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Desenho de figura para iniciantes - expressões faciais

Hi again Alyssia!Thanks for posting again. Don't beat yourself up too much. Expressions are pretty tricky and a lot will come down to time and practice. The overall facial structures in the top half are looking ok, in fact the expression around the eyes is in a pretty good place. Try to curve the eyebrows a little more especially for more extreme expressions. Much better off exaggerating their shape then having them too straight and rectangular. It's the mouth where your main issue is. First things first, avoid drawing the individual teeth. The vast majority of the time we are better off leaving the details of the teeth out, or at most subtly implying them. Focus more on the space between the top and bottom rows and simply map out the rough shape the two rows make. They are honestly not worth the hassle because if we screw them up they become instantly distracting. Second, you need to work on the overall ball structure of the mouth. I can't remember if you did Lesson 7 on Facial Features, but I would first recommend watching the part of the lesson where we talk about the mouth shapes and structures. You need a little more practice with mouth construction. One thing I will point out that should help is that we need to treat the lips a little like a twisted piece of fabric. As the top lips reaches the corner of the mouth it twists under into the mouth interior. You want to consider the whole mouth area as being one big flexible/rubbery ball. As you saw in the lecture we've got pretty much 360 degree movement here. So, start with just simplifying things by drawing spheres that are being pulled and stretched in different directions. Now, another thing I think you can do is actually use yourself as a guide. Mimic the expressions in the Reference images. Get a sense of what part of your mouth feels as if it's being pulled. Imagine almost like there are strings attached. More than anything other area of the figure you want to think more like you're puppeteering with expressions. This is kinda going to help you get 'into character', which is the exact same thing old Disney and Warner Bros animators use to do when drawing character expressions. It sounds odd, but it helps surprisingly well. We are usually our best resource for this subject matter. Let me know if that helps. Did you have any other questions for this class?

Thank you for your great feedback, as always. I will do that, and i think ultimately i do need to practice more. Expressions are definitely something i haven't focused on much. thank you!

Remember when you talked about creating unflattering portraits?because thats exactly what i did lol *facepalmi feel when i try to draw faces/expressions i either get the placement of the features wrong or i dont push the expression enough and they look too subtle? i dont knowi feel like i struggle with drawing more realistic/ anatomically correct faces

facial expressions gone wrong lol

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