Anime Master : How To Draw Heads, Faces & Hair For Any Style

Take your face drawing skills to the next level! Learn step by step techniques to master art of any style

What you'll learn

How to structure the face so that your faces come out believable and appealing

My process for drawing faces at any angle

How to use Rhythms to keep facial proportions in check

Understand the placement of facial features

Visualize the forms of the head and face

Recreate a character's face from either imagination or reference

Understand realistic forms and how to simplify them

Requirements

To get the most out of this course you should have a basic understanding of drawing shapes and forms

All the demos will be in Photoshop, but can be followed using other online drawing programs or even pencil on paper!

Description

Do you want to become an anime master?Do you love to draw anime but your faces keep coming out wonky? Are you tired of pouring your heart and soul into drawing the first eye and the second comes out looking … less than ideal? Are you sick of eyeballing everything and just wish you had some clear guides to follow? Then this course is exactly what you’re looking for!In this course, you’ll learn step-by-step how to map and measure facial features for male and female faces. From there we’ll go through the sketch process, lighting and how to bring it all together in a finished illustration.Stop wasting time guessing and improve faster with my customizable techniques!Copying other artists is a great way learn, but are you improving as fast as you could be? After taking this course, you will be able to recognize and map the structures of the face. Learning to visualize these concepts will help you get the most from your studies.Tell amazing stories with believable and attractive characters you’re proud of“Appeal” is an industry standard because it’s so effective at capturing attention and communicating with your audience. Whether your making a comic, a pin-up or just designing a cool character, it all comes back to good visual language. Understanding what makes a great looking face will help you tell your stories!What’s YOUR style?What I’ll share with you isn’t just about creating any ol’ anime face. These are core principles found in every manner of drawing. If anime isn’t your thing and you’d rather peruse a western comic style, or perhaps even intricate life-like portraits, this course will still serve you well. Every form of stylization starts with an understanding of real life. We will start learning from life and distill it down to simple aesthetic forms. As the saying goes; you have to learn the rules before you can break them.You’ll Get…37 video lectures with professional techniques and detailed breakdowns of every part of the head and faceOver 35 pages of written tutorials with visual resources to reference when you’re drawing2 character design projects to flex your creativityAdditional sections for the neck and body because naturally you want your beautiful face connected to a great body!Your next great drawing is waiting for you! let’s get started today!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Overview

Lecture 3 Fundamentals

Section 2: Head Construction

Lecture 4 Proportions

Lecture 5 Shapes & Silhouette

Lecture 6 Major Forms of the Head & Skull

Lecture 7 Using the Loomis Method

Lecture 8 Intro to Rhythms

Lecture 9 Drawing the Head at Different Angles

Section 3: Facial Features

Lecture 10 Anatomy and Realistic Eyes

Lecture 11 Eye Shape

Lecture 12 Placing the Eyes

Lecture 13 Coloring Eyes

Lecture 14 Eyebrows

Lecture 15 The Nose

Lecture 16 The Mouth

Lecture 17 The Ear

Lecture 18 Expressions

Section 4: Hair

Lecture 19 Thinking in Ribbons

Lecture 20 Sections

Lecture 21 Female hair styles

Lecture 22 Male hair styles

Lecture 23 Braids and Curls

Section 5: The Neck and Shoulders

Lecture 24 Neck and shoulder anatomy

Lecture 25 Drawing the shoulders and torso

Section 6: Lighting and shadow

Lecture 26 Female lighting

Lecture 27 Male lighting

Section 7: Final Project

Lecture 28 Creating a female character

Lecture 29 Creating a male character

Lecture 30 Sketching a composition

Lecture 31 Inking

Lecture 32 Color Flats

Lecture 33 Color Theory

Lecture 34 Coloring final portrait

Section 8: Congrats / What Next?

Lecture 35 Congrats / What next

Section 9: Additional Content

Lecture 36 Extra Speedpaint

Anyone looking to improve their head & face drawing skills,Beginner/Intermediate illustrators that want to take their work to the next level