the COMPLETE GUIDE to drawing HEADS! [Character Design Bootcamp Day 1]

I'm a Fulltime artist who worked for animation studios that made Castlevania and Legend of Vox Machina and I also teach Anatomy, Gesture, Perspective and more on Twitch!
If you enjoyed this video, come check out my livestreams every Tu/Thu/Sat for additional resources and fun drawing sessions!
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▼ Resources ▼
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Character Design Bootcamp Worksheets ►► kaycem.gumroad.com/l/bootcamp...
Character Design 140+ Resource Sheets ►► kaycem.gumroad.com/l/bootcamp...
Procreate Master Brush Pack ►► kaycem.gumroad.com/l/masterpack
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▼ Timestamps ▼
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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:50 Structure of the head
00:18:12 Insertion of the neck
00:24:00 The mandible
00:30:32 the mandible and the hyoid bone
00:42:24 How to draw from invention?
00:54:18 Common mistakes
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▼ Socials ▼
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TWITCH ►► / kaycem
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INSTAGRAM ►► / kaycem__
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DISCORD ►► / discord
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#draw #art #procreate

[@KaycemCrew]

One of the BIGGEST requests I've gotten from all of you is if I could make my 30 day bootcamp more edited and refined and soooo..... My editors and I are working tirelessly to update EVERY SINGLE BOOTCAMP video!!! Now 3 - 4 hour videos are 1 hour long ✨ The original stream bootcamp videos will still be up but if you're looking for something more polished, I hope you enjoy ❤

[@artimesscrow7262]

thx bro (don't wanna dick ride but ) i love watch the uncut videos

[@pedroreislima4151]

Thank you so much! I recently started the bootcamp and it indeed was a bit too long sometimes, I'm really grateful for the work you are having to do this!

[@mikekazz5353]

Thank you and the editors for putting in the time and effort to help teach us techniques and giving art tips.

[@eoinnbrennan]

Ooo! It is definitely easier to get through a lot of 1 hour videos!

[@Davidv91]

bro thank you so much (no disrespect but I had to do 2.0x speed before the edits haha)

[@judgementrizzy]

Really appreciate this more edited format! It's difficult for me to find time to watch and pay attention to the streams, so having all the more "random" bits removed in favour of pure info is amazing. Because the info is great.

[@KaycemCrew]

When I first made the bootcamp, I didn't think it would get as big as it did with all the support from the community so I'm very happy to put out these edited versions for everyone!

[@xiliati]

Absolutely agree with this. My brain is just not built for twitch style streaming so I adore these streamlined styles for studying

[@VexstacyArt]

Heck yeah!! We love an accomodating chef! Also editors, ya'll the real sous chefs for real. Thank ya'll for cookin'.

[@KaycemCrew]

oh we cookin fr fr! always appreciate the support!

[@Rosie.posie._.l]

editors and kaycem are really generous to us wow great work you’re doing!!

[@KaycemCrew]

Thank you!! It's also thanks to all of your support 🙏

[@derekcutsinger3511]

Holy crap! This is better than all the classes I paid for. I wish they would have explained things as clearly as you. Thank you!

[@sowhatsonurmind]

love the doggo in the corner

[@mauv_the_bluest_cat_ever]

its really crazy how fast heads started making sense for me after watching this... thank you so much!!

[@someonetrustme161]

what a weird recommendation huh, i was drawing a head (which was bad i just couldnt hit the face feature proportions and the expressions) an hour ago and i was hoping that someone would make an hour long video about drawing heads... youtube must be listening :O

[@KaycemCrew]

Glad you found my content at the right time!! Best of luck on your art journey 😄

[@clintthorpe9052]

Hi Kaycem thank you so much for doing this. It's a brilliant Quality of Life improvement to make for following along the BootCamp, and ensures that all the relevant information is presented in a tighter, better edited format. I appreciate the originals, but this was a solid move. I will be on the lookout for more of these.

[@KaycemCrew]

My pleasure!! I know that the original streams aren't for everyone so hopefully this new edited format will benefit more artists on their journey 😄

[@clintthorpe9052]

@@KaycemCrew oh don't get me wrong the original streams were pretty good too! But this is certainly a good way to make them more efficient. What you do is give thousands of artists with no $ for education and a dream, premium content. That's what matters most. I appreciate it. We all do.

