Anatomy Drawing Aid - The Human Head

Anatomy Drawing Aid 1 - The Human Head

I've started drawing again recently and have been re-visiting some basic drawing principles and one of the things I have struggled with is correct proportions of human anatomy.

After studying and looking at a tonne of different references I sketched out my own simpler diagram form of the proportions of the human head. I was then using this as a reference. To make this available to other artists I re-created my original sketch in Adobe Illustrator and expanded this to 5 useful worksheets that can be printed and traced over or simply used to reference.

I plan to create a full figure version too and maybe expand this to specific areas of anatomy such as hands and feet etc.

Included in this product:

• Adobe Illustrator files • PNG files • PDF Worksheets

NOTE: I have included the worksheets in A4 and also US Letter to avoid any printer headaches!

The illustrator files were created in Adobe Illustrator CC 2018 but I have also included legacy formats which can be opened in Illustrator CS.

There are a couple of ways you can use these

The PNG files can be opened in Photoshop and if you reduce the opacity of that layer you can sketch on top, using the worksheet as a reference. You can do the same thing in a more traditional analogue way by printing the worksheets out and laying a sheet of paper over the top to trace over.

I've personally printed a few copies of the 3 basic heads worksheet and used these like mannequins to sketch out different hairstyles.

I'd love to hear how you use these and welcome any feedback or suggestions for future drawing aids.