Loomis' ball

Just look at it. In real proportions our ear extends up to about the brow line. The horizontal line on these cartoon heads however represents the "eye line" which is just below the brow line. What does that tell you? That you should make the ears peak out just above the eye line like they're pictured for Christ's sake.

>>3117959
it's a meme

>>3117991
I'm not talking about cartoony or realistic head proportions.
I'm talking about solidly dividing the ball using 3 ellipses to indicate the height, width and volume (or the X, Y, & Z axis) of the ball.

git gud

>>3118009
no better way to say it

>>3117959
Loomis doesn't give you one because you're supposed to experiment and play without any limitations. Most beginners don't get that so this ball method doesn't work. And they should just draw from observation a lot instead to get good.

u got meme'd

>>3117959
Of course you get a bunch of half-assed attempts at an answer.

You're supposed to draw an ellipse through it. Take the center of the circle and decide a minor axis, draw the ellipse corresponding to it (you choose the inclination) and that's your ear line. To get the vertical line, draw your other minor axis at 90° from that one and repeat.

To understand ellipses and that stuff, check this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaZmwHU7vZo

I hope I explained it well enough

>>3118096
Gonna check this one out.
Thanks.