Assignment #6 Head in a Box

For Assignment 6:
The GIF here will replay automatically. It starts with just horizon, two VPs and the Station Point. The VPs are 90 degrees apart, as measured from the SP, just like they are supposed to be. The next step is putting a point and a line at an arbitrary point inside the triangle, farther from us than the SP, and adding the vertical (green) line through it.

The resulting face is, I'll admit, kind of odd, with its pulled-in, feminine mouth. But I'm claiming that it's the idea that counts! :)  Note the red centerline of the face and how it only touches the centerline of the box at the tip of the nose, and how there is maximum distance between round head and square box at the corners, which distance is exhibited to maximum effect on the left side. (Overplayed, possibly, but it depends on the type of face and how close the subject is to the observer. The face rounds away more severely in close-up, wide-angle views.)

Below, I did find one good example of this assignment (done before Ron, Sophie and Francis were introduced). It's a fine job on the perspective setup, and a nicely human-looking human. The interrelations of the facial features really work for this angle. The box is unsubdivided and too loose to really guide proportion, but it does seem a good match with the view of the head. It's that last thing that is really important.

I don't recall the grade, but I'm sure it earned a B+ at least.



JH