Fantasy Head - Skull with Horns

I've not been able to sketch for a few days, evidently I still need to work on my time management skills and keep sketching as a priority. So when I got some time today I did some quick warm-up sketches and then settled down to sketching a combination of some of the anatomy studies from previous posts and sketching from my imagination.

I'm still working on sketching the head from different angles so I decided to start with the skull, tilted back and with the mouth open.

I'm sketching the skull from face-on and I want symmetry to play a role in the design

I'm not sure yet if I'll leave the head completely skeletal or whether I'll add on muscle and tissue. At this stage I'm just enjoying sketching and letting my imagination take the image wherever it can go.

The shape of the skull can be a little tricky from this angle and I'm finding I'm having to sketch and re-sketch the jaw bone to get it right.

I've sketched and sculpted many interpretations of Aries characters in the past so I think that's influencing this sketch. I also love the process of sketching the patterns of grooves and lines that build up the form and texture of horns because I don't have to be accurate with it, I can just make it up freehand!

Time has beaten me again, but at least I got started on another sketch and this is one I'm looking forward to  returning to - I have no idea where this one will take me right now!