Drawing any Head with the 4 Steps - Demos
Drawing any Head with the 4 Steps - Demos
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Head Drawing and Construction

Introduction to the Skull and Abstraction

Drawing any Head with the 4 Steps - Demos

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Drawing any Head with the 4 Steps - Demos

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Michael Hampton
We learned the theory last time, now we’ll put it into practice trying the four steps on a variety of reference photos.
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@feawi
1mo
For the 4th step, when you say center to the sphere, are you saying that the ellipse has to be in the center of the ball or just the major axis it self needs to be centered in the ball ? I understand that something has to be centered but what exactly needs to be centered? And centered in relation to the ball?
Michael Hampton
Major axis of the ellipse
@tonycatalano
Is the brow line on the front plane still a straight even after drawing the ellipse? Like the ellipse is being drawn over it, but the brow is still placed on that initial straight? Just the same, when we bring the ellipse down should the chin still be a straight?
Nick Quason
Practice practice practice
Ash
3mo
Nice work, Nico!
@nandogonzalez
And another question. While drawing the head, should we use more our wrist or our elbow/shoulder. I'm using a regular BIC pen to draw. Thanks! @Michael Hampton
@nandogonzalez
@Michael Hampton What size should I draw an entire figure then? Thanks
@nandogonzalez
Great advice because I always wonder. Thank you very much! :)
Michael Hampton
I try to only work from the shoulder if you can.
@nandogonzalez
Hi, taking as reference an A4 size paper, at what size should we ideally draw the heads you are drawing in your videos. I tend to draw them too small and I have then a hard time when I have to put down the different details. Thanks @Michael Hampton
Michael Hampton
I'd recommend drawing them at the size of your palm or slightly smaller :)
Mark Gallegos
Following along...
Jovi Thomas
@boldten
5mo
is it wrong to assume that the browe ridge always is paralel to the bottom of the chin? - which i always draw when drawing the head as a box
Michael Hampton
No, that's not wrong. I always try and keep my lines on the front plane parallel.
Diana Reid
5mo
Following along.
Crystal Su
5mo
How do I know how long to make the jaw?
rigby pines
Follow along
Carlos
5mo
When you draw the tilt of the neck are you thinking about the position of the spine or are you just indicating a general direction to build the neck on top?
Michael Hampton
Mostly about the direction of the spine
Martin Vrkljan
Followed along.
Ash
5mo
nice work, Martin!
Ricen
5mo
I followed along with the first three. I started drawing first and watching the demo after for the last 6.
@purpleart
5mo
Had a go at the exercises then four other ones. I noticed in the examples the jaw goes to the back of the head (past the ear). This can be tricky when the pose is from the side or the back of the head and the ear/jaw end is in the middle of the head. Eg upside down example 3.
@csen
5mo
The more extreme angles are a disaster, easier poses are slowly clicking
Sean Ramsey
You're in luck! The Extreme Poses video is coming out today!
Alberto Pardina
Followed along and did some quick studies of my own. Does #7 tend to read as him extending his jaw or could have I exaggerated it a bit more? Also #4 was giving me trouble so I added a box for reference to help with constructing under the neck.
Michael Hampton
Nicely done! Ya #7 is a get start. You'll build more context for the open jaw in later steps.
Jonatan
5mo
Attempt after watching the demo!
Tatiana Kopteva
The opened mouth makes it very confusing and hard to find the thirds. In general, I feel like I can get the tilt, the turn, and the general perspective, but the proportions are off. If we get the placement of the brow line and the chin, so we can divide it into two parts to get the first and the second third, is it OK that the third part doesn't touch the top of the "basketball"? If I take the first third as the line between the top of the "basketball" and the brow, the face seems too long.
Michael Hampton
These look really good! And yes, at times you'll deviate from the proportions. For an open mount you do need to stretch the jaw.
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