1. Draw with a pencil because you’ll be erasing . . . a LOT! Start by drawing an oval that tapers at the bottom, kind of like an egg.
2. Next divide the egg in half, both vertically and horizontally with two lines.
3. Divide the lower half of the egg again with another horizontal line. This line is where the nose “rests.” Go ahead and draw the base of the nose, resting just on top of this line.
4. Divide the bottom quarter in half again with another horizontal line (I told you you’d be erasing later on!). The lips will rest on tops of this line. Draw them in.
5. Next are the eyes. The top horizontal line goes right through the center. A good rule is to leave one eye width between them so the eyes aren’t too close together or too far apart. Unless you’re drawing a Cyclops and the center eye IS the eye. ALSO, the eyes are in sockets, so you need to shade behind them or they’ll look weird, like they’re popping off the page in surprise.
6. Ears are next—line them up between the bottom of the nose and the eyebrows (oh yeah: you need to draw eyebrows), and they should be flat by the head. Then the hair—smooth it across the forehead using the top of the egg as the top of the hair. The hair does NOT start on top of the egg, because that would give you huge puffy hair like an eighties rock band.
7. Last is the neck, which starts to appear by the jawline. Make it a sturdy neck or your head will roll off in the wind. (Not really, but a cool zombie visual, right?)
And that’s it! Easy! Ha—I know, I know . . . it’s tricky stuff. But keep practicing and you’ll get the hang of it. This guy looks like a Karl to me. Karl the Krusher.
