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How to draw anthro heads

By Kelly | June 4, 2007

A quick example of how I approach heads:

It helps to think in terms of 3D objects. The main mass of the head is a sphere, with the attached muzzle and ear shapes varying depending on which species you’re trying to depict.

I’ll start with the rough sphere and some crosshairs on top to set the angle and position of features I’ll draw later.

Then, on top I’ll sketch out the form of the eyes and eye sockets, and the muzzle form below. Eyes are usually placed above the center crosshair. A good rule of thumb is that the eyes are spaced one eye-width apart.

After that I’ll add in other forms like cheek-fluff and hair, and start working out details.

The main objective here is to figure out form and pose before adding any details!

More Examples

These are old but should give you some idea how I approach different species:

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186 Responses to “How to draw anthro heads”

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1. 150
   Daniel Says:
   December 21st, 2009 at 2:09 am

   2 years ago i looked this up… now im drawing 100X better than this.. i look back at my old art and cringe

2. 149
   Putra Says:
   December 20th, 2009 at 8:27 pm

   you should add a girl.I’m very confused in drawing a girl since i was a boy.

3. 148
   SomeKidCalledAlex Says:
   December 14th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

   This could help a lot! Every time I try to draw a muzzle, it ends up looking like a stupid styrofoam cup. GRRRR IT LOOKS SO IDIOTICCCCCCCCCCC

4. 147
   lardo Says:
   December 6th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

   this help alot can u send me some more i really need some more help

5. 146
   Sitka Says:
   November 27th, 2009 at 12:17 am

   This was really helpful for my anthro comic. Thanks, though it would’ve been nice for you to add both genders.

6. 145
   EratisLupus Says:
   November 19th, 2009 at 7:26 pm

   thanks for the help but i can’t get the first example to show up on my screen would you mind sending me the example pls? that would be very helpful

7. 144
   Muhammad Nafis Anam Says:
   November 19th, 2009 at 2:56 am

   Cool… I like your works

8. 143
   WOLFEZ Says:
   November 6th, 2009 at 9:30 am

   you should also include on how to draw both genders :D GREAT TUTORIALS!!!!!!

9. 142
   Tim Says:
   November 5th, 2009 at 2:15 am

   hey, any chance you could help with a polar bear or just a bear in general? im not very good at drawing anthro to begin with. i can’t draw face straight on or at an angle, just profile views.

10. 141
    Button Says:
    October 27th, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    This has helped me A LOT!! I have been looking for a website like this for almost half
    a year now. Anthro art isn’t as easy as it looks, and I never realized that until I started
    drawing it. So :] thank you for being so kind as to putting up these wonderful tutorials.

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