Joel Hickerson, grindog.com. Today we're going
to learn how to draw a scary face. First thing
you want to do is just draw the basic construction
elements that you would on any other face.
And then you can come back and add the elements
that would make this one scary. And draw your
eye line, nose line, mouth line and draw your
eyes, nice simple shapes for now, just to
kind of get the position. Then the next thing
you want to think about is what's going to
make this face scary. Do you want to make
it super exaggerated or do you want to just
do it by eyebrows? When you bring the eyebrows
down, one it makes it meaner as you accessorize
a little bit and also add that scary element.
O.k., and then the eyes themselves, maybe
you want to make them rounded more bloodshot,
the nose maybe a little sharper and hooked
down. And you find yourself, as you draw,
actually making some of these expressions
really helps too. And the mouth, maybe you
use the teeth to add a scary element or the
tongue. And the ears, it never hurts to add
nice pointy ears. Basically you're adding
elements that all contribute to this face
just being that much more scary. Now, bald
is kind of scary. Maybe you bring it down
as a widow's peak, kind of a Dracula look.
Maybe you even spike it up a little bit to
make it even more scary. Maybe you draw sweat
marks, make the ears a little darker. Really
accent the eyebrows. The eyebrows can really
make you or break you on this one. O.k., and
maybe a wart on the nose. You want to darken
in the mouth, o.k. Now then you come back,
now that you've got your constructions lines,
you can pick and choose the scary elements
you want to keep, like on your eyebrows, for
instance. You can make them really dark. Then
your eyes, you come back and you make the
round circles. And if you're using color it's
always a good idea, kind of a little red around
those eyes. Flared nostrils are always a great
scary item. Again the mouth and the mouth
lines, don't be afraid to leave your construction
lines behind. Maybe for the tongue and the
sharp cheeks, and the jaw down to the chin,
and your ears and your spiked hair, kind of
even makes it that much more fun. Furrowed
brow, maybe a widow's peak too, and there.
And that's how you draw a scary face.