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.
I’ve translated the ones that aren’t in English! (at least the ones in the main photoset, my Chinese isn’t good and I’m too tired from doing those translations to sit and decipher some of the characters that are blurry haha sorry)
random thing but i realized it might be helpful for some people so uh. theres this thingy where you can upload an image and it gives you a color palette based on it !
heres an example
and it also gives you the hex code values for them too its p neat !
A small list of random ass sites I’ve found useful when writing:
Fragrantica: perfume enthusiast site that has a long list of scents. v helpful when you’re writing your guilty pleasure abo fics
Just One Cookbook: recipe site that centers on Japanese cuisine. Lots of different recipes to browse, plenty of inspiration so you’re not just “ramen and sushi”
McCormick Science Institute: yes this is a real thing. the site shows off research on spices and gives the history on them. be historically accurate or just indulge in mindless fascination. boost your restaurant au with it
Cocktail Flow: a site with a variety of cocktails that’s pretty easy to navigate and offers photos of the drinks. You can sort by themes, strengths, type and base. My only real annoyance with this site is that the drinks are sometimes sorted into ~masculine~ and ~feminine~ but ehhhh. It’s great otherwise.
Tie-A-Tie: a site centered around ties, obviously. I stumbled upon it while researching tie fabrics but there’s a lot more to look at. It offers insight into dress code for events, tells you how to tie your ties, and has a section on the often forgotten about tie accessories
Even more:
Types of High Heels: A page describing twenty five different types of high heels. It gives a description and pictures. Shake it up from just “stilettos and kitten heels”
Random Job Generator: Exactly as it says. The site offer more generators like characters, plots, or town names.
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