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+  "text": "Hello everyone and welcome to the first video of this course. Right now you only need a PRF if you want to use it like I do. Before starting any kind of project it is essential to research. Therefore today I'm going to talk about references. I will explain you what are optimal references by choosing one instead of another, whether you are going to make a likeness or combining more than one to create your own character. If you are looking for inspiration, try to find images that boost your fantasy. I want to make a portrait of an Asian woman in her mid-20s. I want her to be elegant and classy. I'm not looking for extreme expression or position. She will be beautiful, but I'm looking for a peculiar beauty as well. I chose these images. I find them very interesting for my purpose. They all have different features, but they have in common the sensation they give to the viewer. I've decided to focus on the three portraits in the middle. In particular, I'm interested in this model. I gathered more images I could, and now I will explain which type you need to have. skin, fat, muscles change over life. In this case I kept my reference collection within an age range of a few years. A really good orthographic side which is really hard to find, it's more useful than a front one because you can get more information about proportions. I also find very useful three-quarter photos because I can read better volumes. Movie premier or fashion show like this pic of hair are good as well because usually the photographers are kept at some distance. This requires the use of a long length. Hence we will have a more orthographic shot. I want to show you some photos I found in this regard. Here you can see how much proportions of his face change depending on the length. So the longer the focal length, the narrower the angle of view and the higher the magnification. The shorter the focal length, the wider the angle of view and the lower the magnification. Coming back to my likeness photos, I chose some of them for form, with overcast day diffuse lining, others for proportional reference, dimension, etc. Others for close-up detail, maybe without too much makeup on, others are for color, but also for taking inspiration for possible makeup, and so on and so forth. Also, I love to have images with peculiar or extreme illumination. They help me to understand even better the rhythm of hair features. It's always good if you can to find and add to your collection some photos from an unusual angle. They can provide you information that a default reference cannot. If you're willing to make a particular expression, add a pic of it as well. If you can get an image where you can see the hairline of your character, it will be very useful for making hair later on. Afterwards, fill the gaps in your reference collection with generic anatomical images. In my case, I also put some images that represent main ethnic diversity, for instance, eyes, as you can see here. But we will deal with these topics along the process. Now, I invite you to gather all your precious references and meet me in the next video.",
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+  "duration": 308.48
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