Artstation Head Perspective Practices 4 loomis method: head construction steps. 4.1 draw a circle. 4.2 draw cross lines. 4.3 draw an ellipse for the side of the head. 4.4 draw a centre line. 4.5 mark guides for the nose, chin and hair. 4.5.1 draw the nose and hair lines. 4.5.2 draw the chin line. 4.6 draw the cheek. Step 1 draw a ball to represent the cranium (skull) loomis suggests kick starting your head masterpiece with a simple circle. this circle symbolizes the cranium – the upper part of the skull excluding the jaw. think of it as a ball with slightly flattened sides. no matter what the angle of the head is, the shape of the upper part of the skull.
Drawing The Human Head Drawing The Human Head Joshua Nava Arts Step 1: the ball. step 1: the sphere or the ball. in the loomis method of construction of the head, each head starts with a ball or a perfect sphere. yes, that is right, just the ball and nothing else. the jaw section is later attached, so the ball represents the upper part of the head, or the section that houses the brain. Everything that is drawn realistically is drawing with the laws of perspective, even if the artist doesn’t realize that he or she is using them. today we will tell you how to use perspective drawing techniques to draw more realistic human faces and heads. if you enjoy this, check out drawing the head and hands, by andrew loomis, on amazon. A. draw 50 circles the majority of the loomis head method is drawing the sphere. without practicing the sphere first, drawing the head will be difficult with wonky results. start with the technique of drawing a simple circle. instead of drawing a hard line, use motion and control to build in the shape. Step 1: draw a sphere. whether we’re drawing the head from the standard front, side and ¾ views, or more dynamic top down bottom up perspectives – we begin drawing it the same way – using the sphere as a foundation to build the rest of the head off of. when drawing the sphere in a dynamic, three dimensional perspective, it allows us.