This is the first tutorial that actually made me excited to draw, not scared.

common issues should be a series, like common issues drawing bodies, feet, hands, legs, trees, etc

another thing some people have a problem with is to realize that nothing in nature is "perfect" when ever I drew faces (facing to the front) I always tried to make them look as symmetric as possible then one day I looked into my bathroom mirror, one with 3 parts, played around with them a little bit and accidentally hold them in an angle where I could see myself how others would see me and realized how uneven my face looked: my eyes were not the same, my nose slightly pointed to the side etc. now I don't mind when the faces I draw don't look perfectly symmetric :) of course there's a difference between realistic and stylized designs like anime but it's still nothing to be sad about

the way you teach is so laid back, almost relaxing! it doesn't follow this strict form like most people's, stuff like "you must draw like this". You offer helpful tips, and its honestly really interesting to watch. thanks for taking the time to teach us!

I've noticed that I'm really good at copying proportions yet when it comes to using my imagination i completely fail to grasp all my knowledge, and it turns out horrible. is it only me?

I really love how you teach, Sycra. I always lose inspiration and tend to delay my unfinished artworks for weeks. Whenever I see you teach and draw, it all comes back. Like, wow...

I know I’m 5 years too late to this vid, but the tutorial’s still awesome 👏

10:54 OMG Sycra I been having this problem for 2.5 years and you are the first one that mentioned this and I have struggled with this more than anything else in my life you really are a life saver for me, I wanna thank you again and again, hope your life will be filled with joy and good health.

I touched my face the whole video and it helped me really to understand it. I never drew humans so often but I want to like.. I want to understand it and to learn it and touching your face while watching this was helping me a lot... and this sounds so creepy

Everytime I'm in trouble with something you're uploading a video to explain how to do it right. You're awesome man and no thanks will be enough to tell you how thanksful we are for your work !

My biggest problem is drawing noses its something that i can draw once in a while but i cant wrap my head around the anatomy of it, everyones is so different and it frustrates me to draw them.

Never apologize for having a style, that is a very touchy subject for me...still practicing.

You and Proko are the two most helpful to me. Thank you!! Keep up the great works!! I'm also more analytical than intuitive and your approach is really useful to me.

Sycra is one of the best Art teachers. I love how he explain everything by the way that we all can understand and improve our art. Good job!!

this may be 8 years old and i may have been drawing for 15+ years of my 21y/o life, but soooo helpful and makes me wanna draw rn. just subbed (:

4:35 i found this myself by mistake and have been using it since and it's REALLY HELPFUL and i'm glad i was on the right track with it

you’re one of the best teachers i’ve ever known, thank you for the tips!

"It's important to study skulls, and things..." I had fun while watching this and I feel a bit more aware of some of the things that this video mentioned, so I'm excited to pick up the pencil again. And study skulls and things. I just found that very funny :D

Thanks so much for the tip on the chin. I've been botching my jaw alignment so often lately which results in asymmetrical faces and too-big cheekbones receding into too-small jawlines, but now that I treat it not as lines but as replicating on paper an actual 3D surface, it should be much more intuitive now. Thanks!

This video has opened my way of seeing things differently now ...you have opened my creative mind ... Its amazing how one persons shariing of his way of seeing things can open doors for others. Sharing is caring . Thanks .

You should know that your tutorials are amazing! You say I hope that makes sense but you practically always make sense. Just so you know.

"When you change how you think, you change how you draw." - sycra well said. This is small but great wisdom.

This channel should be called "Things you've never noticed your entire life but it was right on your nose". Thank you for existing.

you're my god. i ain't no atheist anymore. bless your channel.

can you go in to detail about drawing the other eye? maybe make a video about drawing the same character several times, which I have a problem with doing.

Yeah, these tutorials are extremely helpful and force me to make real improvements, but at the same time, they make me feel so inadequate like I could never get enough mileage to become so fluid at this.

Dude. Thanks for showing me the pieces. Everything is easier when you deconstruct.

Observing makeup is also helpful. Even in the least bit. For example that rhythm with the eye and the brow and the way it's shaded.

Love how you say "important". You pronounce each syllable so distinctly.

I cannot tell you how much I needed this type of video.

One of the things I have the most difficulty with is various head angles! The eyes always come out lopsided, it seems no matter what I do. I know exactly what I'm doing wrong and yet it still happens almost every time.

