Additional Resource Links:

DRAWING

• Basic Drawing with Vector Points and Bezier Handles
• Filling Shapes and Borders, Color
• Basic Head Template
• Blend Tool
• Illustrator ToolsIllustrator Tips and Tools
• Pen Tool

PRINTING

• Digital Printing to the Epson and Ricoh Printers
• Printing to the Epson Printers

PACKAGING

• Additional Resource Links:DRAWING
  • Basic Drawing with Vector Points and Bezier HandlesFilling Shapes and Borders, ColorBasic Head TemplateBlend ToolIllustrator ToolsIllustrator Tips and ToolsPen Tool
  PRINTING
  • Digital Printing to the Epson and Ricoh PrintersDigital Printing Step-by-Step—Ricoh
  Your AssignmentPart A: Drawing the Human HeadPart B: PackagingPart A: Process
  • Open IllustratorOpen the Layers windowCreate a folder on your computer and name it “HEAD DRAWING”Download the Basic Head Drawing file to your computer. Make a screenshot (command shift 4) of the head.Move the screenshot  file into the Basic Head Drawing folder. This will be the folder that you will save your Illustrator file to as well. It is also an example of how you should always organize your files for an assignment or project.Using the PLACE command, import the file into Illustrator.Make this layer a Template LayerLock this layer.Create a new layer above the template layer. (all drawing layers must be located above the template)Accurately trace/draw the head in layers that you create above this template.Create separate layers for head, eyes, hair, mouth, etc.Unlock only the layer containing the features that you are currently working on.Add details and color as you like to make it more interesting.Add shoulders, torso, background and any additional details you like. Position your person so that he/she extends to the bottom of the page but the background does not. In other words, the main figure “breaks out of the box”.Turn off the template layer and Upload your final drawing to the Canvas assignment pageExamples of this assignment from previous students are below
  Help
  • refer to the resource links at the top of this page for additional guidance on learning Illustrator’s tools.refer to the recording of the demonstration/introduction of the assignment which will be found on the Announcements tab of the Canvas Course Site.
  Save your file for Printing
  • Print to 8.5 x 11 paper on the Ricoh color laser jet.Use this link to information about printing to the Ricoh printer.
  
  

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Humans are amazingly similar in their diversity.  The first step in being able to show the variations and individuality of each person is to have a clear basis for comparison.  You will find as you study the head that the proportions are very consistent, regardless of the individual. It will be useful to start each drawing with a standard set of proportions that you can then modify for your expressive needs.  Pay particular attention to the shape and proportions of the skull itself. This bone structure is, of course, the basis for the shape and look of the skin which lies on top. The proportions given below are an accepted norm and will be found to be useful for a standard basic head.

The eyes are in the center of the head.
The face is divided in thirds:
1. hair line to brow
2. brow to bottom of nose
3. bottom of nose to bottom of  chin.
The bottom of the lower lip is halfway between the bottom of the nose and the chin.
The width of the head “HW” equals:
1. The distance from the  top of the head to just below the nose
2. From the point just below the nose to the pit of the neck

Student Drawings