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Welcome to the next installment of this tutorial series where we assemble a drawing of a face piece by piece. Hopefully you’ve been getting lots of tips and tricks to help you design characters or draw portraits and caricatures. Today we're going to talk about the nose.
How to draw a nose – The Pyramid
In this tutorial you will learn step by step how to draw a nose.
A la hora de dibujar la nariz, lo más difícil estriba probablemente en que sobresale tridimensionalmente de la cara. Para simplificar este aspecto, reduzcamos primero la nariz a una forma geométrica como la mostrada aquí en la imagen. Se trata de una pirámide con una mitad superior alargada. Esta forma nos permitirá dibujar la nariz desde cualquier ángulo que deseemos.
Con un poco de práctica, tal vez no necesites siquiera la pirámide para dibujar una nariz en la mayoría de los casos. Sin embargo, en ocasiones es posible que te convenga dibujar una cara desde un ángulo bastante inusual. En estas situaciones, determinar el aspecto de la nariz puede entrañar cierta dificultad. Aquí es donde entra en juego la pirámide, que te resultará de utilidad.
Para asegurarnos de que la pirámide esté formada correctamente, comenzamos con una cruz en la base y dibujamos la altura desde su centro (línea punteada en la imagen). Esto nos proporcionará todos los vértices, incluido el superior. Todo lo que debemos hacer es conectarlos.
As you can see, the different angles cause the pyramid to take very different shapes. If you are pretty confident, you can also try drawing the pyramid free-hand. But it tends to be safer to start with the cross at the base.
From here on, the base is the human head.
How to draw a nose onto human faces.
How to draw a nose: Frontal view
If you want to learn how to draw a nose, it's best to start with the face front on. Here I’ll be using the headshapes from the previous tutorials, of course.
(1) First of all, we’ll need that same triangle between the eyes that we learned about in the How to Draw Eyes tutorial. This triangle marks the area between the eyebrows and the nose bone.
(2) Next, we draw the cross of our pyramid. At this point we can already determine how wide our nose is going to be. The average nose is about as wide as the distance between the eyes. So I will keep this width for this nose.
The crossbar also defines whether the nose will eventually point upwards or downwards. The higher the crossbar, the more upwards the nose is going to point.
(3) As viewed from the front, we don't need to draw a height for our pyramid because naturally, from this perspective, the pyramid looks like the cross. Keep in mind that this is only the case in the front on view.
(4) Now we turn the pyramid into a nose. The tip of the nose sits at the top of the pyramid. To represent this, we simply draw a circle. If you draw a smaller circle, the nose will end up looking pointier. Sometimes it will actually be a good idea to draw a hexagon or diamond shape instead of a circle for the tip of the nose. But let's stick with a circle for this one.
(5) At the bottom two corners of our pyramid, we'll draw in the wings of the nose. You can use the lines as a guide just like in the picture. Below the tip of the nose, we mark the septum (i.e. the area between the nostrils) using two more lines. It should get narrower towards the bottom.
(6) We can now draw the nostrils starting from the lower edge. This is done simply by drawing two narrow, inverted U’s bent slightly outward. Make sure that the nostrils end at the top of the cross line of the pyramid.
(7) The border between the top and bottom of the nose is an invaluable line. This importance may not be immediately obvious, but it's super useful later when you’re figuring out where the light and shadow sides of the nose are when you're coloring. It's also great to suggest three dimensionality in a pure line-drawing.
Draw the line like a wave, following the bottom edge of the nose-tip circle. I call it "nose-tip-edge-wave". It sounds funnier in German, trust me.
(8) Now let's draw the bridge of the nose. It is not uniformly pronounced on every nose: sometimes it’s enough just to subtly hint at it. Most importantly you should understand that, like in the picture, it is made up of two areas that thicken slightly towards the middle. The upper area is the nasal bone. There is a bone directly under the skin here. Below this point, there’s no more bone.
