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A compilation of stuff I know about drawing Asian faces and Asian culture! I feel like many “How-To-Draw” tutorials often default to European faces and are not really helpful when drawing people of other races. So I thought I’d put this together in case anyone is interested! Feel free to share this guide and shoot me questions if you have any! I’m by no means an expert, I just know a few things from drawing experience and from my own cultural background.
can you make a tutorial on how to draw a face? (eyes,mouth,nose) im a beginner artist and i'd like some help please ^^
For eyes I just do three quick brush strokes (as shown by the red)
noses are made out of a bunch of small triangles. I first draw a slightly curved stroke connecting to the eyebrow and follow it with a small triangle at the base of the nose (used to show other side of nose. this bit is not always going to be visable keep that in mind) and a small notch (the nostral)
(the only method I have for drawing lips is to do the top lip first it’s sort of a freehand thing from that point on sorry ;o;)
the first couple of pictures are just to show you were everything is on the face
Hope this helped!! ;v;
Do you have any advice on how to draw a head from a 3/4 view? Those trip me up pretty often when I'm drawing ;-;
Hey! Sorry it took so long for me to respond, finals week has been crazy~ But I put together a little something that I hope will help! Just some basic tips that I keep in mind when I’m drawing. I hope this isn’t too convoluted, I’m still a novice at putting together good tutorials~
EDIT: Tumblr is being super weird and keeps blurring out the quality of the jpg file but I fixed it! It’s still a little blurry but it’s much better than before. I’ll probably still post it separately, too :) Thanks for your patience!
And that’s about it! Hope this was helpful :)
If its not too much of a bother could you show us how you draw or study faces?
This is such a dense subject and you could fill a book on each tiny feature of the face but if you're talking about like, facial composition and thought process then yeah sure!
i made this for u <3 my method on making faces individual. it's lengthy & as thorough as i can get without blowing up into smithereens. enjoy
Art advice question! I’ve been trying to practice drawing faces from more angles, but the profile or a 3/4 from the back is what kills me! I always have trouble with the mouth in those, Idk what it is, even if I try and draw in a super simplified way and only do a line it sill somehow manages to look wrong... any tips?
I don’t know how to help you when I can’t see your drawings. Maybe this can be useful:
As I said, it’s hard to fix something when you don’t even see it. Use references, draw from life, it’s the best was to understand and learn things.
Some stuff from the past few weeks of character design! The most important lesson we are learning is you have to break everything down into SIMPLE SHAPES FIRST BEFORE ADDING ANY DETAIL. None of the drawings above are detailed at all - everything is suuuuuuuuuper basic. Obviously I’ve been drawing for a long time, but I found these lessons very helpful.
For the head breakdowns, we were encouraged to trace the basic structure directly from the photos - as you can see from the lines on the paper (the animation paper I used is super thin so yeah they pressed through) I did that. I don’t have a huge problem if it’s traced from real people (but it still felt weird). The top three were entirely traced for placement, and the bottom three were only traced so far as the circles and and eye/nose lines. Also without eyelids or eyebrows they look so freaky!
I have other tutorials here: http://incaseyouart.tumblr.com/tagged/tutorial
Specifically, more from me on feet: http://incaseyouart.tumblr.com/tagged/feet
More from me advice/tips on hands: http://incaseyouart.tumblr.com/tagged/hands
More from me on mouths: http://incaseyouart.tumblr.com/tagged/mouths
More from me on head breakdowns: http://incaseyouart.tumblr.com/tagged/head
Also the blog of @grizandnorm is fantastic and there are tons of tutorials that I would really recommend checking out! Our teachers show us them all the time~
I was wondering if you could give some tips on how to draw the shape of someone's face and things like the jaw line? Thanks
Hello!
Start with the basic head breakdown, find your perspective, and plug in the features. I have more tutorials here!
I'm on mobile and it's so hard to navigate, sorry if you've already answered this. Have you answered any questions about how you do profiles. It's like the hardest thing for me to draw and I wanted some advice.
I actually haven’t answered this before!
My life drawing prof just taught us how to properly draw the head. Here’s quick lil tutorial!
