References / Heads, boxes & cylinders
Head box from above
The same head box and body block from a camera at 2 m tilted 12° down: the high three-quarter view.
Open in the 3-Point Perspective GridDownload PNGLesson: How to Draw the Head in Perspective (Tilt, Turn & Angles)
What to look at
The top of the box is visible: the crown of the skull and the top plane of the nose.
Verticals converge downward toward the chin.
The eye line, a third of the way down the front face, curves with the box's top edge in a real head.
The camera
| Lens | 85 mm on full frame |
| Camera height | 2 m above the floor (standing) |
| Rotation | 30° to the scene's axes |
| Tilt | 12° down (three vanishing points) |
| Objects | box 0.42 × 0.24 × 1.48 m · box 0.16 × 0.2 × 0.24 m |
| Floor | 1 m squares |
Open the reference in the tool to move the camera, change the lens, or add your own objects at real sizes; the share link keeps your version. Draw over the PNG at 30–50% opacity in any app with layers.