How to Sketch a Face With the Proper Dimensions

Video Transcript

"O.k. folks. In this clip I'm going to teach you how to sketch a face with proper dimensions. Alright, the first step is, you're going to want to draw an upside down, oval shaped. Or an egg shaped circle. That will be the over all shape of your sketch of the head. that's going to be just the rough shape. We're obviously going to add details later. Alright, so now that you have your oval shape. What you're going to do, is draw a criss cross pattern, right the through. One right down the center so that you know where the center of your face is going to be. Now depending on whether you want your face tilted to the side or to the front. Obviously that line will shift. But for the purpose of this drawing, we'll put it right down the middle. And then you're going to want to put a line also right across, horizontally. And this is where your eye line is going to be. And these will be your two guidelines. Original lines that will help you establish where everything else will from a place from this point on. So the horizontal line will be again, for your eyes. So what you're going to want to do, is sketch those in first. Make sure you have them established because they will really set the tone for the whole face. They pretty are the, least in my mind. They are the foundation of the face. Everything can kind of, build itself from them. A good rule of thumb, when it comes to eyes is, if you look at how wide each eye is. That is roughly the space that you should put between the two eyes. Basically, imagine there's a third eye right in the middle. And that is the space that there ought to be between the two eyes. Moving on next, to the nose. Obviously the nose is in the dead center of the face. It should fall right in line with the vertical line that you drew. Initially to establish where the middle of the face would be. Now just because we're drawing a face with proper dimensions. Doesn't mean they all have to look generic. Obviously you can design your nose to look, how ever you want. And then, because we're doing that, that way. Obviously, there is no set limit as to have long it can be. Or how short it can be. You can decide that, if you like. Just make sure that it falls in right in the dead center. Obviously, directly between the eyes. Alright, moving on now to the mouth. Now the mouth, the corners of the mouth, start right at the center of each eye. The right and left eye. That's a good way to establish proper dimensions that way. Again, You can draw your mouth as big or small, as you like. But if you're going for proper dimension, roughly in the middle of each eye. Is where the corners of the mouth should be. And after you've drawn the mouth, go ahead and start to add the details of the jaw line and the cheek bones. Moving on, up to where the ears will be. Now the tops of the ears should fall in line. Right with the eye line. And the bottom of the ears should fall in line with the bottom of the nose. This would be dimensionally correct. Once you have all those body parts drawn, you pretty much got it. You officially have yourself a dimensionally correct face."