Drawing Female Front View

On the last post, I was drawing a male front view. But this time, I will be drawing a female Front View. My goal for this post is to see the differences between the male and female drawings in order for me to spot the facial features between the two of them so I can use this information whenever I draw . By following the instructions from the book  Mastering Manga 2, Mark Crilley says "If you compare the drawing of the female face with that of the male, you see the key difference come down to just two things: the eyelashes and the bridge of the nose" (Crilley 16) Just as Crilley states, the two main differences for  both male and females are the eyelashes and the noses when it comes to drawing.
Just like the previous post, I'm still not really good when it comes down to drawing the right proportions of the heads and also impatience has always need my "friend" (we're not best friends because it betrays me) however, as I keep reading the book Mastering Manga 2, Crilley states "Any step-by-step lesson is by necessity teaching you just one approach" (Crilley 12) I have been really trying my best to have patience in order to follow the step-by-step process and types of techniques he uses in order for me to improve my skills at drawing.

What I did first was to make a rough sketch of a circle, and then I made two lines making the circle into fours. (You should use a ruler when it comes to drawing heads, it will be useful for you to accurately place the eyes, nose, eye brow, and mouth.)
However, in this case I didn't use a ruler and just used by best my judgment split the circle into fours.

 Next, on the bottom part of the circle I split it up into 4 horizontal lines in order to mark the feature lines.

  As I continue, I then outlined the jaw. Which is by looking at the shape in order to create a distance between the bottom the of the circle and the tip of the jaw.

 Next, for the top box I had added in the eyebrows, second box I had drew out the eyes, then at the very bottom of the box I had made small lines to make up the nose. After that a little down below the nose is where I drew out the mouth.

 I later on added details to the eyes and ears.

I would then later add on, lines for the hair, neck, and shoulders.

  Finally, I had added details for the hair, which I had later on  finally used a PITT artist pen to ink all of the lines to erase the rough drawings once the ink was dried.

Though, I had finished the drawing it got me wondering about how easy or how difficult it is to draw a male or female. For instance, I had realize that whenever I draw females it's more easier for me to draw out the hair and along with facial features. However, while for males I tend to have a problem when it comes to drawing the facial features and hair. Upon noticing my weak points, I had also now seen the many differences between the two, with now seeing  the differences it will help me a whole lot as I continue to draw.







 Which is more easier to draw a male or a female?




Crilley, Mark. Mastering Manga 2: Level up with Mark Crilley. Cincinnati, OH: Impact, 2013. Print.