New way of drawing comic faces. Any suggestions?

[Denysiuk]

I fell on idea of making those 'funny' faces quicker... what do you think about it?

My skills aren't too high, but let's see what begginer can do with his ideas.

For example one face:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/arjtwkjkkk.jpg

plaing around with number of ideas:

Step 1: finding simple shapes (use different loctations, ammounts and sizes of them). I've used three of four surfaces witch are: BROW, CHEEKS, LIPS SURROUNDING, CHIN.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00043j.jpg

Step 2: Sketching noses:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00044.jpg

Step 3: looking for head shape:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00045.jpg

Step 4: Start to make shadows, deatailing
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00046.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00047.jpg

Step 5: Finishing
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00048.jpg

That method can be used to design the characters or something.
Here are some more examples of 'comic faces':
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00055.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00054.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/DSC00053.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/szkicenocne4.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f257/Denysiuk/skicenocne3.jpg

Andrew Loomis was using more round shapes.... maybe I should connect my method with them, to get better sense of realism.... I don't know... just a thought...

Any suggestions?

Cheers :)

[glikster]

get a book on cartooning (I forget which one I'm thinking of... but it's more traditional, not the "How to draw..." crap...)
Try different shapes as a base. You want a unified sense tot he head as well as the different proportions... There are rectangular heads, triangular heads, crescent shaped... play around... and don't forget Loomis! The proportion of the mass shifts from one part of the skull to the next, but it's still there...

[Denysiuk]

I know Loomis, I know that there are many ways of drawing... I've just proposed one... I think, that it's quite simple but showes interesting shapes... of course we can change those shapes to get mimic of character or something... just a thought