my pastor gave me this book when I did my profession of faith a couple weeks ago and I just felt like I had to share this one passage; I highly highly recommend this book whether you’ve been Christian for a while, you just got started, or you’re skeptical and hurting
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12
Diane listened as the others in the group asked for prayers for their family members and friends facing challenges or illness. She had a family member who had been struggling with an addiction for years. But Diane kept her request silent. She couldn’t bear to see the looks on people’s faces or hear the questions or advice that often followed whenever she spoke the words aloud. She felt that this request was usually better left unspoken. Others simply didn’t understand how her loved one could be a believer in Jesus and still struggle daily.
Although Diane didn’t share her request with that group, she did have a few trusted friends she asked to pray with her. Together they asked God to set her loved one free from the very real bondage of addiction that he might experience freedom in Christ—and that God would give Diane the peace and patience she needed. As she prayed, she found comfort and strength from her relationship with Him.
Many of us have earnest, persistent prayers that seem to go unanswered. But we can be assured that God doescare and He does hear all our requests. He urges us to continue to walk closely with Him, being “joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Romans 12:12). We can lean on Him.
ROMANS 12:9-21 ESV
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
In Romans 12, Paul builds on his theological teaching from chapters 1–11 and now begins to provide practical application for a gospel-based life. Salvation produces internal results with external impact. In response to our salvation, we are to offer ourselves as “living sacrifices” (12:1–2). The internal results are a proper sense of self-awareness (v. 3) and spiritual enablement (vv. 4–8) producing the external impact of service in Christ’s kingdom (vv. 9–13, 15–16) and to the world in which we live (vv. 14, 17–21). Paul’s clear message to the followers of Christ in Rome is that what we believe should have a profound influence on how we live.
The most noticeable and useful part of the masculince face (at least to me) is the brow bone/ridge. On males it tends to be much more prominent and sets the eyebrows lower on the face, as well as the eyes further back in the sockets,
giving them a slightly sunken look.
The brow ridge is important bc on masculine faces it tends to be much more pronounced. It also can squash and stretch a lot to exaggerate expressions!
even on chubbier characters the brow should be clearly shown, since fat rarely accumulates above the cheeks.
tbh just play with rectangles. Sharpe edges and boxes shapes. The more burly and manly you want the character to be, the more sharp and defined the features should be. Also don’t be afraid to give your guys bigger noses, defined nostrils, thinner lips and bigger chins/jaws.
Instead of starting from an oval or circle shape when drawing faces, I almost ALWAYS start from a box. I’m not sure exactly when I made this change, but it was the start of my discovering my love of drawing manly men lmao. Really it’s just about finding the right proportions for the face you’re trying to create!
hopefully this will help yall in your pursuit of drawing dudes.
AngelMihe 