Part 6.3 - Aging Characters Quick Followup

[telophase]

matildarose was kind enough to scan some images out of her copy of Drawing the Human Head by Burne Hogarth, showing the (male, white, as per usual) human head at various ages.



It's a bit too late in the day for me to give coherent commentary, which is merely going to repeat once again everything I've been repeating in the previous three essays. Just look at the proportions, where the features are located, and key elements like the neck, jawline, and forehead.

Ages 1 and 2:

Ages 4 and 7:

Ages 8 and 11:

Ages 14 and 18:

Ages 25 and 30:

Ages 35 and 40:

Index to the Series

Comments

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

Off-topic, but there's a particular grim but amusing review on the amazon page for this book (it's right at the end). Apparently, this book spelled unspeakable doom for one reviewer, and yet, he lives to tell his tale of woe for others to hear.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I don't know about that. Look where he's writing from:

What a horrible book., September 23, 1999
Reviewer: John Doe (jdoe@hotmail.com) (Hades) - See all my reviews
This book was absolutely horrible. I advise you NOT TO GET THIS BOOK AT ALL COSTS! IT WILL DESTROY YOU IN THE END!

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

I should've known Hell'd have dial-up.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

With noise on the line, so that it always drops the connection right when you've got 98% of the file downloaded.

[unrelatedwaffle.livejournal.com]

Ninety-NINE percent. I was there on holiday once. Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

[steppenblumen.livejournal.com]

Hogarth's books are not very good. His drawings are often distorted, with incorrect anatomy. I'd recommend Bridgman and Loomis.
Here is a collection of very good books:
http://processjunkie.blogspot.com/2007/09/best-figure-drawing-books-ever.html
For this topic: Loomis - Drawing the Head and Hands