Problem Drawing Masks
Recently, I've been trying to nail down how to draw the Mask Of Speed from the front, and make it look half decent. I've nailed down how to draw it from the side, and make it look wonderful but...
It looks absolutely horrid from the front. Really.
See, I've been practicing drawing masks and characters, as I'm scheming to create sort of a graphic novel based in Bionicle. Problem is; I draw that mask rather decently from the side, but I do it terrible from the front whenever I draw all these sketches I'm doing for practice. The protruding "cheeks" on the side make it look awkward, and silly from the front, and that's it's main distinguishing feature. And honestly, I've done EVERYTHING I could think of to make it look decent from that angle and still portray the character's personality correctly. I just can't.
So I figured I might as well give up on the concept on him having that mask. Unless any of you have any useful insight, it's becoming a rather necessary course of action. (And no, I can't just have EVERY frame with said character in it have his mask viewed from the side. That will become repetitive.) The masks I've considered giving him instead are the Komau, Pakari(however it's spelled), or Kaukau. Reasons being, I'm only willing to give him those, as past incarnations of him have worn them. I'm kind of leaning towards giving him the Kaukau, as I drew it rather well with that portrait of Gali I did- except, my character has no use for one at all(Do ice toa need to dive/ breathe underwater frequently?), and it would be silly to give him one. Mask of strength is more useful, as it allows for "HULK SMASH" type stuff, but it isn't suitable for his personality, as he's more of an agile/stealthy/intelligent/mysterious character. Noble Mask Of Mind Control is probably best suited for him in terms of personality and abilities- but I can't draw it well from the side at all, which certain frames would probably require.
So yeah, I'm kinda stumped. I could probably draw all the concepts down on a single sheet of paper and scan it to show y'all what I've thought of, but you know; I've kinda worn myself out will all these sketches of the same mask OVER AND OVER and stuff, so it'll be a while.
Any ideas?
-Ngakunui
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