Re: What makes a man attractive

[rynling]

This exercise feels very strange to me. I love visual art, but I don't think visually. If you asked me to write a 5k word story about "a man with beautiful handwriting," I would gladly do just that, but I'm not sure how to communicate that sort of "attractive" character trait in a drawing. And if you asked me for specific examples of famous men I find attractive, I couldn't say. Like, Toshiro Mifune in Seven Samurai and whatever Kurt Russell has going on in The Thing. Sean Connery in Name of the Rose, maybe. Idk man. Cheekbones.

Anyway, the fandom side of the internet seems to agree that a German artist who goes by Hansoeii draws extremely attractive men, so let's go.

Here's Crowley from Good Omens:
https://hansoeii.tumblr.com/post/756109153797275648/crowley

Here's Loki from the television show:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3nmWeeoVRh/

And here's Gale from Baldur's Gate 3:
https://hansoeii.tumblr.com/post/743865306572865536/gale-of-waterdeep

This is what I'm picking up:

- narrow, parallelogram-shaped eyes
- mild crow's feet and undereye lines
- prominent cheekbones and sunken cheeks
- strong nose
- angled chin
- no blush or lip color
- skin-toned facial lines
- thick but lineless hair (and beard, if applicable)
- long bony fingers, with well-articulated joints
- thick neck that runs parallel to facial outline
- much sketchier clothing
- super basic clothing shadows drawn on a "multiply" layer
- color highlights only on the character's hair and face
- dark gradient overlay rising from the bottom
- full-front or perfect side profile poses
- no legs necessary

That's doable, I guess. If nothing else, it's worth a try.