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of the nose, and there's half an eye's length from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the mouth. Even when drawing a portrait that is tilted off-centre as in this case, you can still use a piece of scratch paper to mark down the eye's length on the reference material and use it as a measuring unit for determining the placement of other features. It may also be helpful to use the head width or length to determine the placement of features. For example, in this portrait, the space between the feet and back of the head is approximately one head width. When you're laying out your drawing, you should also look for where things on the face and body align with respect to each other. The big toe may be in horizontal alignment with the middle of the forehead, or the index finger might touch the cheek right at the corner of the mouth. Page 5 of 37