I like, and tend to default to a cartooney style when it comes to drawing. Cartoons are not constrained by real-world proportions and features, but being *able* to achieve those can help and is a worthwhile skill for anyone who likes to draw (or at least doodle). I consider myself okay at drawing for someone who doesn't draw, and has no real training in it --- but **bad** in comparison to someone who *does* draw. I did a quick [[Excalidraw Art]] self portrait, then compared that to image of myself which I traced: ![[Pasted image 20251022231932.png]] Obviously not great. However the things I've learned from this[^1] is that I most often get **proportion** wrong[^2]. > [!quote] The errors in portrait drawing are often made in the first five minutes > Daniel Greene I looked around for "portrait proportions guide", there are lots of little [[Rules of Thumb]] that you could learn. Here's an example which illustrates many: ![[Pasted image 20251022232500.png]] **** # More ## Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq2-Ytlias8 - https://www.reddit.com/r/learnart/comments/w1w89t/face_proportions_guide/ [^1]: and, frankly, lots of my other works in the past [^2]: probably why I prefer cartoons, where proportions aren't strictly adhered to