[@rfernandez1648]

Man I’m glad I found this channel, I haven’t drawn in like 5 years, and now that I want to get back into it I’m having trouble drawing simple things like eyes, noses, mouths, and oh god legs 🤦🏻

[@KaycemCrew]

I hope my videos help! Thanks for watching 😄

[@endingit12]

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH!!! I love watching your streams when I have down time and want to learn and chill, but with work and school, focusing on learning art has gotten harder so I really appreciate this

[@JcubGaming]

First time viewer here, I think uploading your vod as a more condensed video to KZbin is a very smart idea that you should definitely keep doing. Highly enjoying this video and will continue to come back if this content continues to come out on KZbin!!!

[@KaycemCrew]

Thanks for the support!! My team and I are working hard so expect new videos every week 😁

[@dallasjhaws]

Tremendously helpful, and you explain things quite clearly. Can't wait for the other days to follow!

[@aceusmusic2168]

Literally just started my art journey. Been looking for something like this. I can’t thank you enough.

[@asjagwksh]

THIS IS AMAZING KAYCEM!! Tysm!! I recently watched all your videos from your original bootcamp and they were SO helpful and good, i'm rlly glad you'll keep doing them

[@KaycemCrew]

Glad it helped and thank for all the support ☺️

[@coreydavis8782]

12 minutes in and just went to go do some portrait work on my own and I feel like I've made more strides than I have in the last year. I love your content dude. A+, you rule.

[@SugarFreeMocha]

I just want to say thank you for choosing to have the cut version of this. I was having difficulty following the stream archive, and this was exactly what I needed. Because it's edited, it lets me hear your advice in one continous flow. I hope you keep doing this for the bootcamp! (And also, thank you to the editor. You did a great job!)

[@KaycemCrew]

My team and I will do our best to work on these!! Thank you for watching and good luck on your art journey 😁

[@DragonthornX]

Yes please. Easier to consume this content now especially since as beginners we need to watch these videos more than once.

[@KaycemCrew]

Definitely! Thank you for watching and supporting 😁

[@Leiasart]

HELLS YEAH

[@faydenart]

This is gold, thank you for doing this edit

[@KaycemCrew]

Thank you for watching!

[@elzaminaaa]

Yay! The more edited versions will be sooooo helpful! Thank you! 😊

[@KaycemCrew]

I'm glad! Best of luck on your art journey 😄

[@togucarcat]

thank you so much for shortening it! this is really helpful :)

[@KaycemCrew]

You're so welcome!

[@KillerTacos54]

Thank you so so much for doing this!! Watching the rest of the series is going to be so much easier now!

[@KaycemCrew]

That's awesome! Let's make that art growth happen 😁

[@juarts3352]

Thank you for the video 🙃

[@KaycemCrew]

You’re welcome 😊

[@mkatmpts]

Thank you so so much! I recently started to watch your original bootcamp streams and it was quite fun, but I wished it was more concentrated and here it is.. Big thanks to you and your team! (Also bought twitch sub couple of weeks ago, I highly respect you and what you're doing, wish you all the best!

[@KaycemCrew]

The support is greatly appreciated!! Thank you and I hope these new videos help you out too 😄

[@Revienhanar]

Thank you so much!

[@Crayon_Egbert]

Thank you so much for editing these streams down into easier to consume videos!!! i've been really wantingh to improve my art and i feel your videos are a great guidance for me to improve!!!!!!!!!

[@KaycemCrew]

Thank you for watching them!! Best of luck on your art journey and hopefully you share the video with others~

[@EdaMame-zm7ev]

Thank you so much kaycem ❤❤

[@KaycemCrew]

You're welcome 😊

[@hanshans4902]

thank you very much for the free education!

[@mohammadabidunnajib4582]

Thankyou Kaycem, thank you mr/ mrs Editors❤❤

[@KaycemCrew]

You're welcome!

[@Govind-ij9yh]

thanks for starting it again 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@KaycemCrew]

My pleasure 😊

[@midnightkat3130]

omg this is just in time i was JUST abt to watch the original!! Ill watch it later as background noise while studying still tho, tyyy!!🥳🥳

[@KaycemCrew]

Glad I could help and best of luck on your art journey!!

[@IM_vagabond]

I really appreciate it bro

[@KaycemCrew]

I appreciate your patience!! 😄

[@michas4740]

Thank you so much for the edited videos c: Maybe it's just me, but I can't see boxes and create boxes from the right away (referring to 3:53). But, I understand the concept to use the box so we understand 3D better. I'm just confused how or where to divide and create boxes (especially based on real photo) so I can create basic shape for my draft sketch. The plane from real photo is hard to see. A bit of suggestions: Maybe start from exercise how to see the boxes from the reference photo first as an introduction? So everyone is on the same page before starting the lesson.

