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Head library

Five archives together: ten heads, the parts plates, the lighting frames, and the atlas

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Digital download, instant · works on all devices · corrections to these ten heads free for life

  • What you get: 157 pencil plates, 160 tonal plates, 66 parts plates, 119 sheets, 187 loops, five archive downloads, plus a 43-page how-to-draw book
  • Licence: Personal study use. Art you make while using the plates is yours. No redistribution of the plates, no AI training on them.
  • Refunds: Look at the free sampler first; broken or not-as-described files are fixed or refunded
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  • 66plates
  • 119sheets
  • 187loops
  • 1634files
  • Instant download
  • Works on all devices
  • 2048 px PNG, MP4 and GIF
  • Corrections free for life

Both rotation volumes, the parts volume, the lighting volume, and the atlas, as five downloads on one purchase.

What each download is for

  • Head rotation volumes 1 and 2: ten heads through the turn, in pencil and tonal styles.
  • Head parts, volume 1: one eye, ear, mouth, or nose at a time, to keep beside a head you are drawing.
  • Head lighting reference, volume 1: volume 1's four heads in clay under ten light directions, for value.
  • Head rotation atlas, volume 1: the plates as a book, for page-by-page study.

Limits

  • Volume 1's gaunt pencil set withholds 247.5 and 270 degrees and its clean heroic jaw pencil set withholds 157.5 degrees; every other set contains all sixteen yaws.
  • Both volumes' pencil plates ship as drawn, with no transparent version.
  • The parts volume is line plates only, and a feature is not shown all the way round.
  • The lighting renders are colourless clay at 1024 px, and the light turns with the head.
  • The atlas PDF is screen-first, not a press-ready print edition.

What is inside

Individual pencil and tonal plates, organized by angle, with practice files

Head library at 0 degrees
Head library at 45 degrees
Head library at 90 degrees
Head library at 135 degrees

Files in the download

  • Head rotation volume 1: 222 files across 4 heads
  • Head rotation volume 2: 335 files across 6 heads
  • Head parts, volume 1: 165 files
  • Head lighting reference, volume 1: 911 files
  • Head rotation atlas, volume 1: 1 file
  • How to Draw the Head: a 43-page tutorial book (PDF, 29 plates)

Included: How to Draw the Head

A 43-page tutorial PDF arrives with your files: one construction for the head, then turned, tilted, aged and given expression across 29 plates

  • How to Draw the Head, page 1: The cover

    The cover

  • How to Draw the Head, page 2: Contents: 29 plates in seven parts

    Contents: 29 plates in seven parts

  • How to Draw the Head, page 3: Plate 1: the whole method on one head

    Plate 1: the whole method on one head

  • How to Draw the Head, page 23: Plate 15: turning the head

    Plate 15: turning the head

  • How to Draw the Head, page 28: Plate 19: three tilts, three turns

    Plate 19: three tilts, three turns

  • How to Draw the Head, page 40: Plate 27: expression, from the front

    Plate 27: expression, from the front

Updates

Corrections to these ten heads are free for life; new heads ship as later volumes with a founding-buyer discount

Licence

Personal study use, on your own devices. Art you make while using the plates is yours, including work you sell. You may not redistribute or resell the files, and you may not use them to train an AI model.

Refunds

The sampler is free and it is the same plates at the same size, so look at it before you buy. If a file is broken, missing, or not what this page describes, write to us and we will fix it or refund it.

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