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Published: 2005-06-11 19:38:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 84667; Favourites: 1281; Downloads: 5930
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Description Tutorial for heads. To many of you, this may seem elementary, but I think it may help some of you out there. Especially for all of you who would like to learn how to draw heads...properly. I left some extra notes if you wanna read it

Proportion:
1.) The head is split into 2 pieces...top half, lower half. The top half includes the hair line, bangs, etc. The lower half...the more important half is the face: eyes, nose mouth, ears.

2.) Nose placement is halfway from the top of the eyes to the bottom of the face.

3.) Mouth placement is negotiable...if u place the mouth too high, the character looks like Jay Leno (super huge chin)...if you make it too low, the character looks slack-jawed. But if you put it a lil' bit higher from where it would normally go, you can make the character look more giddy and enthusiastic. If you put it a lil' lower than normal, you can make the character look a bit sadder, depressed.

If the head is proportionate, it will make your characters looking more natural...even if it is still anime style. Happy drawing
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Comments: 167

Cyndergirl211 [2014-07-19 11:03:38 +0000 UTC]

This.
helped.
so.
much.

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WolfieArtist1 [2013-10-30 01:39:25 +0000 UTC]

Lol. xD What happens when you dont eat your veggies. ANYWAYS, this really helped me on my anime head. I used to draw furries... o_o But then I waz like, umm...this is unnatural. DX My older sister waz like, You need to draw humans like manga. DX I waz like, I KNOW! DX Then she waz like, look it up in DeviantArt and learn how to draw them. XD I like this very much.

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TwentyfootAngels [2013-08-31 04:22:17 +0000 UTC]

Something incredible happened yesterday. I started drawing a human... AND IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A HUMAN.

I'm currently scouring DA for all kinds of tutorials on how the heck you guys are so good at this, and you're officially in my list now. Thak you so much!

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Neon-Heart417 [2013-08-12 20:49:19 +0000 UTC]


Danke!

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xXchrisicXx [2013-07-31 22:16:36 +0000 UTC]

So far im using this as my practice and reference sheet.. I really enjoyed seeing this so hopefully i can get better at heads, head angles etc etc.. Thank you so much for doing this ;-; <3 When i get my scanner working again ill post what practice Ive done from looking at this!

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BakuganPrincess [2013-04-23 07:52:58 +0000 UTC]

This really helped. Thanks!

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lordonyx13 [2013-02-06 19:39:56 +0000 UTC]

0-0 i will never eay my veggies again... XD

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KawaiiFox240 In reply to lordonyx13 [2014-12-22 14:45:21 +0000 UTC]

Eat them, or you will turn into an ugly dragon!

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inazumafan11 [2012-11-28 15:06:39 +0000 UTC]

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millenniumthief [2012-05-31 02:33:05 +0000 UTC]

And another thing that I'm way late in finding, but this will be very useful as well. Thank you!

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Nifty-Face [2012-05-23 08:16:03 +0000 UTC]

This going to help
me a lot, Thank you so much ^^

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Stevie-Chan16 [2012-05-10 16:11:31 +0000 UTC]

thx alot

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pinkspark199 [2012-04-21 09:24:25 +0000 UTC]

This really helped a lot! Thank you!

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xPepperminty [2011-12-16 22:53:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, now I can finally draw something right XD

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Chumiiya [2011-11-06 07:15:57 +0000 UTC]

I think I love you :'D

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Kookeezandkreem [2011-08-05 06:18:11 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial! Poor H... lol! really helped though! ^^

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MegaNew [2011-06-17 21:11:58 +0000 UTC]

do you think you can make an eyye tut? and body tut?

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Romero666 [2011-06-13 01:03:55 +0000 UTC]

where is H?? haha

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allitin [2011-05-13 04:17:27 +0000 UTC]

good tutorial question though, where is H? lol

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xfadedprimadonnax [2011-05-04 02:04:33 +0000 UTC]

I think the proportion for me are hard ..My head are not bad but want to do it better.. Thank for this

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DJBumblebee100 [2011-04-23 23:20:20 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial this rly helped

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Cabonuts [2011-04-10 23:25:05 +0000 UTC]

woahh. i'm never gonna eat my veggies ever again. >

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HolyPikachu [2011-02-03 06:47:17 +0000 UTC]

I believe this is helpful!

