Mastering the basic proportions and structure of portrait drawing

Recorded this portrait modeling assignment, exchanged ideas and met some Romanian friends, and I'm probably most impressed by the tongue twister, how I can speak a lot of words without having a tongue cramp!

The second picture shows a simplified model of the head at different angles, if you want to know the proportion and structure of the portrait, you can follow along.

● The basic shape of the avatar:

We can think of the head as a combination of a circle and an inverted trapezoid, with the circle representing the skull-like shape and the inverted trapezoid representing the mandible, as shown in the small diagram on the lower left.

● Proportion of the avatar area:

1. The height of the head is about 1.5 times the width.

2. Ear position in the center line

3. Eyes are located at about 1/2 of the overall height of the head.

4. The base of the nose is about one-third of the height of the head.

How to draw the head structure?

1. The head is shaped:

Look at the small picture on the lower right, front and side analysis, note that the overall ratio is about 1:1.3, the front will be slightly narrower.

We started with simple geometric shapes, drawing a circle for the skull-like shape and then adding an inverted trapezoid for the jaw.

Determine the height and width of the head, and mark the position of the eyes, nose and mouth using the auxiliary lines, please refer to the scale above.

2. Draw the direction of head rotation with the aid of perspective squares:

Once we understand the proportion of the head, we can try to draw different faces with the aid of perspective, paying attention to the fact that the center line of the face will be shifted as the head turns.

For example, in the second picture in the middle, the head faces to the right and the center line is more to the right (more on the left side and less on the right side of the face).

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