Drawing References and Resources

Begin by drawing a large circle. Divide this circle horizontally into thirds, and cut it in half with a vertical line. Do not worry if your horizontal lines don't split the face into even pieces; the proportions will be different depending on the style of face you want to draw, anyway, so its all right if they aren't exact.
Next, draw a little mark (a short line, not a dot) directly beneath the circle. In this particular picture, the distance from the circle to the mark is the same as the length of the lower third portion of the circle. This mark will represent the chin, so make sure it's a short line rather than a dot or the chin will be too pointy. Raising or lowering the chin mark is one way to adjust the shape and appearance of the face. Next, draw two diagonal guidelines. They should be tangent to the sides of the circle, and intersect the edges of the chin mark

“It’s a very difficult medium. Animation necessarily requires a pretty good draftsman, because you’ve got to turn things, to be able to draw well enough to turn things from every angle. You have to understand movement, which in itself is quite a study. You have to be an actor. You have to put on a performance, to be a showman, to be able to evaluate how good the entertainment is. You have to know what’s the best way of doing it, and have an appreciation of where it belongs in the picture. you have to be a pretty good story man. 

Alessandro Diddi - For artist Alessandro Diddi, tricking the human mind is the objective and inspiration behind his artwork. Diddi created 3D drawings with simply a...

Looks like eye made the resource update just in time! For the resource I am including the eye reference sheet that was also included in the Natalia series. This is meant to be used as a reference sheet and gives a quick drawing explanation of the different parts that make up the eye!

On the right side is a quick overview the most recognized of the different variants of eye shapes.

For starters, we need a definition for gesture drawings. Though there isn’t a specific entry in most dictionaries, here is the heart and soul of it:

A gesture drawing is usually a quick, often simple drawing that captures the essential feeling, energy, movement, action, or pose of the subject. It contains a minimum amount of information (line, tone, markings) to achieve the maximum results of the essence of the subject. It can be realistic, but is not always. It does not try to capture anything “photo-realistically” but instead alters reality down to its purest form to tell the story of the scene being drawn.

Since we work in a visual medium, the best thing to do is take a look at examples of gesture drawings:

7 basic head angles from tonight's (yesterday's ROFL) livestream, as requested by other people~!

Take a look at these tutorials on drawing manga faces!
How To Draw Manga: Head Shape & Facial Features by Mark Criley, author of Miki Falls.

Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world.

Tips for drawing different hair and fur types by Deskleaves from DeviantArt

Thought I might as well share this with those who might need it. This would double as a reference sheet for clothing and folds/wrinkles. I varied body types a little too. Edit: Changed the title. "...

I just uploaded another video Here's a link to it: I take the same approach as last time except I'm sketching girls I hope you like it!

The face is one of the most important and expressive part of a manga character. That’s why today we are going to learn how to draw manga faces. In order to do that, we’re going to watch a couple of pictures of various types of manga faces, then learn the basics from a couple of guides and in the end, watch some videos of experts doing what they know best: drawing manga faces.

Now, there are as many manga faces types as human’s face expressions: countless. The images below show only a few of them, but remember, you canlearn how to draw faces expressing almost everything: from sorrow till happiness.

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