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Published: 2008-02-14 23:56:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 830838; Favourites: 30165; Downloads: 25231
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Another tutorial, this time on how to do some facial expressions 
*edit* It's been translated into Russian by a kind volunteer, you can check it out here: demiart.ru/forum/index.php?act…
I'm sort of under duress atm and didn't look it up... so if you have some helpful facial anatomy or other face expression tutorials you think I should link here, comment!
An amazing explanation of how faces and expressions work
fav.me/d37hme5
Here's one for facial expressions:
cedarseed.deviantart.com/art/E…
And a chart for helping draw various expressions:
napalmnacey.deviantart.com/art…
As usual if you have any questions feel free to ask!
My other tutorials:
Pose tutorial
Hand tutorial
Foot tutorial
Ladies tutorial
Fellas tutorial
Face tutorial
Commission Tutorial
Coloring Walkthrough
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Comments: 1747
This is really good stuff! I'm sure it'll help a lot of people, including myself.
Great work from a talented artist!
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this is very helpful, thank you ;A;
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Awsome, your style reminds me of that from "The Avatar The Last Airbender" which would be my fav. show.
Keep up the awsome work.
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Thank you for this lovely tutorial. It really helps!
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Aww wow, I'm sorry for all the fave-spamming, but these tutorials are amazing, and I'm so grateful you've made them!
You've inspired me to get off my arse and do some studying for a while - being away from Uni nearly 4 months doesn't help in the slightest
I shall recommend these to my friend who is also having the same issues! 8D
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KILL IT WITH FIRE- I friggin love it, thanks for this!
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Ahhh!! So bloody helpful!! Thank you for making such a lovely, humorous, easy-to-understand tutorial~
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I love your tutorials so much!
They're really funny AND I learn.
Can you please do a hair one?
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If I have time T__T I actually do have half of a hair one, I just don't have time to finish it...
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''In my experience, I have a hard time drawing expressions if I'm not making that face, at that exact moment''
That's totally me *_*
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This helped alot! ^-^
i think the 'looking pretty jaunty, huh?' face looks a lot like Sakka(horribly mispelled! so sorry!) from avatar. lol
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some of those facial expression are kinda sexy..... bald or not...
I like the not so jaunty one.. the mellow one and the one when he looks frightened! :3 <33 pure shmex.. I though dont have any trouble drawing nonanime faces (which are retarded) MUCH LOVE TO YA! This helpz!
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great tutorial, easy to understand, and at the same time very motivating, thanks alot^^ <3
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haha your tutorials are so funny 
(and useful,of course!) thanks for sharing
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"The face you make after reading Eragon"? More like the face you make after reading Twilight. Great tutorial!
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I feel like I've been having a really hard time drawing expressions which used to be one of my strong suits. This is a great refresher! Thank you for posting this!
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Another great tutorial. And don't worry about the ozone layer, all the cow farts have already harmed it enough.
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Can I translate it to portuguese?
If you like it, I can translate the others ^^
Posso traduzir para Português?
Se você gostar, eu posso traduzir os outros também ^^
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Sure, if you want! Just make sure to link back to the originals/ credit me somewhere in your translated version
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That last one before the chinchilla makes me think of Patrick Stewart. EVERY time.
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Concerning note 2, I DO THE SAME THING. That's why I don't cartoon much in public; I ALWAYS either make that face, an equally funny/stupid face, or have my tongue sticking out. Not kidding. At all.
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I... seriously found a spider on my back a few minutes before reading the final notes... not cool. ;-;
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Oh gosh! I am illustrating a children's book at the moment, and I'm terrible at expressions... and faces in general!
This has helped so much! Thank you!!
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Haha, glad it helped you
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Shoo shooo, here comes the Fav train!
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1. every one of those heads look like they belong to the avatar show
2. one of those heads looks like it belongs to lex luthor
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Haha, Lex. I always thought he was black in the animated series but my brother and friends said no....
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Yeah, but I mostly read marvel...
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me too but i dont which is better...dont you think there should b a crossover or something like that
P.S. whos ur fave hero from dc and marvel
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Your tutorial was amazingly helpful. I had a wall in drawing faces and was stuck. Now thanks to you I drew some faces and at last started improving a bit. Also your way of doing sphere models is pretty practical. Though I still have problems drawing neck and abdomen area as there are very little bones there except the spine. Therefore I tend to draw them a bit too long and thus they ruin the overall pose :S. Any tips?
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Well, look at your own neck/ at the necks of others... how long is the neck compared to the face? Look at your pics too to see what you think looks off (too long or short?). For the abdomen, it helps to think maybe in terms of organs instead of bones. Your ribcage has your lungs and heart and diaphragm in it, but underneath is the part with your guts and liver and kids and all those other fun bits. Take a look at an anatomy picture to get a sense of what you need in there to survive, and try to remember it the next time you draw a torso 
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xD Never thought of organs mainly because it'd be a pain to practice anatomy of the insides. It might work though so I'll give it a try! Thanks for the tip.
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Me encantan! están super! sobretodo la última imagen jajajaja... it´s great job!!
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I'm going to (politely, I love your tutorials!!) add one thing. If your generally a manga or anime fan, the annoying rotated parenthases(sp?) are okay if your writing humor. Nothing ruins a good horror manga like rotated parenthases.(I've experienced this, i will find the artist and murder them)
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Mmm...helpful.
Gack! I can't draw the same person over and over in a comic without making them look slightly different, how can I fix that? :<
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Ugh, I have the same problem actually XD I think you just have to memorize proportions from all angles and double check your work a lot.
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xD Okay. Nice tutorials, by the by. :} They helped me so much.
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