(9) Last but not least, we can very easily draw in the nose based on our construction. It's up to you to decide which lines you want to emphasize, and which ones to play down. I’ve taken the sides of the tip of the nose off to soften the transition from tip to wing. On the bridge, I’ve highlighted the nasal bone a bit while also bringing the edges of the two triangles forward.
Abstraction is a helpful tip when learning how to draw a nose.
It is very useful to abstract and reduce - especially with the outlines of the nose. If the face you're drawing is only an inch tall, you probably won't get hung up on the nose bone. So, depending on the image, decide how much detail you want to go into. Sometimes maybe just a few lines are enough to show that there is a nose there. But whenever you're not exactly sure how and where the appropriate lines should go, make an effort to construct it carefully so the nose doesn't end up looking weird.
Cómo dibujar una nariz: perfil
(1) In profile, the nose looks fundamentally different than it does from the front. But we use the same method to construct it. Start again with the triangle between the eyebrows. However, this time the triangle actually becomes a line, since we’re seeing it from the side.
(2) We position the pyramid behind the “triangle” line. This way the indentation happens at approximately the level of the upper eyelid.
(3) For the tip of the nose this time, let's use a diamond. It's best not to use hard, straight lines for the diamond. Rather try using slightly outward sweeping strokes. This will make your nose look more organic.
(4) Place the nose wing at the edge of the pyramid just like before. Of course, in profile we only see one. Below the tip of the nose, we make the connecting line almost horizontal. And just below that, the philtrum begins.
(5) La fosa nasal es bastante estrecha desde esta perspectiva, o incluso completamente invisible. Para insinuar la fosa nasal, debemos dibujar el borde inferior del ala de la nariz. Verás a partir de las tres variaciones que puedes empezar la línea en la punta de la nariz y también en la esquina de la pirámide. Y he elegido dibujarlas de forma independiente, que también funciona.
(6) Las narices crean siluetas muy diferentes y pueden ser muy distintivas. Necesitarás exactamente siete trazos progresando a lo largo de la cresta de la pirámide.
(7) And again, we can add or remove a few of the construction lines as we go. Two very effective lines are the "nose-tip-edge-wave" (marked from the right in the picture), and a line hinting at the cheekbone (from the left).
Cómo dibujar una nariz: medio perfil
(1) In the half profile, spatial imagination is a little more challenging than it is in the full profile or the frontal view. As you can see, the triangle between the eyebrows is distorted a bit to the left.
(2) Let's be very conscientious this time and remove the distance between the eyes again first for the pyramid.
(3) This give us the space to draw in the cross for the base.
(4) We can determine the height of the pyramid from the center, i.e. how far the nose will protrude from the face.
(5) Now all we have to do is connect the vertices and our pyramid is ready.
(6) For the tip of the nose, we can choose a more advanced shape. Let’s imagine the hexagon as a curved three-dimensional object – like a hemisphere or a soup bowl. In this rotated perspective, the angles of the hexagon on the left side will be a little flatter. This doesn't have to be constructed so precisely, but it will make the nose a tiny bit more organic.
(7) Las líneas para el ala de la nariz comienzan en el borde de la pirámide, como de costumbre. Aquí he optado por una fosa de bordes aristados.
(8) El puente y la parte inferior de la nariz también se pueden hacer más prominentes o garbosos.
(9) La punta de nuestra nariz consta en realidad de dos lados independientes. A veces, esta separación de ambos lados aparece en forma de pliegue que atraviesa el medio de la punta de la nariz. Vamos a intentarlo con esta nariz y dibujar un pliegue por el centro.
(10) La transición del pliegue en la punta de la nariz hacia el puente tiene ahora forma de uve. En la práctica, esto implica reemplazar el lado superior de nuestro hexágono de la punta de la nariz con una forma de V.
(11) Esta vez dejamos que la "ola del borde de la punta de la nariz" discurra justo por el medio de la punta de la nariz en lugar de pasar por debajo. La ola también se puede ajustar un poco para que coincida con el estilo angular.
