How to draw anthro heads

By Kelly | June 4, 2007

A quick example of how I approach heads:

tutorial anthro head drawing step 1

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:

186 Responses to “How to draw anthro heads”

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Katie Says:
September 15th, 2008 at 8:02 am
This is soooo cool!please help me! do ya’ no why?
I can draw anthro but I’m really B-A-D Bad!!!
please e-mail me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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storm Says:
September 12th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
what about if it’s a straight ahead view?
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Sebastian Says:
September 9th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
This is a great tutorial and it’s helped my drawing a lot, though I kinds wish there was something more in depth with the fox, something almoast Robin Hood ish, I have lots of trouble finding tutorials on them
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Gear Says:
September 6th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Ive never felt more confident about a drawing/sketch Ive done before trying my methods with these techniques in mind; Ive been up all night drawing tons more after taking a look through this. I used to be too impatient to do sketches starting with the method youve shown there, but its totally worth it. I applaud your efforts to save the world! :3 Many thanks, times over!
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Edward Says:
September 4th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Is it possible to draw a furry head in photoshop? because, I don’t have a scanner to put my my stuff in the internet. But I know that drawing with a mouse is way harder than with the hand. BTW, my drawing suck and I hope your tutorial helps me to improve.
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Marcus Says:
August 15th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Could you do some more drawing of this? I just cant seem to get some animal aspects down.
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Bartalimue Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Thanks this helps me alot
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Kalttier Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Mad love for the rodents ^^
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Mike Says:
July 30th, 2008 at 9:30 am
could you do one where the head is looking directly at the drawer? cuz i’ve been working on drawing my fursona and I really need help for the head.
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Mitch Says:
July 26th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I really like this site I just found. I saw some pros draw some art and I thought that it looked so cool. But, I can’t even draw a circle let alone this. Im going to be using this site for a long time