Skull Anatomy for Artists
No Comments | December 5, 2011
Here’s a quick follow-up to the post I did a few years ago on how to draw skulls. There are some great online resources available to study skull anatomy. If you are an artist trying to sharpen your figure drawing or portrait skills, there’s nothing quite like the internet. WikiMedia Commons in particualr has some real gems.
Frontal View of Human Skull
Side View of Human Skull
Both of the preceding illustrations are from Grey Anatomy. There are also some real skulls:
Human Skull Frontal View
Human Skull Side View
Here’s another poor soul (at least I’m pretty sure they’re real!); these are nicely lit and show great detail:
Here’s another nice three quarters view, this time with a full set of teeth:
There’s also this guy with a nice and interesting looking up perspective:
This is how the master, Da Vinci himself, drew the skull:
Of course these just scratch the surface. If you really want to dive into the anatomy of the skull and learn what each nook and cranny is called, check out one of these:
Hopefully this has been helpful, and as you can see, the internet is truly awesome and a great resource when it comes to advancing your drawing skills. I leave you with this guy, found on Flicker Commons:
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