Face outline vocabulary for a drawing class
| For a personal game project, I need a cast whose faces remain distinguishable in tiny portraits. When the image is reduced, differences in the outline often remain clearer than small facial details. I want to vary the proportions without making every rounded face friendly or every angular face stern. I found a face shape quiz while collecting vocabulary for my sketch notes. The terms could help organize my rough sketches, provided they do not dictate every decision about proportion. A useful sketch sheet might change forehead and jaw proportions without changing the pose or expression. After that, I would test the designs at their actual display size instead of judging only enlarged sketches. Any category names would stay in my working notes, with no need to present them to players. Does anyone use a practical sketch exercise to separate face shape variation from familiar personality stereotypes? |
