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Head Drawing for Entertainment Arts by Chris Legaspi & Charles Hu

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Release date:2022

Duration:19 h 09 m

Author:Chris Legaspi & Charles Hu

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Not Provided

Are you an artist aspiring to enter the world of narrative and entertainment arts, such as animation, illustration, comics, anime, etc.? Then mastering the art of drawing human heads is a must-have skill. This comprehensive course, designed for beginners, offers a challenging yet accessible approach to the fundamentals of drawing and designing heads.

Taught by seasoned industry professionals Chris Legaspi, a professional film and games illustrator and instructor at Gnomon School of Visual Arts, and Charles Hu, the founder of 3 Kicks and instructor at Art Center, this class covers key elements of head drawing such as composition, shape design, value design, and three-dimensional structure. With a range of assignments and reference images, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to perfect your skills and bring your head drawings to life.

Level 1
1. Planning Your Head Drawing With Chris Legaspi

Planning is crucial for every artist, and in this first lesson, Chris will guide you through the key aspects to consider before you start your drawing. You will learn about capturing emotions, pose, shape, and how to plan for value design and overall composition.

  • Duration: 3 hours 10 minutes
  • Level: Beginner-friendly
2. The Lay-in With Chris Legaspi

The lay-in is the foundation of your drawing, determining the placement, proportion, character, and form of your work. In this lesson, Chris will teach you how to create a professional lay-in, efficiently setting the most important elements of the drawing.

  • Duration: 5 hours 47 minutes
  • Level: Beginner-friendly
3. Light, Shadow & Rendering With Chris Legaspi

There are countless ways to render your head drawings, but there are fundamental principles that remain constant. In this lesson, Chris will show you how to approach light and shadow, simplify your value design, add detail only where necessary, and make strong design choices for a successful finished drawing.

  • Duration: 7 hours 4 minutes
Level 2
4. Proportions and Structure With Charles Hu

It’s time to delve into the structural and proportional aspects of head drawing. Join Charles Hu for his renowned head construction lecture, which has been taught to professional artists across Southern California. Get ready to take notes in your sketchbook!

  • Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes
  • Level: Beginner-friendly
5. The Structure of the Skull With Charles Hu

More than most parts of the body, the look of the head and face is determined by the skull. Learn how to understand and visualize the skull in a way that is simple and architectural. This is a great alternative to diving deep into anatomy, and is a great way to improve your understanding of the forms that make up the portrait.

  • 51m 20s Beginner Friendly
6. Lighting the Structures of the Head With Charles Hu

With a better understanding of the anatomy and structures that make up the skull, it’s time to reconsider how light and shadow bring three-dimensional reality to life. Charles will show you how to make clear design choices, use the core shadow, and apply clear value design to make your head drawings look solid, strong, and believable.

  • Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes
  • Level: Beginner-friendly

If you’ve completed the head drawing course and want to take your skills to the next level, consider enrolling in the Frank Reilly Method of Illustration Drawing, Constructive Head Drawing, or Renaissance Head Drawing. These courses will help you expand your knowledge and provide a deeper understanding of the art of head drawing. The Frank Reilly Method focuses on the principles of drawing and design, while Constructive Head Drawing teaches you to analyze and understand the construction of the head. Renaissance Head Drawing, on the other hand, covers the techniques and methods used by master artists during the Renaissance era. Whichever course you choose, you’re sure to develop a more comprehensive understanding of head drawing and take your skills to a whole new level.

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level 1
1. Planning your head drawing

01. Lesson Overview
02. Introduction to observation
03. Determining the lighting
04. Introduction to the placement
05. Determining Placement Continued
06. Value Composition
07. Creating Value thumbnails
08. Value thumbnails continued
09. Framing choosing a vignette
10. Framing Examples
11. Framing Example continued
13. Chris Approach to assignment

2. The lay-ins

01. Lesson Overview
02. Establishing the shape, tilt
03. Indicating the features
04. Creating 2d graphic shape
05. Making corrections prior to identifying shadow shapes
06. Determining areas of shadow
07. Lay in demonstration 1
08. Lay in demonstration 2
09. layin 3
10. layin demonstration 4
11. layin demonstration 5
12. layin demonstration charcoal
13. layin demonstration charcoal
14. layin demonstration charcoal
15. layin demonstration charcoal
16. layin demonstration charcoal and ballpiont pen
17. layin demonstration charcoal and ballpiont pen
18. Light and shadow demonstration ballpoint pen
19. Light and shadow demonstration ballpoint pen
20. Chris Approach to the assignment

3. Light, shadow and rendering

01. Lesson Overview
02. Introduction to rendering
03. Line vs tone and material
04. Line focused demonstration
05. Tonal demonstration in charcoal
06. Sketchy demonstration with pastel pencil
07. Toned paper demonstration
09. Chris approach to assignment
10. Chris approach to assignment
11. long pose-lay in
12. Determining the zone of interest
13. Adding highlight using erasor
14. Adding highlight 1
14. Adding highlight 2 contiinued
14. Adding highlight 3 contiinued
15. Adding accents
16. Finishing touches

level 2
4. Proportions and structures

01. Lesson Overview
02. Planes of the head and face
03. Demonstration
04. Assignment

5. The structure of the skull

01. Lesson Overview
02. Front view of skull
03. 3 and 4 of skull and jaw muscles
04. Low profile view of the skull

6. Lightinings of the structure of head

01. Lesson Overview
02. Demonstration 1-Front
03. Demonstration 3 4 view
04. Demonstration 3 4 high view

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2 Comments

  1. Missing some parts
    https://www.nma.art/videolessons/head-drawing-1-with-charles-hu-part-4-achieving-a-likeness/?course=115672

    https://www.nma.art/videolessons/head-drawing-1-with-charles-hu-part-5-facial-features/?course=115672

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