How to Draw a Skull

Front-View Skull

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  Draw a circle.
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  Draw a barrel shape below the circle.
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  Add the cheek bones on each side of the circle. Draw a crossed line at the center.
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  Draw two small stretched circles for the eye sockets. Add two thin triangular shapes where the nose is supposedly located.
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  Draw the cheekbone and the maxilla.
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  Draw the mandible. Add short vertical lines for the teeth.
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  Trace the rest of the outline. Add a vertical line on the sides of the forehead to make the anterior structures appear protruded.
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  Erase unnecessary lines.
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  Draw an oblong.
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  Draw a U-shape on the right side of your oblong.
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  Draw the sockets for the eyes and nose.
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  Draw the maxilla and mandible using small straight strokes.
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  Draw the cheek bone.
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  Darken the outline of the skull.
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  Draw small vertical lines for the teeth. Add details to the skull as you wish to make it more realistic.
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  Erase unnecessary lines.
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  Look at a picture of a skull, get a feeling for how it looks.
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  Take a pencil and lightly draw a circle.
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  If you wish to draw the skull facing you, make a horizontal line and a vertical line that go through the circle, then draw two vertical lines on the left and right side of the skull. (See illustration for further reference)
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  Make an angled “U” shape at the bottom, closing in the chin.
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  Two large circles near the middle of the circle will represent eye sockets, as well as a triangle for the nose.
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  Draw lines for the mouth, and then teeth. These can be rearranged depending on how your person will look.
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  Erase excess lines, and darken your drawing.
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  Use a shading pencil to shade in the eye sockets and nose.
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