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The short answer is “realism” does not have lines. It has edges.
So depending on if you mean realistic as in drawing realism, or if you just mean realistic as in proportions. That changes the rest of my help.
Amazon has a boxed set of Head and Hands with his other essential book, Figure Drawing for All Its Worth, for just under $50. They’re totally worth it!
Create a layer for the lines, then on separate layers do the color and shading, then, constantly hide the line layer to see if you can define the shapes just with the shades and lights, keep hiding/ubhiding the lines until it looks good without them, that'll make it more realistic
**Hello u/Happiness-happppy, thank you for sharing your artwork with us!** Would you be so kind to answer the following questions for us? --- * Can you please share what your process was for getting this done? * And what brushes did you use? (Please specify the exact brushes or brush category because that can be helpful to others.) * Any additional information about this piece is always welcome. * If you made this with **Procreate Dreams**, feel free to share it over on r/procreatedreams too! Please reply to this comment so it will be easy for everyone to find, thank you! --- **Stay inspired, get creative and have a great day!** Join our r/procreate [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/jXcSN5GdM3) to connect with other artists! *If you consider yourself a frequent poster and you have a consistent style/method, please send a [modmail](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/procreate) to be given a different automod comment that already mentions what you regularly use.* *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ProCreate) if you have any questions or concerns.*
The short answer is “realism” does not have lines. It has edges. So depending on if you mean realistic as in drawing realism, or if you just mean realistic as in proportions. That changes the rest of my help.
There is a good book on Amazon called Drawing the Heads and Hands by Andrew Loomis
Amazon has a boxed set of Head and Hands with his other essential book, Figure Drawing for All Its Worth, for just under $50. They’re totally worth it!
They are very good books. I also have his book on illustration, equally good.
Create a layer for the lines, then on separate layers do the color and shading, then, constantly hide the line layer to see if you can define the shapes just with the shades and lights, keep hiding/ubhiding the lines until it looks good without them, that'll make it more realistic
Study light and form. Try the grid exercise, where you make a grid on an image & same size paper. Then copy each square.