First step, let's make some guidelines to aid our drawing. These lines can be any color (except don't use black or any elf colors). Line width is 1 or 2, no fill color. Drawing vector lines will make curves easier to adjust. Keep this Guideline layer ON TOP of all other layers.
Draw an almost round oval for the basic head shape. Our elf has a cute tilt to his head so let's create guidelines with a slight tilt to right. Add an upper eyeline and lower eyeline. Upper eyeline is about center of oval and lower eyeline about halfway to chin (this represents the size of eyes). Add a centerline as shown.
Let's get started with the actual drawing!
All lines and shapes will be drawn with anti-alias checked and vector checked. Choose whatever colors you want to use. Chibi's are not realistic! Make his hair green if you like!
Create a new vector layer. Drag it below the Guideline layer.
Draw head. Ellipse tool. Line width 2, black stroke, flesh-color fill. Position chin node at bottom of centerline. Place node on right at bottom eyeline. This should be a Cusp node. Rotate node handles to create cheek bulge just below the bottom eyeline as shown. Only the chin and cheek will extend beyond the oval guideline.
