SkullWeek 3

Sites of Interest for skull drawingsHonoria Starbuck Art Institute of Austin Anatomy and Drawing

Methods for measuring are handed down through the ages.

Leonardo da Vinci

Contemporary artist J. Francis

When studying the perspective of your subject, first establish the horizon line (purple) - which is horizontal - is situated.

Once this is placed, all reference lines below and above your horizon line should converge on imagined vanishing points to either side of the subject.

HOW TO DRAW THE HEAD FROM ANY ANGLE

Stan Prokopenkohttp://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/05/draw-head-any-angle/

Visualizing the underlying forms

The head deconstructed into its basic form a sphere as the cranium and a block as the jaw and cheek bones.

A Sphere as the CraniumThe sides of the head are flat, so we can slice off a piece from both sides of the ball.

From profile, this plane will be a perfect circle, but when drawing it from any other angle, it will appear to be an oval because of perspective.

Divide this oval into quadrants. The vertical line represents the beginning of the jaw. The horizontal line represents the brow line.

A Block as the Jaw and Cheek BonesAttach the shape of the jaw.

The top will start at the brow line and the back will start at the center of the oval.

This is a 3-D volume with a front plane, side planes, and bottom plane (bottom plane is seen from some angles).

Step 1 - Determine the angle of the ballThe angle of the head is established at the very beginning of the drawing with the ball. All three axes must be addressed:

Up & Down

Side to Side

Twist

Step 2 - Find the thirdsAfter establishing the angle of the ball, divide the face into thirds.

The distance between the hairline and brow-line should be the same as the distance between the brow-line and bottom of the nose.

Add that same distance to find the chin.

Imagine the head as a box. The thirds must be wrapped around the side plane and front plane.

Step 3 - Add the jawMake sure to measure your thirds correctly and that they relate correctly to the ball.

A common mistake at this point is to make the jaw too long in comparison to the ball.

Step 4 - Add the featuresWith a basic structure established, it becomes easier to add features in the right places.

Pancho Simpson

Emilie Lee

Source URLs• OriginalFake t-shirt design

http://hypebeast.com/2009/04/originalfake-skull-kiss-one-tee/

• Grid for drawing skulls by J. Francis http://tsofa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=18&start=30

• Stan Prokopenko head tutorial http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/05/draw-head-any-angle/

• Skull perspective by CAS http://tsofa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2189&start=0

• Pancho Simpson http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54331&page=26

• Emily Lee http://blog.emilielee.com