Trying to be less terrible at faces + random people in the subway
© 2026 Glhm
Extracts from my daily carry notebook
Apocalyptic Chaos
I think the biggest issue is that the eyes are too high up, make sure the eyes are roughly half ways up the face.
Glhm
Good call, I will be trying to fix that in the next series !
34 Horseman
These are fun. If you drew these while on the subway then I’m considering also that these were done under some level of pressure i.e. lots of unpredictable movement, public facing etc. You did a good job of capturing expressions.
If your aim is for better accuracy then its always helpful to practice facial structure outside of the busy subway, i.e. where features go in context to each other. That way you can bring a better understanding of where things go as you focus on the unique features of commuters.
Identifying and drawing the unique features in commuter without too much emphasis on complete accuracy will help bring out the unique characteristics of your style.
If your aim is for better accuracy then its always helpful to practice facial structure outside of the busy subway, i.e. where features go in context to each other. That way you can bring a better understanding of where things go as you focus on the unique features of commuters.
Identifying and drawing the unique features in commuter without too much emphasis on complete accuracy will help bring out the unique characteristics of your style.
Glhm
Yes, a few of those faces were done with a 2 minutes time limit on this website, but all the other drawing are done between two stops in the metro, sometime people move, or other people come in between...
I'm also doing live drawing every week for a few months in order to practice accuracy. I would really like to get better at quickly identifying unique features in commuters to give more personality to the drawings... I will try to keep it in mind !
I'm also doing live drawing every week for a few months in order to practice accuracy. I would really like to get better at quickly identifying unique features in commuters to give more personality to the drawings... I will try to keep it in mind !
