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[3Dchicken]

lol same here i can only draw things facing left…. why do ya think we're like that?

I am actually better when seeing things facing to the right.

 

[Chicken Tamer]

I am actually better when seeing things facing to the right.

I can do both...

 

[Gifa]

lol same here i can only draw things facing left…. why do ya think we're like that?

This is actually more common than you think... it's a definite cognitive bias in the way your brain relates spatially and which side of your brain is dominant for hand/eye coordination activities like drawing... There's a whole lot written about it... and it's all very interesting...

Some tend to think it's because we are taught (in this culture) to read left to right, giving us this left facing bias...others have attributed this to the right/left handed-ness, in that if the face is facing left, the arcs and curves are more in-line with the natural arcs and curves your right hand can make using wrist movements... Others link this to a right or left eye dominance, in that your brain processes more visual information out of one eye than the other... And then there's speculation that it has to do with drawing procedure... I am willing to bet, you almost always begin a left facing animal's drawing starting at it's forehead and working your way down the profile toward the chin... This is something you learned to do...

But the good news is, you can retrain your eye/hand/brain out of this directional bias... Just like with any drawing gets better with practice, so will drawing right facing things. So don't just give up and think that you can't draw a right facing animal...

Try drawing a right facing animal by drawing the shape of the negative space to the right of the animal's Positive Space. It's helpful to not view your subject in terms of, this is a horse, this is his face, his face does this... and start viewing your subject in terms of general shapes and lines... This line goes this direction, stops here, ah, then it makes this shape... Higher contrast areas will help you know where to put your lines and how dark or thick to make them.

 

[SilkiesForEver]

This is actually more common than you think... it's a definite cognitive bias in the way your brain relates spatially and which side of your brain is dominant for hand/eye coordination activities like drawing... There's a whole lot written about it... and it's all very interesting...

Some tend to think it's because we are taught (in this culture) to read left to right, giving us this left facing bias...others have attributed this to the right/left handed-ness, in that if the face is facing left, the arcs and curves are more in-line with the natural arcs and curves your right hand can make using wrist movements... Others link this to a right or left eye dominance, in that your brain processes more visual information out of one eye than the other... And then there's speculation that it has to do with drawing procedure... I am willing to bet, you almost always begin a left facing animal's drawing starting at it's forehead and working your way down the profile toward the chin... This is something you learned to do...

But the good news is, you can retrain your eye/hand/brain out of this directional bias... Just like with any drawing gets better with practice, so will drawing right facing things. So don't just give up and think that you can't draw a right facing animal...

Try drawing a right facing animal by drawing the shape of the negative space to the right of the animal's Positive Space. It's helpful to not view your subject in terms of, this is a horse, this is his face, his face does this... and start viewing your subject in terms of general shapes and lines... This line goes this direction, stops here, ah, then it makes this shape... Higher contrast areas will help you know where to put your lines and how dark or thick to make them.

Very good information. Thanks Gifa!

 

[Gifa]

So... another trick, is to look for all of the arcs you CAN make with your right hand...

The orange dots are where you start, the lines are the arcs that are agreeable to your right hand...





See? How about that? That's literally HALF of the drawing.

Now you can see what you're working on, and where you need to put a line... you are also free to turn the paper in any direction you need in order to accommodate the way your hand moves in order to place all of the other curves... With all of these other marks down, it should be easier to remember where those lines go, even if the paper is completely upside down...

Also, keep in mind that you are not committed to every mark you put down on the paper... you can erase what you have and put down a better line once you've put down your first line... or, what I like to do... put down a bunch of lines that all resemble the line I want to make as a guide... I do this with very light pencil marks, and then after I look at the lines I've got, I pick out the parts of the lines I like best out of every mark I put down in order to know where to make a darker line... then I can just lightly erase the lines I don't want away or cover them over with shading.

So don't be afraid to put a mark down just because you're afraid it will be wrong. Drawing is all about continually refining your marks until you are happy with the representation.

 

[willowbranchfarm]

So... another trick, is to look for all of the arcs you CAN make with your right hand...

The orange dots are where you start, the lines are the arcs that are agreeable to your right hand...





See? How about that? That's literally HALF of the drawing.

Now you can see what you're working on, and where you need to put a line... you are also free to turn the paper in any direction you need in order to accommodate the way your hand moves in order to place all of the other curves... With all of these other marks down, it should be easier to remember where those lines go, even if the paper is completely upside down...

Also, keep in mind that you are not committed to every mark you put down on the paper... you can erase what you have and put down a better line once you've put down your first line... or, what I like to do... put down a bunch of lines that all resemble the line I want to make as a guide... I do this with very light pencil marks, and then after I look at the lines I've got, I pick out the parts of the lines I like best out of every mark I put down in order to know where to make a darker line... then I can just lightly erase the lines I don't want away or cover them over with shading.

So don't be afraid to put a mark down just because you're afraid it will be wrong. Drawing is all about continually refining your marks until you are happy with the representation.

Awesome info!!

 

[SilkiesForEver]

So... another trick, is to look for all of the arcs you CAN make with your right hand...

The orange dots are where you start, the lines are the arcs that are agreeable to your right hand...





See? How about that? That's literally HALF of the drawing.

Now you can see what you're working on, and where you need to put a line... you are also free to turn the paper in any direction you need in order to accommodate the way your hand moves in order to place all of the other curves... With all of these other marks down, it should be easier to remember where those lines go, even if the paper is completely upside down...

Also, keep in mind that you are not committed to every mark you put down on the paper... you can erase what you have and put down a better line once you've put down your first line... or, what I like to do... put down a bunch of lines that all resemble the line I want to make as a guide... I do this with very light pencil marks, and then after I look at the lines I've got, I pick out the parts of the lines I like best out of every mark I put down in order to know where to make a darker line... then I can just lightly erase the lines I don't want away or cover them over with shading.

So don't be afraid to put a mark down just because you're afraid it will be wrong. Drawing is all about continually refining your marks until you are happy with the representation.

Wow, super helpful! I may be able to draw the horse after all!

 

[Gifa]

Wow, super helpful! I may be able to draw the horse after all!

I know you are able to...

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Here it is!

 

[Gifa]

There you go! Nice!!!!