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So, in trying to learn to draw people, one of the hardest things, I found, was noses. Noses are tricky. But I thought I'd more-or-less got the hang of it, too.
And then I discovered that I had developed a new preconception of What Noses Look Like, and amended the shape to the individual nose. And when I encountered a nose that was different from the noses I'd drawn before, I botched it terribly.
Trying to draw a sketch of Marsha Thomason, who plays Diana in White Collar, I ended up with this weird hook-thing appearance because I kept trying to correct an initial mistake from misjudging the difference in shape.
It had gone like this, in my head:
"Okay, so, she's got a wide nose, and the tip doesn't dip that far down... hmm, that's not right, it's actually wider than I thought.... No, wait, actually the problem is that she doesn't have a visible nostril shadow in this photo, and I drew one, and now it looks all weird in the shape, so I need to try and hide that, but I'm doing a quick rough sketch with no rubber to hand, so I can'd just rub it out, and OH GOD SHE'S TURNED INTO THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST."
It's such a subtle difference, and yet, the effect can be profound.
Marsha Thomason's nose draws a fairly flat line across nostrils and septum, and that threw me ridiculously lots.
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