Can you do heads facing different directions, and how to change the proportions of the facial features accordingly?

17:15 wtf was that thing at the top left.. Was that a persons butt painted like a pumpkin? ... wat

been going through a major art block.. the ideas are there.. but the art is not coming.. i also think i may have lost my confidence in myself. i feel wrecked. i used to draw at the drop of a hat, now its a struggle just to scribble a line..wtf ? have you ever dealt with this ?

hey man, thank you for your videos, I took an hour looking for somebody who can teach AND draw well, and you are one. your simple explanations are lovely. AND your voice is not monotone, and cringe y, like a lot of artists on you tube have haha... I do not know what it is, but you did a lot better at explaining anatomy and faces than most of everyone else.

Videos like this end up helping much more than tutorial videos IMO

wow thank you so much for this, namely for tips about the fading of the jaw to the size discrepancy of the cranium to the mandible. the point about the eye sockets and the temple too! i tried this and saw immediate results! thank you again!

I’ve been drawing since as long as I can remember, but your tips still greatly helped me, especially with eye sz, that always took me too long. thanks, seriously, thanks.

I'm starting to use the line that connects the corner of the eye to the edge of the brow. I hope you don't mind, I'm in love with your style.

This guy is the literal god of tutorials 👏🏼👏🏼

Brilliant guide. I'm coming back to drawing and illustration work and re-learning techniques I thought I knew well but your process has made this so much easier.

Erm...Are you serious? I was just watching and drawing the at the same time, and drew the most beautiful woman I've ever drawn (still pretty bad though) just by paying attention to what you just said :D Thanks ;)

"When you change how you think, you change how you draw." - Sycra, 2016

Sycra, you have a very appealing style. I love seeing different artists with distinctive styles. It's eye candy. ;)

I hope one day to see a super live stream of all the different face/head drawing methods you and the others use.

Nice upload. Could you do one on how you approach drawing faces/heads from different angles? You know a head facing another direction, up or down, to the side, etc. Because sometimes I would have difficulties drawing, like the mouth/lips for instance, from another point of view.

ugh so much knowledge, thank you Sycra, even though i just started in may and watching your videos this week, i'm learning all this stuff that i saw was a huge problem (ie, having difficulty expressing 3D on a 2D plane,) and just could not figure out how to effectively make it work, outside of just adding shading as a faux 3D creator.

The eyebrow thing... The difference in girls and guys is really genetic specific stuff and not at all set in stone. I think you should perhaps refer to masculinity and femininity, because lets face it (no pun intended), we're all different and the whole guy/girl thing is profoundly different in the far ends of the spectrum of femininity and masculinity. Now, I'm NOT trying to nitpick any of this. I merely bring it up because it's a crutch of many seasoned concept artists and illustrators who are stuck in the same boring mindset of no androgynous features. No masculine women, they have to be feminine and sexy (to us). They still do it after 10-20 years, I think it's safe to say that we need to understand that it's not about what biological sex the character has, that always dominates what their features are like. (some people will recognize this on their own, of course. But some will use this as a crutch for years.) This is just an example and isn't addressing what Sycra is teaching here: It's something I notice a lot of artists talk about "Girls need more feminine features" (usually concept art guys). It usually ends with warrior type females being portrayed with either "slutty" or with pro-dominant feminine features, even though a warrior type female character would probably favour practical armour and clothing and rarely any make-up (unless it's war-paint). Character design is something to keep in mind, and you're going to want characters of both spectrum's. The only problem is you rarely ever see anything that isn't a stereotype feminine sex bomb. I'd love to see a video on the very subtle changes that makes us recognize a character as either sex. I feel like it's always all-or-nothing kind of characters people talk about in videos like this. People are a lot plainer than this. You know? *I don't think it's too relevant for this video specifically*, but it's a thing going on everywhere online. A bit ignorant to assume we're all the stereotypes.

I really like your videos. They are one of the very few things that actually inspire me, so thanks a lot for doing them and loading them up :)

Thank you, thats very helpful. I really have problems with the eyes, finding the right place and making the second one. But really hard is to do it in another perspective, if the face is turned a little bit to a side, im totally failing on EVERYTHING. I just cant make the eyes right, or the nose or the mouth. And im trying to do it so many times, and never really get that.

your upload schedule is crazy man, it's 2am where I'm at lol

This helped me so much! I always have trouble with keeping the eyes in proportions (I tend to make them too big...), the shape of the nose and remembering the existence of a chin...