(12) Añade unas cuantas líneas finas más donde apoyar los bordes del puente y la pirámide. En nuestra nariz, el pliegue central sube hasta el hueso nasal.
(13) Don't be too quick to remove all construction lines. Some of them work quite well in the final line drawing. As you can see, I’ve only made some of them a little lighter – the ones I didn't want to emphasize so much. The twisted, curved hexagon of the nose tip is organic enough that it still works in the final drawing.
How to draw a nose: From below
Viewed from below, noses look very different. Here’s a formula for drawing noses from below.
(1) Just like before, we orientate ourselves with the pyramid form. Now viewed from below, it takes the form of a triangle with a central axis.
(2) At the top of the triangle, the tip of the nose is again a circle or hexagon.
(3) From this perspective, the area above the mouth appears just below to the nose. However, instead of being flat, the dental ridge is more rounded from this perspective. We just need to adapt the flat lower edge of the pyramid to include this roundness.
(4) The nosewings become the connecting lines between pyramid corners and the tip of the nose. To give the wings thickness and sweep, you can draw them using two elegant strokes each as shown in the picture.
(5) Between the tip of the nose and the dental ridge, we see the lower end of the septum.
(6) A little further towards the tip of the nose, the septum becomes thicker. We represent this by drawing a bump on either side of the septum.
(7) Las fosas nasales adoptan la forma de oes alargadas y bulbosas.
(8) En el lado exterior, la línea del ala de la nariz discurre paralela a la fosa nasal. En la parte superior, la línea se encuentra con la punta de la nariz, mientras que en la inferior se superpone a la protuberancia.
(9) Y el interior de la fosa es oscura, por supuesto. Abstengámonos por el momento de un sombreado excesivo. Nos quedaremos por ahora con las líneas. Por supuesto, aún puedes oscurecer las fosas nasales, pero no lo hagas antes de que todos los contornos y las líneas de construcción ya estén en su lugar.
Cómo dibujar una nariz: desde debajo y en ángulo
(1) Lastly, let's try the nose from below and at an angle. Our upper triangle is going to be longer from this angle and again distorted towards the side.
(2) Deciding where to put the base for the pyramid can be tricky from this perspective. But from the profile-view we know that the base intersects the upper triangle about halfway up. And we know that the bottom edge of the pyramid meets the guide line of our headshape. These two points can be used to identify the center axis.
(3) Calculating the width of the nose by using the distance between the eyes like we did before is a bit confusing from this perspective. This is because those dashed lines are no longer straight – now they run along the curve of the cheek. (Strictly speaking, this is also the case in the half profile).
(4) The peak axis of the pyramid should be oriented in the same direction as the head.
(5) That was the hardest part – Now the pyramid is in place.
(6) The curve representing the area between mouth and nose must be adjusted according to the line of sight, so that it flattens and widens on the side facing the viewer. Specifically, we are drawing the upper section of a twisted ellipse here.
(7) The hexagon is again a good choice to show the tip of the nose. It’s going to be useful in indicating the three-dimensional curvature.
(8) Now let’s proceed with the formula.
(9)The bulges to the left and right of the septum are not equally visible in this perspective. The right one is almost entirely hidden by the septum.
(10) We also see less of the right nostril than we do the left.
(11) And the bridge of the nose also appears very narrow. The further down we look, the nose itself shortens.
(12) The "nose-tip-edge-wave" now lies precisely along the red line.
(13) Finally, we can add some shading to the nostrils. And light hatching can defuse the edges somewhat, as here between the tip of the nose and the septum.
Reflexiones finales sobre la nariz
Espero haber ayudarte un poco a vencer el miedo a la "temible nariz". Tal vez se convierta incluso en tu nueva parte del cuerpo favorita a la hora de dibujar. La nariz puede ser una forma realmente entretenida que puede resultar muy divertida, especialmente al diseñar personajes de dibujos animados o dibujar caricaturas. Es un lugar donde puedes dar rienda suelta a tus habilidades de dibujo. ¡Anímate a probar!
¡Hasta la próxima!
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