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Mouth practice

The jaw isn't something I've studied very closely and it shows. Here are some of my study images, all drawn in ballpoint and referenced from stock photos, etc. 

Publishing anything directly derived from images not your own is *technically* illegal, but it's technically illegal in the same way publishing fanart is technically illegal--nobody tends to go after you until you're selling it. Nevertheless, there's so much misconception about copyright flying around I thought I'd make mention of it. If the owner of the original images were to find this and ask me to take it down I would be legally obliged to do so. 'Giving credit' isn't a legal out; it's just courtesy that a lot of artists ask for. Legally, a copyright holder of a character, say, from My Little Pony, can send a C&D to a fanartist to tell them to stop publishing fanart online or anywhere, and they are within their legal right. A person does not have a right to publish fanart or derivative art without permission. In general, though, the copyright holder of a photograph doesn't have a problem with someone sketching from that photograph for learning purposes (which is legal, anyway, so long as you don't publish or sell it) and then showing it off (illegal but few care).


This is an important distinction when moving from merely practicing to doing work for hire. It's easy to think: Oh I'll just copy this directly and nobody will know! but dooooon't do it. Be aware of what is merely a bending or overlooking of the rules. 


P.S. these were all done in ballpoint. The blue on the one was added after the fact for the purpose of placing the jaw. Drawing in pen or some other non-erasable medium helps to tighten up form and forces someone to consider angles and shapes more thoroughly than pencil or digital. It's harder, but as is so often the case, going the hard route yields more fruitful learning. 

Mouth practice

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I'm not sure anybody ever feels totally comfortable with drawing in pen. But that's kind of the point of the permanence. You have to make your mistakes, look at them, think about them, instead of covering them up with erasing. I've gotten accurate enough that my pen drawings are passable to look at, but there are definitely mistakes there that I can reference as something that needs work on. Pen drawings are like a library of artistic shortcomings, but in a GOOD WAY, because it makes you aware of them and therefore it's easier to fix them.

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I don't feel comfortable enough yet to draw this way. I remember sketching a lot with pens when I was younger but kinda fell out of practice. May just have to pick it up again. I like the use of lines here though. At first I thought it was pencil. BTW, I also follow you on Deviant Art: Equigoyle. :)

The rule that I've heard is that it has to be 15% different from the original source to pass. I mean, that's totally arbitrary, because who's to say? But they had to put some kind of number to it, draw some kind of line.

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I remember my teacher told me he, or someone he knew, had used part of a photo of a common fish as a reference, and behold! The photographer hunted him down O_o He told us something interesting though. If you use a fish as inspiration when you make a fish, they can claim copyright. If you take inspiration on a dress when making a bottle they can not. If you make something different from what you are referencing they can't claim copyright as long as it's not completely copied or contain trademarks (within reason)

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