How to Draw Faces on Super Heroes

Superhero faces often feature a chiseled look.

Drawing a face for your superheroes can be one of the most challenging aspects of creating a superhero. Superhero faces should be strong, defined and possess a quality that inspires confidence in the society in which the superhero serves. With a little practice, you can begin creating faces for your superheroes that not only inspire this confidence in the fictional world of your hero, but in the real-world readers who may enjoy your superhero's adventures.

Things You'll Need

• Pencil
• Paper
• Eraser

Instructions

1. Draw an oval for the basic shape of the head, with the bottom portion of the oval (chin area) more narrow than the top. This will work as the basis for a female superhero face. For a male, make the chin area more squared.

2. Find the center of the head and divide it with a light pencil line into four squares by drawing a vertical line crossed by a horizontal line. Keep these lines light so you can erase them. The lines are only a guide for applying the rest of the features.

3. Draw an eye in each of the upper quadrants. Draw two small lines on top of one another. Curve the top line slightly upward and the lower line slightly downward. These will be the basic shape for the eyes. Draw a small circle between the curved lines for the iris. Shade a horizontal line over each top line for eyebrows. For a female hero, draw four or five small vertical lines above the eye for lashes.

4. Draw the nose around the intersection of the guidelines. Keep the lines for the nose sharp except for the nostrils. Use rounded corners to bring out the nostrils of the nose.

5. Draw the mouth, extending it on both sides of the quadrants below the nose. Draw a thin upper lip and a thin lower lip. Keep the lines together to prevent giving the impression of a grimace or a serious demeanor.

6. Erase the vertical and horizontal guidelines and add shading at the base of the nose on either the left or right to help give it dimension. Add more shading to the cheeks. Draw sharp, angled lines on the cheeks to give the face a strong, defined structure, then shade around the angled lines to create shadow that will give your superhero's face depth.

7. Sketch in your hero's hair. Wavy lines with several small circles to indicate curls will work for male or female. Sketching lines in various directions will help give your superhero's hair a look of slight disarray or a wind-blown effect.

References

• How to Draw Cartoons Online: How to Draw Superheroes
• DrawingNow: How to Draw Superheroes