The Face

Getting Started

The face can be built out of a square and a triangle. The forehead takes up approximately the upper third of the face. The middle third is made up of the eyes, the nose, and the ears. The bottom third goes from the base of the nose to the tip of the chin.

Lowering the line of the eyes and the line of the base of the nose increases the surface area of the forehead and diminishes the length of the nose. This process, which is similar to caricaturing techniques, lets you produce a more feminine-looking face. And if you accentuate the process further, you get an increasingly childlike look.

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1. First, draw the rough outline ...

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