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Head rotation volumes 1 and 2

Both volumes together: ten heads, each in pencil and tonal sets

Head rotation volumes 1 and 2: turnaround
Head rotation volumes 1 and 2, four pencil angles
10 heads · 157 pencil angles · 160 tonal angles

turnaround

Head rotation volumes 1 and 2: turnaround
Head rotation volumes 1 and 2, four pencil angles
10 heads · 157 pencil angles · 160 tonal angles

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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 + alpha, 20 loop sets, two volume 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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  • 160angles
  • 20loops
  • 557files
  • Instant download
  • Works on all devices
  • 2048 px PNG, MP4 and GIF
  • Corrections free for life

Volume 1 and volume 2 together: ten head rotation studies, four heads in the first download and six in the second, every head in pencil and tonal styles.

How the two volumes fit together

  • Each head comes as its own set, in its own volume's download.
  • Both volumes use the same sixteen labeled angles, so a view in one lines up with the same view in the other.
  • Start with one head, then draw the same angle on a head from the other volume to compare builds.

What is inside

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

Head rotation volumes 1 and 2 at 0 degrees
Head rotation volumes 1 and 2 at 45 degrees
Head rotation volumes 1 and 2 at 90 degrees
Head rotation volumes 1 and 2 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
  • 157 pencil plates across both volumes, as drawn and with no transparent version; in volume 1, the gaunt planes head has no pencil plate at 247.5 or 270 degrees, and the clean heroic jaw none at 157.5 degrees
  • 160 tonal plates and 160 transparent tonal alpha plates total
  • A library index sheet (PNG + PDF) in each volume
  • A contact sheet and a practice sheet for every head
  • Tonal turnaround loops (MP4 + GIF) and pencil turnaround loops (square MP4, vertical MP4 and GIF) for every head
  • Readme and licence in each volume
  • 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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Head rotation volumes 1 and 2

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