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A profile. |
After
you've drawn your profile lips, keep going with the contour
line you're doing and draw in the curve of the chin and
continue the line to draw the jaw line. Most likely, an
imaginary line from the base of the nose to the bottom of the
chin will be angled. not a straight vertical. Do you see that
in your profile so far?
Now.
from here, let's go up to the forehead. Measure again from the
eye line you drew to the completed chin curve. Remember that
the distance from the eye to the chin is the same as the
distance from the eye to the top of the head. You better
verify that by making that measurement on your subject. So,
measure on your drawing, from the eye line to the bottom of
the chin and carry that measurement to the eye line and make a
small mark where the top of the head will be.
Start
at the nose and draw a contour of the forehead that ends at
the dot you made. When drawing the line remember to follow the
contour of your subject's forehead. Draw the slight bulge
right above the nose that is the brow.
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A simple eye - 3 lines. |
Now
draw the eye and the eyebrow. Measure to see how far back from
the bridge of the nose the eye is set, and make a tiny mark
where the eyeball will be. The eye can be broken down into
three simple lines: The upper lid, the eyeball, and the lower
lid. Can you see the three lines on your subject? Draw this
simple shape the way you see it on your subject and add in the
pupil. The eyebrow will be a dark shape above the eye. I
suggest drawing the contour of the eyebrow, then filling it in.
We're going to go into more detail about the eye in a few
minutes...
Now
for the ear. Take your pencil and measure again from the eye
to the bottom of the chin. Turn that measurement 90 degrees
counter clockwise, hold that measurement on the
horizontal eye line, and at the back of the eye you
just drew, the top middle of the ear will probably land at the
other end of the measurement. Measure this on your subject to
verify it. The bottom of the ear will fall somewhere between
the nose and mouth, if you drew another horizontal line from the bottom of the ear over to the
face you
have so far. Draw the "C" contour that is the ear.
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