Key Placement/Relationships in Portraiture 

When looking at the frontal view:

•Eye line is at 1/2 way from top of the head to the bottom of the chin

•Width of face is approximately 5 times the width of the eye

•When the face can be divided into approximately 3 equal parts:

•From the hairline to the eyebrows

•From the eyebrows to the bottom of the nose

•From the nose to the bottom of the chin

•The top of where the ear connects to the head lines up with the eyes

•The bottom of where the ear connects to the head lines up approximately with the bottom of the nose

•Edges of the mouth/lips lines up with the center of the eyes

•Space between the eyes are approximately one eye width apart

•Edges of the nose are approximately the same as one eye width apart.

•Height to width ratio of the head in frontal view is approximately 4:3

Key Placement/Relationships in Portraiture 

When looking at profile view:

•The inside corner of the visible eye, the tip of the chin, and the back edge of the ear should create a 45-45-90 isosceles triangle.

•Height to width ratio of the head in profile view is approximately 6:5

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