Welcome back! I assume that you're here because my other tutorial was helpful, which is good! I touched on heads a couple times then, but now I'm going to focus on them specifically. You'll remember that one of the main circles in a cat is the head circle.

When you draw or sketch the head, you also need to divide it equally. In all of my sketches, you can see two crossed lines across the head.

These lines are very important for drawing details and posing. Notice that the crossed lines are angled differently based on where the character is facing. The intersection (or spot where the lines cross) is aimed or pointing to where the character is facing. Snowfur is looking straight ahead and towards us, meaning her crossed lines seem straight. Bluefur and Moonflower are looking in a more angled direction and so the lines are angled.

If that doesn't make sense, think of it as a ball with two rubber bands around it, one around the equator, and one crossing it at a ninety degree angle. The spot where they intersect is where the character is facing. If you turn or rotate the ball, you change where the character is facing and the angle at which you're looking at the character. Does that make sense?

Everything else on the character's head will be placed in relation to those two lines. They are important.

Muzzle is next, and it can be hard at times. But the concept is simple. The top of the muzzle will start at the horizontal line.

(You can't see the vertical line because this is a side view). The muzzle doesn't stick out straight from the head circle, but it's angled down slightly. Muzzles can change from cat to cat, but from the side, they usually all look the same. Too thick and it will look absurd, too long and it will look like a fox. It will probably take some fiddling around with size to get it right.

Ears are easy. I have the top of the ear meeting the head at the vertical line and the bottom meeting at the horizontal line.

And from a front or 3/4 view, I allow some space between the ears.

Usually a bit more space than showed there. The ears are simple curved triangle shapes that move. The ears can often display most of the emotion on a face (in cats at least). Here are a few examples of simple emotions shown in simple ways. With ears.

The "confused ears" are my favourite to draw. I often use them for playful expressions as well. Here are times ears are important or prominent in my drawings.

Ears straight back: afraid

Aaahhh sideways.....

Ears forward: alert or aware. (Though it's not as obvious)

Ears down to the sides: sad/devasted

Ears are also helping show the strong wind.

Eyes are hard XD

I like using lots of different shapes for different expressions and different angles, but it still takes a lot of practice.

Triangles, circles, diamonds, try out different shapes and positions. With eyes, you often just need to try until it works. Try making an expression board. Pick one character and sketch them with different expressions. Fill up a page. It's a good practice excersise and you can play around with ears, eyes, ears, and fur. If you angle the ears differently and widen the eyes, what do they look like?

Here are some expressions that are fun to practice:

Bored
Skeptical
Outraged
Ecstatic
Shocked
Betrayed
Content

If you need more detail about anything, let me know. I want these to be as informative as possible and your input really helps. Thanks for reading this, I'll try to update soon. I think I'm doing dragon poses next.