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Anon09/03/26, 02:57No.8032316

>please post your work, or i will not read your post!! He screamed at the void while not providing his own work.

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Anon09/03/26, 03:25No.8032324

Draw many expressions roughly until you get near the one you want, then draw the final draft very lightly, committing to the lines that serve the drawing by making them darker.

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Anon09/03/26, 11:43No.8032467

This is one of those things where you just need to copy a bunch of examples and build your intuition. You are not going to reason out every expression from first principles using your knowledge of facial anatomy and how the muscles move, that’s ridiculous

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Anon09/03/26, 18:23No.8032635

This is really what matters most

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Anon09/03/26, 18:29No.8032640

eybrows, eyes and mouth. thats it

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Anon09/03/26, 23:09No.8032803

Keep a mirror nearby when you're drawing

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Anon09/04/26, 00:35No.8032873

The most important part is to invent expressions rather than merely copy the expressions of previous artists, as is common amongst artists who learn from Disney (or popular anime)Copying leads to inbreeding, not being as good as the original artists, and your work will just blend in with that of other fans, and you won’t be able to do your own unique characters that feel alive and different from other people’sLife should be the number one source for the expression of your art

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Anon09/04/26, 01:03No.8032896

I would tell you the secret that no one else has mentioned but I'm not posting my work so I guess I can't.

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Anon09/04/26, 03:43No.8032979

You dont even need to learn expressions you want to show emotions on face.

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Anon09/04/26, 03:48No.8032981

>NO work posted Goddamn how am I supposed to know if any of this advice holds water

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Anon09/04/26, 05:36No.8033028

ok work posted

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Anon09/04/26, 08:07No.8033071

I think it's more important to focus on the actual expressions rather than the forms OF the expressions. You can see a smiley face and understand the expression. Likewise in the forms you showed the disnified versions are simple but very effective and exaggerate to maximize the effect.I think a lot of us fall into the trap of trying to get the forms right when really we're trying to convey the emotions of a character. Once you are able to throw down more than 5-10 expressions you might try to match the forms for realism or whatever. But as you begin don't bother with trying to find the nuances. Just look for the expression and make sure they read correctly.

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Anon09/04/26, 08:14No.8033072

Trace from looney tunes and other old slapstick cartoons until it look good

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Anon09/04/26, 12:39No.8033156

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Anon09/04/26, 17:27No.8033286

Can autists do this work or would their inability to feel emotions prevent them from drawing expressions of them

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Anon09/05/26, 09:28No.8033697

Wtf is this AI bullcrap?

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Anon09/05/26, 09:41No.8033701

zarins wrote a whole book on this the anatomy of facial expressions

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Anon09/05/26, 09:56No.8033709

>posts Glen Keane beanmouth >do I have to know every muscle in the face??? what is this foreign logic?also what is the reason that americans are so puritanical about AI, as if it stopped them from picking up a pencil and drawing?

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Anon09/05/26, 11:03No.8033726

rofl

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Anon09/05/26, 11:09No.8033729

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Anon09/05/26, 11:24No.8033738

Wait, is this another thread trying to normalize AI slop?

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Anon09/05/26, 12:22No.8033784

So, why do you guys think people post these AI slop nonsense on /ic/? Just to troll? It’s getting pretty weird.

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