As you mentioned at the end I would love to see more information about the mouth, jaw, and lip type muscles and how they interact and move to do different things.

Thanks man! Now I know exactly what the heck I was doing wrong. Been so frustrated lately since I had no idea where to even look.

I found it pretty funny how you used blue to represent a short distance (closer to the front) when it's traditionally used for showing a far distance (things appear bluer the farther they are) but that's my just my own weird sense of humor. Love the videos, they're very insightful. I wanna make a request for drawing skeletons. I always find difficulty in one part or another when it comes to drawing skeletons. If you've already made one like this, I'll get to it (been jumping around your uploads). All that aside, thank you sincerely for this library of videos.

I never realized my thinking until this video and this really helped alot. Thank you!

honestly, something that helps me with symmetry and straight lines is to rotate your canvas. even if the line /looks/ straight, it might not be, and it seriously helps a ton to turn the canvas 90 degrees to draw lines for marking things like eye height and the middle of faces! it might not work with everyone, but ive found it easier to see the middle and to draw straight lines that way :0

My drawing is improving, thanks.

I have to admit, I think way too much than I should. I tried so many of 'how to structure face' including those from pixiv and they only worked for a while before I struggled again. At this point it became difficult to 'think less', so might as well give myself new ways to try. Thank you for the useful advices :)

wow! This was probably the most helpful video on drawing the face I have ever seen. Thanks a lot!

excellent tips and guide Sycra, I really enjoy your work and all of your video's. You have a relaxed way of working with us which is what someone trying to learn needs to not get frustrated from getting overwhelmed. Thumbs up, I've subbed and staying. Please keep making these great video's. I'm trying to learn. I've practised sketching here and there through my years and have taken some college where I learned to actually not complain about conte but to enjoy it as much as possible.

you finally helped me draw a face! i love you Sycra!

dude has literally taught me how to draw.

I'm really looking forward to the jaw video :) I have a huge problem with how the jaw is shaped.

14:43 u just thinking of MORTAL KOMBAT. What I believe you were explaining there for people who still having hard time trying to figured out, its that the "lines" only defines where the "strong shadows" are in, but the true shape of it, is "lineless" and more rounded on a more tridimentional shape, that's why there is really no true lines on the sides (depending on perspective, almost all lines around the face can fade away) It is not a bad explanation of sycra, is actually very well explained, and hope people take what I say as addition and nothing more (i'm a beginner on drawing too, that's why m here lol)

Sycra your tutorials are awesome. I have learned so much. Thank you.

Sycra, you're awesome. I just felt like saying that and it'll probably be a year until I come up with an explanation.

I’ve learned a few things from this video. Thank you for sharing your insight and expertise!

Also could you do a video explaining thick and thin lines? As in lineart and so on? I know that it has something to do with weight but I'm still a bit confused about it and I don't think you've gone over it in any of your videos.

you are a great teacher sycra! im learning some biology and drawing basics all in one! good job and keep sharing.

it would be great if you could do a video about drawing both eyes in a 3/4 vue! thnx again for this one

Great tips. Thanks for the free assistance to all of us new artists.

Great tips on how to recognize and correct these drawing mistakes!

17:15 LOL WTF IS THAT

love the way u think about drawing and shapes

Really, really good tutorial! This is the kind of tutorial I'm looking, for thank you.

I'm not sure if someone has suggested this to you and of course this is an opinion and you can take it with a grain of salt. I love the content of your videos. I would like to see some more editing. There's a lot of pauses in your speech and ums and uhs. Things that in my opinion take away from the effectiveness of your videos. One thing you can do is record audio and video separate. That way you can just clip all the pauses out or make clips of audio that you insert when you start doing something new. You can do this without changing how you talk or really doing that much more work. I seriously can't get through the whole video because the energy and flow of it is completely killed every time you say um or sigh or make other thinking noises, but I know the content is good and I want to finish so I force myself or skip ahead. Again, just my opinion, but I think it'll really make your videos more approachable, easier to follow and more interesting.

i really like that "new" style of yours :) you talked in a lot of videos about your struggles with drawing and how you didn't really like your style, how you thought about what the "People" like and how you studied every little thing you didn't even really wanted to know. Then you started discovering that you like sharp things and you adapted your style to what you like (i think that's how it roughly went down haha) I have a Problem myself, i try to do a style that's really working for me and i don't really care what others think about it but as soon as i can somewhat draw what i had in mind i suddenly don't really like it anymore and jump to the next thing i think would look cool and then it goes on and on and on, do you (or if anyone else reading this) think it's just a matter of time to find a suiting style or is there a "trick"? sorry for the unrelated comment and for any bad english

THANK YOU SO MUCH SYNCRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU SIR

did anyone else see the pumpkin butt?

this is exactly the type of tutorial i was looking for!! thank you so much!!

is there a tutorial for different angles of the head?

