How to set up you "mug shot" reference photos for this week's Sketchbook Assignment

Begin by taking front and side view photos of your own face using Photo Booth.

Launch Photoshop. Go to File>New.

Create a new file, 11" horizontal, 8.5" vertical. 

NOTE: I started with a 300 px/in document, but it was actually too large. Use 100 px/in instead.

Open the front view photo. Use the Rectangular Selection Tool to select only the part of the photo you will need. Press Command C (Copy)

Go to your newly created 11" x 8.5" file. Press Command V (Paste).

With the Mover Tool, position your photo on the LH side of the page.

You may need to resize your photo. Go to Edit>Transform>Scale.

Grab the corner box on the Transform frame that appears around your photo while holding the Shift key down. This will allow you to scale your photo without distorting the proportion. Once you're happy with the new size, double click anywhere inside the photo to complete the scaling operation.

Open your side view photo file. Use the Rectangular Selection Tool to select only the part of the photo you will need. Press Command C (Copy)

Click back on your horizontal view file. Create a rectangular selection area on the RH side of the page. 

Press Command V (Paste).

 Drag Guidelines down from the top of the Photoshop window and line them up with all the important markers we learned about in class. The top of the head, the brow line, eye line, bottom of the nose, mouth, and chin.

You may need to resize your 2nd photo to get both photos to line up. Go to Edit>Transform>Scale. Repeat the scaling operation described above.

Print the file in b/w and mark up both faces as we learned to do in class, then use the print as reference to draw your face in your sketchbook in front and side views.