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Click Download Image to view the tutorial! (Large image)Basic Human Head Tutorial Part 1: Layout
This is one basic method for drawing the human head. I designed it for beginners, and I go step-by-step through three views: front, three-quarters front/side, and profile (side). The media I used for this tutorial are pencil and paper. I show and describe each step, then at the end I show all the steps together without words. This tutorial is continued in two parts, male and female, which can be found in my gallery [link] , along with basic tutorials on the male torso and female torso.
Continue to the Female Head section
Continue to the Male Head section
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Comments: 92
Thank you thank you thank you! I was stuggling with the side view on a reference sheet for like and hour before I gave up and came looking for help. Upon finding your tutorial it only took a few moments to get the basic look down. So you have my much deserved thanks.
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This is very helpful, especially since I really struggle with side views.
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thank you for posting this b/c I didn't know how to draw side view n you made it easy, thank you. *bows*
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thank you for saving my sanity :'D
(just spent about an hour just trying to get a dumb mouth right on a side view... and then found this lol)
great tutorial :3
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Thanks a lot, this helped me a lot! Actually I was able to draw my first good-looking human face with it <3
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FINALLY! a NOT manga tutorial for faces 
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I know right? Haha...that's all I see when I look for something else xD
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oh man, thanks so much.
i found this right when i needed it very much.
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Very good! helpt alot to me when I pratice my hidden skills^_^
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Amazing, what've been looking for.
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This was sooo helpful! That and your torsos tuts and all. ^_^ I am still learning to draw people without actual references so these little tutorials help a bunch. Great job! *two thumbs up*
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so much reading that i am trying to follow i am trying to understand how it work
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hey thanx mate. hope this will help em out a lot in the future.
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Thank you! I'll send you a link to my drawing if I put it up.
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It was really helpful~<3 I actually drew a side view tht doesnt lok so bad xD
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Thank you so much for this!! I really don't have a problem drawing the profile of a head. But drawing the full front of a head I have a hard time with.
I also want to thank you for making a clean cut tutorial. No unnecessary side drawings, jokes, or pathetic sarcasm in the text. Just a good old tutorial. Once again, thank you.
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I don't know what you're referring to by "drawingpage."
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i mean, a site that many people can discuss drawing, and can learn new things, but if you dont want me to use youre tutorial, i understand you
(sorry my bad english)
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If you want to post a link to them, that's fine; as for posting the tutorials themselves, I don't allow other people to post them elsewhere.
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Thx this was a big help! i was never sure where to place the eyes <.<
great tutorial ^-^
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UGH i've been trying to get side views right forever! This is very helpful!
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This is very helpful, not only with the shape of the head, but with the placement of features. Thank you so very much for making this.
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this was endlessly helpful!! humans have always given me pain. Thank you for making such an easy tut!!
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Excellent! This really helped me with drawing side views!!
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THANK YOU!!!
This helped me soo much! I needed a reference BADLY!
Thanks so much for taking time to put up a tutorial that is so good!
Tehe! XD
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Im going to try to see if I can do that I gotten to the habit of drawing all togeather but I don't think im good for advanceing into breaking it down but im going to try
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wow i thought id commented on this tutorial, anyway frickin excellent. umm i used ur tutorial to draw Larxene (Org. XIII, Kingdom Hearts), here it is [link] . anyway, keep up these things, they help people like me who cant draw for their life to feel meaningful.
~RBW
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Keep up the good work!
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its a very good tutorial, i've noticed that a lot of people have trouble with placing the necks, i think u should add a step to this for necks, idk, if i tried this i would probably end up drawing a whole person.
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Nice work on this series of tuts. I'm sure a lot of people could use the help.
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