[@bunnymoonch.8509]

Can you do a video on things like costume design for animation? I'm interested in seeing your take on that element of character design.

[@Moon-li9ki]

this is fantastic! will you make edited versions for the other streams as well?

[@KaycemCrew]

If you're referring to the 30 day bootcamp then definitely yes! If you mean my livestreams on youtube, I might If enough people request it 😄

[@TonAdor23]

galing! salamat! 🙏

[@KaycemCrew]

Salamat!! 😄

[@otakueve117]

I’m going to watch this as soon as I’m done with chores, but I have to ask, is this a good place to start learning how to do all the fundamentals of drawing people? I want to be a character designer but I suck at drawing people and only know how to do the face of anime and even that sucks. So I do hope this will be a good place to start

[@Snuver]

Hey kaycem. You've made a lot of tutorials, but I'm not sure where to start. I want to learn anatomy and you have a lot of lessons, heads, upper body, torses, and many more. I want to know where I should start to be able to draw better, clearly, and smoothly

[@KaycemCrew]

Hey!! I would say this video is a great place to start since it is the first day of a free 30 day bootcamp focused on the fundamentals of drawing characters! This included anatomy, Gesture, perspective, clothing, and more 😄 I hope it helps~

[@Snuver]

TY @@KaycemCrew

[@nkm...000]

this may not be seen, but can you give any tips on the more basic structure im a young artist and i just got back into designing, also, if you were creating a story, how would you find inspiration for their appearance?

[@artimesscrow7262]

btw love your vids i can draw heads VERY GOOD now but not face expressions

[@KaycemCrew]

great to hear! in time you will be able to acquire that skill as well~

[@artimesscrow7262]

thx bro didn't think you would respond that quick but anyways ima enjoy the vids @@KaycemCrew

[@adrielpurba6284]

will you make an edited version of the other character design bootcamp day as well?

[@KaycemCrew]

Yup! You can read more info in the pinned comment 😄

[@DazzlingAction]

The one thing everybody seems to skip over is the jaw and teeth...

[@KaycemCrew]

Definitely! The tutorial video for that is coming soon 😄

[@sujetodelta1019]

The secred video

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

Is this a reupload ?

[@KaycemCrew]

Read the pinned comment for more info but this is technically not a re-upload! 😄

[@Houndouur]

why do the shapes of the neck look like skibidi toilet

[@KaycemCrew]

The same food that goes down the neck is the same one that eventually goes down the toilet 🤯

[@sem_re]

waht xD

[@artimesscrow7262]

first one to comment

[@KaycemCrew]

well done hehe

[@neunaooe]

second one to comment

[@younqzoe]

I have a small request, just small, ofc you don't have to do it it is your channel butttttt... I see that this video has jump cuts, which means it's edited.. why don't you cut out chat interaction for us KZbin folks? kind of annoying when you stop mid-explanation interacting with the chat.

[@KaycemCrew]

Mostly because I still appreciate the small bits of random chatter that reminds me and others that at the end of the day, I am a streamer first and I'm here to interact with you all 😄 plus 1 whole hour of just lecturing seems so dry to me lol

[@younqzoe]

@@KaycemCrew understandable! Do your thing.

[@cobaltblu4196]

Way too drawn out for what ultimately boils down to "learn form", "study skulls", "break down shapes" and "draw from life"

[@braindeadbrick553]

Bro is talking dogsht non stop recommend skip button > perma

[@braindeadbrick553]

talking 99% actual relevant content 1% unwatchable

[@barrisaydin]

You and editors are the best! I really needed the short version of this serie bc English is not my native language. TYSM 💙✨🫡🥲

[@KaycemCrew]

I'm glad you like it! Good luck on your art journey 😁

[@ragingpoop8658]

Awesome. Would like to see and hear more from an industry dude. Just curious, do you also reside in the PH?

[@KaycemCrew]

Thanks for watching! I currently live on Los Angeles right now 😄

[@otakueve117]

I’m going to watch this as soon as I’m done with chores, but I have to ask, is this a good place to start learning how to do all the fundamentals of drawing people? I want to be a character designer but I suck at drawing people and only know how to do the face of anime and even that sucks. So I do hope this will be a good place to start