You can change the proportions by changing the volume of the circles/ellipses ^_^
for the anon that wanted more head angles. It’s not explained well, I apologize for that but maybe this will help a little bit.
Can you do a tutorial on how to draw faces from different angles? Thank you!
Check this tutorial by Sinix [x]
Also a quick little thing:
You have to know how to draw the skull because there’s no other way you’ll know the anatomy and where to put what. Find a good reference of the skull from different angles, draw it to understand the whole structure of the face so you can see it in 3D. Check different photos of people, draw from life, use a mirror and draw people you see around you, this is how you learn the best. Pay attention to what you see (shape of the eyes, how the distance between eyes and eyebrows changes with the angle, what the nose does what you can see and what you can’t depending on the angle). Look at the muscles. When you know the basics everything’s easier. Hope this helps a bit.
Can you do a tutorial on how you draw heads? Idk I have trouble drawing them and I really like how you do them. You don't have to if you don't want to though.
I’m still trying to change my style, so not a lot of what I do is consistent, but these are somethings that I haven’t stopped practicing.
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Can you do a character design tutorial? I know what character I want but when it comes to drawing them, I get stuck
Look, I'm probably the last person that should teach people character design, taking into consideration that there are people who really know what they're doing out there.
My advice is, study character designers' work. This is an amazing resource: https://characterdesignreferences.com/ This is where you can find works of the real artists.
I'll show you how I create my own characters and what I pay attention to, but keep in mind I do this for fun. I'm not a professional and not very good at all this. When I draw my characters they sometimes change appearances. A lot of things is very intuitive and I just draw until I see my character. So yeah xD Take it with a grain of salt.
This is what I try to repeat in every drawing of the character. Mostly eyes and noses but also face shapes. I try to keep proportions the same. Hairstyles are not that important but they can also be characteristic.
Try to play with shapes, see what adds to the personality of the character. Think why your character might look like this and not differently. Does their world influence their hairstyle or make-up etc.
Good luck with designing your characters! You can do this! :)
Anonymous said: I know you’ve shown how you draw faces from different angles very briefly before, but I was wondering if you’d ever go more in depth? For example, I always struggle with drawing the eyes at a ¾ angle… 😔
Ok, I get this question so many times that I decided to do something about it. I’ve already made a tutorial about drawing eyes and tbh it should help with drawing eyes from any angle, the tricky part is to understand the human face, its anatomy. If you see the face/head as a three dimentional object you’ll be able to draw it, I can’t say it enough, 3D thinking is important. Also, references are important, drawing from life is important because then you have a 3D model of the head right in a front of you. All you need to do is observe and understand.
Sorry this one’s a little long.
I got a good response on my last tutorial, and I want to thank all of you for that. I revived a handful of questions and requests on other subjects too, so, a least for a while, I’m going to post a new tutorial (or tutorial type thing) once or twice a month. If you left a question or request you’re on my list and I promise I’ll get to you, just be patient (these things are kind of involved to make). Also, if anyone else has a request, please feel free to comment and let me know!
Thanks again!!
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how to draw faces
So awesome human being @smallpumpkinboi posted an wonderful WIP sketch earlier and said ‘Can someone please explain to my why, everytime, without fail, my eyes are always too high??’ I offered to give my two cents, and asked if it was ok for me to make it a public post- they said yes :) This ended up going long- but hopefully it’ll be handy for people. :D
BEFORE YOU DRAW- some tips to keep in mind:
1) do some warm ups! (sketches and drawing exercises) yup! artists need warm-ups just like athletes! :D)
2) Get the structure drawn first! don’t get into details, shading, or color until you have the structure DRAWN (Aka, the major features are all placed, the pose is in place etc)
So let’s look at some heads, y’all! :D
what’s with that ball so many people draw before they do a portrait? You know the one:
In and of itself it’s confusing. It’s like, Faces aren’t shaped like this. Where am I supposed to put the eyes? The mouth? The nose?? HERE ARE SOME HEADS I VERY QUICKLY DREW USING THE ‘CIRCLE METHOD’
Wait a moment! Do you see what’s going on? Do you see how I messed up? OH NOOOO - I wasn’t using the circle method consistently! Look at those proportions!!! Look at the placements! There’s all using different ratios!
