Learn to Draw Faces From All Angles

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Learn to Draw Faces From All Angles
Are your character designs looking a little flat? Or do you have difficulty drawing the head looking up or down? Then maybe this course is for you.
The head is a complex part of the human body that differs from person to person, making drawing head angles and illustrating faces particularly difficult for most budding artists.
The best way to start drawing head angles is to start with simple shapes. Look beyond all distracting details and visualize the underlying shapes. This ability to simplify can be applied to facial features, but when starting the drawing, we could look even further. Ignore even the features and simplify the most basic head shape.
The skull, which is the largest bony structure of the head, is shaped like a sphere. It is made up of 22 bones that protect perhaps the most important organ in your body: the brain. The skull is also the frame of the face and the head!
Now the first step in learning how to draw head angles is to practice drawing a sphere! A sphere is a round 3D shape that looks like a basketball, tennis ball or football! No matter what angle you look at a sphere, its outline is a circle, so let's draw it first.
Don't worry if your circle isn't the perfect shape. You are learning the basics and at this point, it is important that you understand what elements and shapes make up the human head.
Next, add a vertical line and a horizontal line that meet in the center of the circle to add dimension to the basic shape. You illustrate this by drawing a straight vertical and horizontal line that meets in the middle of the circle.
For example, if you want to draw a head facing the left, you imagine the sphere rotating slightly to the left. To illustrate this you will want to draw a circle and move the center of your drawing to the left.
So instead of adding straight vertical and horizontal lines and joining them in the center of the circle, you should draw slightly curved lines and place them closer to the left edge of the circle. The position of the lines crossing the sphere depends on the angle of the head you want to draw.
For example, if your character is looking down and to the left, you'll want to place the curved horizontal line closer to the bottom of the sphere and move the curved vertical line to the left. By rotating the sphere in different directions, you can illustrate different angles of the head!
Once you have mastered drawing a sphere, it will be easier for you to illustrate different angles of the head.
Now, before doing anything, decide the angle of the head you want to draw. Then draw a sphere facing the desired direction and add a jawbone to your drawing. You can determine its length by extending the central vertical line.
Adding a jaw below the sphere completes the basic head shape! Again, don't worry too much about drawing the perfect jawline shape. You can draw it in two simple movements by connecting two lines together. If the jaw looks pointy, that's okay. At this stage, it is important that you have a sense of proportion.
As for the shape of the jaw, it will change depending on the angle of the head you want to draw. For example, if you are drawing a character facing the left, the left side of the jaw should not be as visible as the right; therefore, you need to shift the center of your jaw slightly to the left.
If you want to learn more about how to draw faces from different angles, check out this amazing video tutorial!
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