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Head rotation volume 1

Four heads in pencil and tonal sets, organized by head and labeled angle

Head rotation volume 1: turnaround
Head rotation volume 1, four pencil angles
61 pencil angles · 64 tonal angles · 8 loop sets

turnaround

Head rotation volume 1: turnaround
Head rotation volume 1, four pencil angles
61 pencil angles · 64 tonal angles · 8 loop sets
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  • What you get: 61 pencil plates, 64 tonal plates + alpha, 8 loop sets, index, contact and practice sheets, 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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  • 64angles
  • 8loops
  • 222files
  • Instant download
  • Works on all devices
  • 2048 px PNG, MP4 and GIF
  • Corrections free for life

Four head rotation studies in one download, each drawn from a sculpted head: hard plane, gaunt planes, clean heroic jaw, and minimal androgynous.

How the volume is laid out

  • Each head comes as its own set, so you can work one head at a time.
  • Draw the same angle on two heads to see what changes with the build of the face.

What is inside

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

Head rotation volume 1 at 0 degrees
Head rotation volume 1 at 45 degrees
Head rotation volume 1 at 90 degrees
Head rotation volume 1 at 135 degrees

Files in the download

  • 4 single-head sets with 64 tonal plates and 64 transparent tonal alpha plates total
  • 61 pencil plates total, as drawn and with no transparent version; the gaunt planes head has no pencil plate at 247.5 or 270 degrees, and the clean heroic jaw none at 157.5 degrees
  • Library index sheet (PNG + PDF)
  • Contact sheets
  • Practice sheets
  • Tonal turnaround loops (MP4 + GIF) and pencil turnaround loops (square MP4, vertical MP4 and GIF)
  • Readme
  • Licence
  • Start here
  • 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 four 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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