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THE CONVENTIONAL HEAD SHAPE The conventional cartoon head is comprised of four elements: the upper head, the lower head, the neck, and the hair. It may surprise you to see “neck” and “hair” listed among the basic elements of the head. But everything is subject to exaggeration in cartooning, and therefore no area is left untouched.
Hair Skull
Jaw Neck
OUTLINE OF THE HEAD & THE CARTOON SKULL
To understand why the contours of the face are shaped as they are, we look to the simplified cartoon skull.
Brow (orbit of the eye)
Cheekbone
Point of chin
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