why do people draw their characters facing left 99% of the time?

[istanbul]

posting the search results for "deviant art" oc to illustrate but this is true for all fanart
why leftwards?

 

[Chimperator]

^A big brap.

 

[Ree Vannin]

rightoids BTFO'd

 

[Chesnaught]

Front-facing characters can look strange depending on the art style, and so people usually draw their character refs at some sort of angle, provided they have the ability to do so. Perhaps the population being primarily right-handed is why they typically face towards the left, as zoomzoomcacapooshitties don't know how to flip their canvas, and it's easier for them to draw that way (I assume.).

I have a tendency to draw all of my characters/subject facing towards the right, but it's ~7:3, rather than 100% of the time.

 

[KingCargo]

Easier to draw, less to mess up depending on the character.

 

[1844 or Something]

They're facing their right tho

 

[basil]

left is always easier to draw

that’s why shit can look uncanny if you flip your canvas

 

[basil]

left is always easier to draw

that’s why shit can look uncanny if you flip your canvas

i wouldn’t know it differs for me and i don’t draw ocs or humans

 

[KingCargo]

left is always easier to draw

that’s why shit can look uncanny if you flip your canvas

It looks uncanny because it's unbalanced, flip your canvas while sketching as it makes errors apparent.

 

[Chesnaught]

>flipping the canvas every couple of seconds, even when you're coloring

 

[KingCargo]

>flipping the canvas every couple of seconds, even when you're coloring

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>Picking up your monitor and physically flipping it because you're too lazy and stubborn to learn the hotkeys.

 

[Chesnaught]

>bending reality to accurately mirror your monitor

 

[KingCargo]

>Drawing on yourself while standing opposite of a mirror and then copying the final piece onto your tablet.

 

[Chesnaught]

>flipping the canvas to make sure it looks wrong both ways

 

[KingCargo]

>flipping the canvas to make sure it looks wrong both ways

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[ribbon]

why is it easier doe

 

[1844 or Something]

It looks uncanny because it's unbalanced, flip your canvas while sketching as it makes errors apparent.

Interior designers do this too. You're looking at it the "right way" the whole time you're working, looking at a mirrored image is like walking into the room for the first time.

 

[Jimb0]

posting the search results for "deviant art" oc to illustrate but this is true for all fanart
why leftwards?
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Your right hemisphere aka the one that is controlling the left eye is used for creativity, therefore left facing