- [Aaron] In this video I'll show you
how to draw an accurate side view of the head
using the Reilly method.
That's coming up next.
(electronic music)
I'm going to be drawing today in Clip Studio Paint,
but you could really use any application you like.
You could even draw with good old pencil on paper.
We'll start by sketching a circle
that is a little bit above center.
And feel free to do undos or erase
until you get a nice circle.
It doesn't have to be perfect
but just something that's circular.
And then you can bisect that circle with a straight line,
and then divide it again into quarters
so that you have four slices like a pizza.
Next we'll divide that vertical line into thirds,
into three equal sections.
We'll divide the bottom side of the line
into three equal sections as well.
And on the top third line, we want to use that
as a guide to draw a circle that's within the outer circle.
So go ahead and just use those two guides,
and you can feel free to just freehand draw this
or if you want to use a shape tool
you can do that as well.
Now on that lower notch of the thirds
down near the bottom of the circle,
I want to go ahead and extend that line
to go to the edge of the circle.
I want to do the same thing on the very top division as well.
I'll just extend that to the edge of the circle.
Next, I want to draw a horizontal line
beneath the bottommost line,
and try to have it just about equally spaced.
This'll be the jaw line,
and the topmost line will be the hair line.
Let's draw a curve for the front of the face
going from the hair line down to the jaw line.
In this case the head is facing left.
Next I'm going to subdivide the center row
into quarters.
Next I'll subdivide that bottom row,
or the lower jaw, into thirds.
Then I'll extend that top quarter line to the facial curve,
and then to the back of the skull to create the eye line.
Next I will extend the line that's above the jaw line
to create the base of the nose.
I'll curve it around and connect it
to the eye line above it.
Now where the bridge of the nose attaches to the head
I'll curve the nose line away
and then back toward the forehead.
Now I'll go ahead and just draw in the side of the nostril.
Next I'll extend the top third line
of the lower jaw to make the center of the lips.
Draw a sideways M shape for the upper and lower lip.
Then I'll curve the upper lip to meet the base of the nose,
and I'll draw the underside of the bottom lip.
Next I'll make an S curve for the chin,
and we want the chin to end right around the jaw line.
I'll draw a line for the crease between the lips
and the top of the upper lip.
Then I'll extend that chin line horizontally,
and then curve it up to meet the intersection
of the lip center and vertical center of the head.
Next I'll draw the ear.
The top of the ear line starts
between the eye line and the horizontal line above it.
It curves down in an arc until it touches the line
at the base of the nose,
and then it curves back up a little,
ending on the vertical line of the head.
I'll just make a little S shape here
for the inside of the ear,
and we'll detail that more later.
Next we'll draw the eye.
At the intersection of the eye line
and the smaller inner circle is the outer corner of the eye.
The eye is a half almond shape,
and the opposite side is flatter,
but angled diagonally upward.
Next I'm going to fix the ear a little bit.
It should be angled more toward the back of the skull.
After that, I'm going to create some guides
from the bottom line for the lower lip
and center of the lips.
I'll also create guides from the eye line
and the bottom quarter line that extend toward the face.
Then I'll draw a half circle from the front
of the eye line to the base of the chin.
At the intersecting points of the nose,
draw a half circle that curves down
to just below the lower lip.
Where that circle intersects the lip center line,
draw a curve that goes up towards the intersection
of the base of the nose and the outer circle of the head.
Then curve it up and toward the top of the ear,
staying just beneath the eye.
At the intersection of the base line of the nose,
and the larger half circle of the face,
draw a curve that starts out vertical
and meets up with the top of the ear,
and continues into the curvature of the ear.
At the intersection of that curve and the center lip line,
draw a curve up toward the center mark on the ear.
This makes the shadow on the upper jaw.
Next we'll use the intersection of the vertical center
and the center lip line to draw a round curve
that ends at the horizontal line above the ear.
Where the base line of the nose
meets the back curve of the skull
make a curve for the neck.
Where the outer facial half circle meets the chin,
draw a curve for the front of the neck.
At the intersection of the top curve of the ear
and the horizontal eye line, draw an arc for the brow.
Next I'll draw a circle inside the chin area
that ends just below the lower lip.
Then I'll draw the top frontal quarter
of the inner circle of the head
to make the flat part of the head.
Then I'll complete the curve for the forehead
and the top of the head.
And I'll just clean that line up a little bit
with my eraser.
While I have the eraser out,
I'll just erase any guides that I don't need any longer.
But basically I just want to keep what I can use for shading.
And that's it.
That gives us a foundation that we can use
to then create a more detailed drawing.
And you can see I've done that here.
If you'd like to see my process for completing this drawing,
go on over to patreon.com/AaronRutten and become a member.
I'll put a link down in the video description.
Thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time.