Ahaha, this does help me understand profile views more and now I am somewhat motivated to draw profiles again (after who-knows-how-long of not doing so). Thank you for creating this tutorial. ^^

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That's actually very helpful. Thanks!

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XD So true! I've always thought that... but YOU'VE managed to put it into words! And drawrings! Awesome!

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np, glad to hear it

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I know how to draw profiles, but this helped a great deal in realising how ears work on the head (ie positioning, angles). Thanks.

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Profile is, in my humble opinion, the most difficult position to draw. To get any kind of consistency is nearly impossible (again: personal opinion alert), because one can't use the usual guidelines/sketchlines to orientate.

The proportions, especially with reference to nose/forehead proportions and nose/lips are really difficult to get right.

In this instance, tutorials don't really help; the only thing that actually helps improve is to practice, practice, practice. Good drawing skills don't grow over night and can't be obtained by reading. They are a result of many hours of dull, tedious work, filling scores of pages and scribbling on hundreds of margins.

I appreciate your effort, but in the end I see this more as a manifesto against anime-style drawing and against idleness in drawing than as a tutorial. I appeal to all hobby artists to constantly develop their skills and to refuse to let themselves be tied to a particular drawing style.

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And really, you're right. I wouldn't exactly call it a manifesto "against" anime art styles, because I actually really appreciate anime art, however this is more aimed at uninformed tweens that are beginning their art learning experience by drawing anime as opposed to actual anatomy. I remember doing that myself, and it took me years to "re-learn" the human after I had convinced myself that humans actually look like they do in anime.

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Haha.

Ah.

Wow, I have so much to work on.

Kinda amazing, though. I was thinking about half of this stuff yesterday.

You totally read my mind. o_o

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Ears are totally one thing I forgot to talk about.

Be on YIM.

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Wootsauce?

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