the video and trying to use the concepts. Thanks so much.
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Thanks for the concern, professor! Your explanation is great, really, I see all the videos for that reason. I believe my problem is the lack of practice. I have the impression that I lack practice on straight and curved lines
. But i will get there at some point.
Thanks for the indication and the time. (and
of course, sorry for the
translator english).
Step one draw a perfect circle 🫠
Thank you for your comment. Your circle doesn't need to be perfect. Especially since it's going to be modified.
@@KevinMcCainStudios lol you’re right, I have to get past wanting it to look exactly like yours
Wow do you know what angle to wrap the middle line up over the head at 3/4 view?
The curve will echoe the curvature of the ellipse. This is mostly through feel from drawing thousands of ellipses. If you're not familiar with ellipse is start getting to know and drawing ellipses and the perspective of ellipses.
@@KevinMcCainStudios Yes, good advice. But if you don't know the correct way to begin with, then you will build your foundation on the flawed perspective so you go on to make 1,000 ellipses the wrong way because of habit.
Sorry to make a negative comment, but I have the same question as the poster.
@@moorek1967 Thank you for your comment. First off we need to clarify some things. The is no such thing as a flawless drawing even from the most amazing artist you can point to, their drawing will have a certain amount of error build into the drawing. However it can be a small enough error that the eye won't perceive it. That is what we are shooting for, close enough that people can't perceive there is an issue. To answer the question of the angle, one needs to know about the major and minor axis for drawing ellipses. The ellipse drawn on the ball for this head uses an ellipse that is truly vertical or pretty close. If the ellipse representing the side of the head is 30 degrees with a vertical major axis then the center line ellipse that we are building off of would be 30 degrees with a vertical major axis and that ellipse would wrap the sphere or ball of the head. Now you could formally plot all this in perspective using boxes instead of free hand but you would gain very little.
@@moorek1967 Also part 3 of this series shows how to do this.
Also part 3 of this video shows where to wrap the center line and how to do it.
This is brilliant. I’ve been studying loomis method and it’s great until I go to draw someone and the features of most people are asymmetrical.
I am glad you enjoyed the video.
What is difrant 1poin añd 2 point
True front view and true profile are 1 pt perspective views. All of the 3/4 views are 2 pt perspective.
We have the same phone case
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Ditto
Thank you
First time I see exactly how much of the sides should be cut. I think not even Loomis doesn`t shows this.
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4:05 how is this 1 point perspective? All the lines are parallel. They should be converging.
Hello, I appreciate your comment. When ever you are drawing as an artist we simplify objects. Artist will talk about the "Head in a Box" to describe the perspective. However the truth is the head is a wedge shape not a box. The box is a simplification. The box that is 90 degrees to the "Line of Sight" and is created with a true rectangle the lines are kept truly parallel as a simplification. I appreciate you watching the video.
Why isn’t the top right box 2 point perspective?? 😮
Hello Stacey thank you for your question. Anytime a box is created with a true rectangle, that box is in 1 pt. Perspective. This is a 1 pt perspective box rotated slightly to the left. I hope that helps. Thank you again for your comment.
drawing head what size
Thank you for your comment. I am not sure about your question. You can use this on a head of any size.
Do you have a video on how to do the side slice in 3/4 view? Mine are always wonky shaped. That makes the dias inside wrong. I know it is 1/3 of the total head space lopped off, but that doesn't help. Is there a way to do that slice in a foolproof way? Maybe I should draw a box for the side plane, then draw the ellipse inside instead of the ellipse and drawing the box outside... Heeeelp. I especially have trouble when the ellipse has a lot of box space on the far side away from head. (For example, when top of head extends down into far side of ellipse.) Thanks.
If I understand it your having troubles with the ellipses. As long as the ellipse touches the 1/6 line from the top and the 1/6 line from the bottom and you create a vertical ellipse(the major axis is vertical) within those to lines it should be okay, the ellipse doesn't have to be perfect. If you have trouble drawing ellipses and circles practice doing those freehand for 5 minutes three times a week. I also have 3 videos on ellipse drawing. I hope that helps. Here is the first one th-cam.com/video/hS_crzJjkec/w-d-xo.html
@@KevinMcCainStudios I think the issue might be in finding the line that marks each side of the facial plane? Is this to do with drawing a square that hits hairline and under the nose? Is it that square that gives you the correct placement for the sides of the face?
@@heliusfacenna4109 Yes the sides of the square gives the sides of the face on the left side in this case.
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good video, but a bit too repetitive.
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Repetition makes for a good ingestion of information.
This way, coming out of the video, you have retained most of it because it was explained and repeated throughout.
Appreciated the information and agree this is a worthy foundational skill, but found the explanations verbose and too repetitive.
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