File puptcrit/puptcrit.0902, message 79


From: HobgoblinH-AT-aol.com
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:26:24 EST
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Young Feminine Characters


Especial care to the cupid's bow lips can help, especially if you execute  
them clearly in three dimensions, making sure the lower lip does not-- as a  
rule-- extend so far as the upper lip. The chin should be shallower  than a man's 
and the face should narrow down to the chin in a perfect curve. 
 
My first attempt at a pretty girl turned out looking like a female coach.  
After having her laughed at by the audience, I worked the chin back and narrowed 
 the jaw; then enhanced the lip. At least the audience accepted her  
afterwards for the semblance of a pretty girl. She enjoyed a long and  productive 
life. Now I've replaced her head with a carved one. I've gotten much  better since 
I made her first incarnation, after doing a few angels and a series  of one 
character who ages from young girl to married woman to old wife. 
 
No argument, though, that carving a beautiful girl is difficult.  
Interesting, though, that many women artists seem to have trouble executing a  young male 
who does not look rather feminine. 
 
Cheers,
Alice
 
 
In a message dated 2/2/2009 9:59:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
enchantedgypse-AT-gmail.com writes:

Yes,  this is so true !

However, I have now found that if I just make the  eyes large and high, the
nose  lower down with a flattened bridge and  nearer the mouth, I can fairly
predictably get a pretty feminine character.  I do mostly fantasy, faerie
creatures too. I just change up the details a  bit., eye colr, hair, skin
color..ect..

~Pixie




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