The eyebrow rhythm you talk about is simply that the eyebrow sits on the upper ridge of the eye socket. Put your finger on your eyebrow - what you feel underneath is the top of the socket. So, you can just say that the eyebrow sits on the socket.

Jeez, I missed these videos, man. Great as always!!

Something I've noticed is the corners of the mouth are usually directly below the pupils or slightly inward from there. I mostly draw female portraits if that seems to matter.

Im drawing about 20years from now. To me, its the best hobby and the only way to recharge myself is by beeing alone for a while, for someone who is not comfortable with silence, it might be the wrong hobby. With all my knowledge and experience i can assure everyone that i stil struggle a lot, because im trying to discover new things, i hate repeading myself. But i barely feel like i nailed it 100% when im finished. Maybe 2-6 times a year im satisfied with a drawing. And thats exiting to me, beeing creative. Sometimes i feel like im gonna fuck up anatomy as bad as u can and i come up with the scariest monsters you could never imagine. The feel of satisfaction is so strong when i do one of these 2-6 times a year picture, i cant quite compare it with something else. Id have to fuck 500 times a year and it wouldnt be close to what i feel. I have one friend in particular who doesnt get my art, or art in general. Never ask those people or random people what they think of your drawings, not everyone has the capacity to understand the diffrence in amateurwork and masterpieces. That friend i mentioned has only an eye for realistic pictures but lacks the knowledge to diffrenciate between wrong anatomy and deliberate proportionchanges. The other friends of mine or lets say the majority of people that saw my pictures say random shit, like ...nice picture, great work blabla... Dont listen to that, learn basics, and only trust yourself, go for the gut feeling. If you are happy with it, it is great. Let your art check by skillful people on the internet if you are not sure about mistakes. To get better, you have to know anatomy in and out. Even i make mistakes, more often than i want to admit, but i have an eye for finding my own errors. I spend 20-30 hrs on a picture on average, hand drawn. I need much longer for digital art, because i dont feel comfortable with it yet. Sometimes i draw 50 faces from scratch until i am satisfied with the result of the musclestructure / bonestructure and so on. Time has no value once i hold a pencil. I hope my insight can help you on your journey, young padawan. If you made it til here, i a certain that you have the paitence to be one day my equal at the very least.

Very helpful as always = ) I don't know what I would do without you!

i really like your videos. And I think people learn so much from it. But maybe try to make them a bit shorter. Focus on what is really necesarry. Love it :)

Thank you, these videos are very helpful!

This was really helpful! I find myself struggling a lot with the planes of the face. I call it Planeface Torment.

Amazing, I tried to draw the same thing you do while watching and it even looks like a person! Bald one and a bit scary but it's still something. Thank you very much.

Thanks Sycra! Sooooooooo helpful! Please do the jaw tutorial I need this so bad...

This was really useful for me to watch. Thank you Sycra! Cheers from Sweden :)

I think, nobody cares about it... :) BUT this rhythm from eyesocket to eyebroow is one of the first things I realized, when I started drawing and observing my own face - it´s really a prominent feature! I don´t understand, why so less artist care about it?!?

I remember going to Barnes and Nobles to flip through all the fantasy drawing books and doing terrible kid sketches. I didn't realize computer sketching was so advanced now though. This is really making me want to draw again

So much wonderful info in this! Thank you!!

your lessons are really helpful! keep up the great work

"touch your face" wow. i dont know why but touching myself (haha) actually helps me understand human body shapes better. maybe because i have to imagine what i feel would look like?

That eye and eyebrow rythm connection naturaly exist, you can see that under specyfic light conditions. I've been using it as well as a building tool since I'd discovered it even if they're not visible from the actual point of view. :)

One thing I have a lot of trouble with is placing a hat on the head, how the lines meet and placement - I just can't seem to get it right. I'll have a look to see if you have a video about this, but if not you might consider doing one on placing clothing over your model drawing.