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Rainear [2011-01-30 01:41:56 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial

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Eldorgwynna [2011-01-01 22:26:18 +0000 UTC]

Well...I don't wanna eat my veggies now XD

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xxkokoroxxchanxx [2010-11-19 04:46:24 +0000 UTC]

its the perfect balance of simpleness, cuteness, realisticness, cartooness, and its awesome.

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MunchityMunch123 [2010-11-17 03:10:13 +0000 UTC]

lmfao. If you don't eat your veggies you turnn into a dragon. PS. This tutorial really helped me. Im pretty suckish at anime.

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xXFinnThePikachuXx [2010-11-13 19:23:17 +0000 UTC]

this is so great! it really helped me alot! ^-^

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shar0makai [2010-11-03 19:32:44 +0000 UTC]

a good tutorial

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Peace98 [2010-08-30 08:18:20 +0000 UTC]

So helpful, thank you!

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ariabella4480 [2010-08-09 02:26:37 +0000 UTC]

um there is no H lol nice tutorial

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ChocoChipCookeh [2010-08-01 19:59:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This helps. <3

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Eigems [2010-07-21 01:26:49 +0000 UTC]

to tell you the truth i used a different drawing tutorial and now i wish i didn't. ill have to remember this for one for when i try drawing a head again.

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Dark-Chain-Chomp [2010-07-13 01:11:02 +0000 UTC]

I just lol'd at the guy that didnt eat his veggies XD
most helpful, you got me in a drawing mood |:

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xx-UnheardUltimatum [2010-07-08 22:29:15 +0000 UTC]

You skipped H. xDD

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MagicKat13 [2010-06-26 01:35:28 +0000 UTC]

Thx so much! This tutorial helped so much! Im hopefully going to post my drawing soon! XD

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poisynxxx [2010-06-15 19:50:47 +0000 UTC]

thanks.. but you left out poor h.

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keeke45 [2010-06-09 20:34:20 +0000 UTC]

thank yous!!!!

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shionXsatoshi [2010-06-07 22:17:16 +0000 UTC]

uugguuu!! arigatou~

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Poisoned-calligraphy [2010-02-23 03:59:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for sharing this helpful tutorial.

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PrincessTeaCup [2010-02-04 12:57:51 +0000 UTC]

Nice tutorial! :]

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mattews [2010-01-21 18:10:27 +0000 UTC]

Perfect,i like it

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gecko-tooth [2010-01-04 22:17:09 +0000 UTC]

This has actually taught me something new... I now understand what i do wrong now, that bit you draw in behind the ear is what i never knew about xD Thanks for this great but simple tutorial

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iPirateZombie [2010-01-03 15:08:01 +0000 UTC]

I followed Mark Crilley's stuff on Youtube for a while, but his was quite vague. Sorry if I've offended Crilley fans. Favourited this, and shall use it in the future!

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darkstarsfire [2009-12-22 10:18:30 +0000 UTC]

this is really good! and it helped me to learn how to draw heads in 3/4 view! thanks so much!

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shalaylex [2009-10-31 19:52:51 +0000 UTC]

who this can help me become a manga ARTIST thanks!

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whscameragal [2009-08-21 18:14:38 +0000 UTC]

seems kind of like the way i want my style to look.... i might try this

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Chiiromi-chan [2009-07-29 23:55:28 +0000 UTC]

thank you it was verryyyy useful ^^

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Kuraskiru [2009-07-26 01:26:11 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial is just plain awesome. Now I don't have to keep drawing faces that are butt-ugly anymore! And when I drew a face after reading your tutorial, it became the best time of my life... The first anime face that I ever drew that I was proud of. XD;

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shelbi-s [2009-07-10 17:12:07 +0000 UTC]

You might want to give credit to the artist you TOOK this from, :/

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