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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 extremely useful. thank you for taking the time to make it.
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Point 2 of the final notes is the reason why drawing some characters ends me up with a permanent wrinkle between my eyebrows.
Helpful stuff. Especially for taking the angle of "pay attention to this" and not "do this".
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Excellent stuff here, really nicely put together =]
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Part 4 in final notes made me jump.
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its like bunch of adult Angs!!! minus the arrow.
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After seeing this, I've realized just how cookie-cutter the expressions I draw are. OTL I'm going to be looking at this a lot, I think.
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Pfff...the part about making the face while you draw it makes me giggle. I do that, but not on purpose. It's just sort of a reflex. I've done it since I was little. Aaand I'll probably do it till the day I die. I get lots of flack for it in the studio at school.
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It's good to see some expressions, I'll have to look through your other tutorials, thanks for the help!
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I LOVE THIS!
I think this has been ridiculously helpful, not because I couldn't get the basic elements of the expression if I wanted to make them, but I think this has helped... string them all together?
thankyouthankyouthankyouuuu.
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The only thing I could think about the first pictures was "Aang."
And when I got over it I faved your tutorial because it's pretty awesome.
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Fabulous! Looks really helpful, I'll make use of it!
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This is fantastic! I love it! I've been looking for a tutorial like this in this half disney/half anime style! Is he supposed to look like Aang though?
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Glad to know I'm not the only one who catches themself scrunching up their face to the expression I'm trying to draw. XD
Super helpful here.
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Says the person with the bland autistic looking expression as an avie.
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Indeed, that would be the "lacking artistic motivation" look.
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This really is an awesome tutorial!! Thanks so much for the help to all aspiring artists~
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I love the way you draw faces and expressions. They're so...expressive!
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I thought Eragon was a good book XD Now I will take longer to start reading it.
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Awesome tutorial. It's seriously helpful.
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lol i do the 'make the face when drawing it' thing
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sent me... and I'm glad she did! Nice tutorial, and I love the note at the end!
Well done!
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"The expression you make after reading Eragorn." OMG, I LOVE YOU! You're funny. That was just priceless. I hate Eragorn. It was a disgrace to reading....I made the same face 2 pages in. 
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I raised an eyebrow about the spider on my back. And then I grinned.
Is that what you wanted? XDD
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I think I just had a brain aneurysm. I can't tell if it was the result of overexposure to epic win or just a coincidence. The utter helpfulness! IT BURNS US!
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Aw man, this is so helpful! And your comments are really great
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wow, this is really helpful. also, am I the only one who saw Aang from Avatar here? (not the blue avatar...)
also also, spider on my back...? D:
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You're not the only one lol. Throughout the whole thing I envisioned an arrow on his head lol
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Very, very nice!
I make a face while I draw my faces, too.
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This is awesome! I thank you thiiiiiiiiiiiiis much!
You can imagine how wide I extended my arms just now.
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Yay, this tutorial is once more nice again :')
U have to try to draw some avatar the last airbender stuff...
the style is pretty equal
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I used to, but lately I've been too busy with other work XD
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super usefull/helpful!
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Thank you thank you thank you a million seven trillion times thank you! I *love* this whole series. I've been trying to figure out what's wrong with my comic and the whole problem is that the characters aren't comicky enough (if that makes sense). I keep forgetting that it's ok to stylize and exaggerate them and still make them believable.
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I have always my door closed when I draw xD
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I love this tut. Really helpful, and funny. Thank you!
I stumbled upon this a while back before I read the Meek and found you here, so when I saw this I was like o_O ... Haven't I seen this before?
Which just made it more awesome. XD
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"The expression you make after reading Eragon" 
These tutorials are fantastic! Insightful and interesting but still highly entertaining. Thanks for posting these!
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THANK YOU for all of your awesome tutorials! It's hard to find a book that has as many good things as your tutorials! I hope you keep on making them! I appreciate it.
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Draw arrow tattoo on head then it will be Avatar
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