It’s taken me forever to answer this and I’m so sorry but here’s a quickly garbled nonsense post about expressions!!
Although to start here’s a couple of links to far more helpful tutorials here and here.
There was also this awesome chart that I’m having a hard time trying to find. I thought I had tagged it, but apparently I can’t remember the correct tags for it so I’m just gonna rehash what it was essentially about separating the features and adding them with each other to get the emotion you want?? god I wish I could find the original thing but um here’s my quick version
I feel like there’s so much I’m skimping on but I guess I should point out that the reason why I’m pointing out the entire expression is because each of the features of the expression helps contribute to the eyes feeling more expressive.
Just the slightest adjustments can really affect the overall attitude and effect of an expression. I highly recommend studying how other people draw expressions AS WELL as drawing from your own face.
Have fun with it and play around as much as possible! <33
I’m reblogging this for two reasons:
1. @madidrawsthings is amazing and her work should be seen by all.
2. I was asked forever ago to do a tutorial on how I draw facial expressions and I totally never made one, though I meant to, because when I sat down to create one I realized how complicated it was – but she made it super clear! Not only that, she has a VERY similar approach to mine, especially her focus in these drawings on the stretch and compression of the face over all. Seriously, I love this!
So I hope looking at her awesome stuff helps anyone who’s curious how I draw facial expressions.
