Asymmetry
November 12th, 2009I was just studying the asymmetry of faces - Pictures look so much more interesting when we are aware of the graceful changes from one side of the face to the other. Because they’re connected - like a vine.
To increase my awareness of that, I just took photos of two random people, put them into PhotoShop, and cut each picture in half. then I flipped the remaining half over - to see just what each side of the face is doing. I have so many gigs this week, but I hope I get back to this to draw them properly - Connecting the changes gracefully.
Here’s a photo of a woman. I duplicated one side. Then I duplicated the other side. Her differences are mostly in the mouth and eyebrows. Notice how much more approachable people look when we see the two differing sides in one face:
And here’s a photo of a boy. I duplicated one side. Then I duplicated the other side. His differences are mostly in the nose and eyebrows:
I could have done this with anybody. All people are uneven, unique. I want to train myself to be able to notice the differences right away.
