How To Draw Girls: The Female Face | Downward Perspective of the Female Head - Front View

In the next lesson of my How to Draw Girls tutorial series you’ll learn how to draw the downward views of the female head from the front.
If you find this demonstration useful, you can watch the full lesson on Skillshare by clicking this link: skl.sh/2W2xfaX
In the full half hour lesson we’ll cover both the top down and bottom up angles of the female face, where you’ll learn how to construct the basic head model in perspective, foreshorten the proportions and place the facial features accurately.
These points of view are incredibly powerful for presenting the female head with a cinematic drama and intensity. One of the reasons they’re so impactful is because they’re drawn in perspective, introducing a whole new level of depth and dimension to the standard portrait or eye level head shot.
To draw the female face from these points of view effectively however you’ll need to understand how perspective affects the proportions, facial features and shape of the head’s overall structure.
So the first thing you’ll learn about in this lesson is how to structure the foundational model of the female head from a downward facing angle, then how to use that basic structure to plot out the proportions and placement of the facial features accurately.
I’ll then show you how foreshortening affects the shape of the head and facial features when drawing it in the top down perspective. We’ll discuss the major changes you’re likely to see in the way the face is shaped and how the eyes, nose, mouth and ears are drawn from this angle.
You’ll also learn how to shade the female head in perspective using a range of hatching techniques, as well as how to block out and render an eye-catching hair style for your comic book women.
By the end of this class you’ll have learned how to establish the foundations of the female head in a downward view from the front, how to shape the face and facial features, and foreshorten its proportions according the perspective it’s presented in.
I hope that you get a ton of value out of this lesson.
Thanks for watching, and good luck!
-Clayton
Software Used: Manga Studio
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[@torreyfranklin6981]

I just want to thank you for making these videos and really helping artists who need lessons and help...

[@sabreflak2215]

Such an Informative channel, I will put this info to good use. Thank you.

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

I hope so! Thanks so much Sabre, super glad you're finding these tutorials useful.
-Clayton

[@deandreconners4415]

Amazing work I miss this tutorial good job explaining step by step

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Thank you Deandre. I'm glad you found this tutorial useful.
-Clayton

[@eyecred4153]

Love your drawing style man, I hope by watching some of it will stick to me xD...

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Thanks man! Appreciate the kind words. I hope so too.
-Clayton

[@TheSpuros1997]

Very nice video. And beautiful design.

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
-Clayton

[@claudiafinelle7252]

excellent video. So much great info and tips. I'll have to re watch a couple of times. thank you. Beautiful drawing. you are on skillshare? great,I'll have to sign up again.

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Thanks Claudia. I appreciate the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I'm on Skillshare! Updating my library of classes with new content so if you like what you see here, that's where you'll find more of it.
-Clayton

[@claudiafinelle7252]

​@@howtodrawcomicsnet I will surely be watching your videos. (btw thank you,you are the 100th!) I'll be making my first comic for a local publisher and, surprise! you will be helping me. expect my comments on skillshare as well as youtube. Thank again.

[@2791978t]

Hi,so if the face looks straight forward the guiding lines for the eyes will be completely straight with no curves?

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Yes, pretty much. The eyes don't really follow a curve. They align with each other vertically, and sit inside the sockets of the skull with the same level of deepness.
-Clayton

[@blink4art]

Hi!
Can you exeplain in a video, how to get CUTE, CHARMING, BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY, PRETTY, NICE looking face?
What are the proportions that female are so beautiful in your drawings? Or they keys...
Thanks!

[@JzoneArt]

that is awesome!!
do you have a cintiq or a tablet ?

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Thanks! I use an Intuos Wacom 3 Tablet. Pretty old, but still works like a charm.
-Clayton

[@JzoneArt]

@@howtodrawcomicsnet great bro, for your lines I thought do you used a cintiq, I have a wacom intuos 5 small, but it does not give me those lines xD

[@JzoneArt]

@@howtodrawcomicsnet Today I think I'll buy the your tutorial of female characters, comics, it's very brutal!

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Thanks@@JzoneArt. Hope you enjoy the course - I put a lot of love into that one! And yeah, the trick to getting lines like that is to use a very small brush size. Also be sure to keep your hand steady. Try that and see if it works!
-Clayton

[@eyecred4153]

@@JzoneArt If you're planning on getting one of their "pro" cintiqs, don't.It is a waste of time for a garbage product.Plenty of extremly cheap screen tablets on the market of the same, actually same damn performance 1000000 times cheaper.
As of the lines, practice and practice.I used to have this problem till I changed from screenless to screen, still don't have his skill xD...But oh well.Watching Clayton's videos so I might be able to "steal" from him a bit :D

[@rukawa23gold]

👍

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Thanks for the props man!
-Clayton

[@wizardscrollstudio]

question is why

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Why what?

[@gabonaqui7]

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

Thanks for the love Gabrielle!
-Clayton