Everyone Can Draw

FACES

What are eyes? Basically two dots will do for eyes, anything more than that is a bonus. Eyebrows and the muscles underneath the eyes are how you create certain expressions. Frowning, squinting etc etc. Similarly a cartoon doesn’t even need to have a nose, many don’t, it might not even need eyes. You might only draw a smile, or only draw some eyes or a nose. What about the face shape? Are they fat? Thin? What kind of character is it and what do people usually relate to visually in terms of that? A thin-faced thin-lipped person may seem stern and serious. What are you aiming for? Think about how people generalise, and use this to make the impression you want that goes for all areas of drawing, not just the face.

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