{"id":11943,"date":"2022-04-25T10:10:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T17:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/us\/?p=11943"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:41:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:41:38","slug":"how-to-draw-the-skull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/how-to-draw-the-skull\/","title":{"rendered":"How to draw the skull for amazing character designs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It should come as no surprise that if you want to draw really amazing characters you have to know the anatomy of the figure<\/a>. This is especially true when it comes to the portrait. Humans are designed to seek out faces<\/a> and it\u2019s incredibly jarring when a portrait doesn\u2019t look quite right.<\/p>\n

You can forgive a lot of anatomical mistakes on the figure but the same doesn\u2019t hold for the face. You need to make sure that you draw it well.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/HmjqS_p3ia4<\/p>\n

Most teachers would teach you the proportions of the skull<\/a> and how to draw them, but the ideal measurements of the head will only take you so far. What you want is to make that knowledge flexible so you can mold the skull into any structure. That way, you can create the characters that you're visualizing in your head (no pun intended).<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

Get a feel for proportion<\/h2>\n

Here are three of the most basic head poses that you'll see: the front, profile (or side view), and three quarter. What you want to observe as you look at these skulls are the three masses that stack on top of each other:<\/p>\n