Look at how the noses were placed in different ways
Omg! And the eyes too.
Oh my gosh! What do I do to fix this? How can I do it the same every time? Which is the RIGHT way to draw a face?
Want to know how to draw using the PERFECT ratio?
Here’s THE secret:
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How I draw eyes
This is the thing I get asked about the most so here’s an honest try.
How to do “extra” facial expressions!
Drawing basic facial expressions is not the hardest. Most people can draw a sad face, a happy face, angry etc., but making more multidimensional expressions is more of a challenge. I have gotten a lot of compliments on how I draw facial expressions, (specifically “angsty ones”) telling me that they are very dramatic and well… expressive! And there are actually only a few things I think about when I draw faces that take them to the next level, so I thought i’d illustrate them all here!
SUPER IMPORTANT TIP BEFORE WE START: Look at your own face when you draw faces. Even making the face when you are drawing (you don’t even have to look at it), will give you some sense of how the face muscles pull and where things fold and stretch, because you can feel it. You are the best reference when it comes to facial expressions!
Angles
Draw the head in an angle that matches the expressions you want to make. It is not a requirement, but is going to add to the effect.
Symmetry vs asymmetry
A face is rarely symmetric. Unless the face the character is making is 100 % relaxed or even dissociating, the eyebrows, mouth and facial muscles will have different placements of their respective side. This image shows the dramatic impact asymmetry has on a face:
That’s the difference between a smile and a smirk!
The first one’s like “oh yeah?” and the second is like “oH YEAH??”
The “balloon squishing principle”
This is something I did subconsciously, and I didn’t know about until I made this tutorial. And this principle goes hand in hand with an asymmetric face. Basically, if you squish one part of the face, you need to even out the empty space by “inflating” the other part of the face so that it doesn’t appear shrunken. The picture hopefully explains it:
Teeth
Don’t forget to add the gum when the mouth is open to its full potential!
Squinting and folding
Adding folds around the eyes when a character is squinting makes a HUGE difference. It makes a smile more genuine and a growl more intimidating. Adding folds to the face in general makes your characters more lifelike and ‘visually relatable’. Like, they look human, and less plastic or fake.
and so on..
Pupils and irises
The placement of the iris and pupil in relation to the eyelids is very important! The less of the white you see, the more relaxed the character is.
And then of course eyebrows and eyes go hand in hand!
Gestures, spitting, sweating…
Adding more elements than just a face is key to making the character actually look like they are feeling what you want them to feel. Just the tiniest sweat drop adds to their anxiety, spitting adds frustration to their rage, slouching shoulders, waving hands, a double chin, extreme angles, the list goes on! Add whatever and see what kind of impact it makes! Does it do the trick? Great! Add it!
Over exaggeration!!
Remember that you can almost always exaggerate more. Don’t be afraid to do draw “too much” because you’re just experimenting. See what works and what doesn’t. What do you like to exaggerate?
Now that you know some theory, it’s time to practice!
Practicing!!
The 25 Essential Expressions (a classic! I’ve done it multiple times)
And the one I do when I’m bored:
Fill a page with circles and fill them in with different expressions. Try and exaggerate as much as you can!
This is mostly for experimenting. They are quicker to draw than complete faces, but the same rules should apply!
And that’s about it!
I don’t know if I covered everything in this tutorial, since some things might be obvious for me, and this post perhaps only scratches the surface. So feel free to send me a message if you want an explanation about something more in depth! Thank you for reading! And now DRAW!!! ✨🎨
Drawing Faces (A Collage of Tips)
Hey hey! We just drew a cute sketch of one of the alters in our system (Ava) and, since we’re really happy with it, we’ll share some proportion and facial construction tips that will hopefully help you with drawing too.
Picture for example above, explanation/details are below each picture.
The center of the eye almost always lines up with the corners of the lips (approximately–some people have slightly smaller or larger lips). If you’re confused about the size of the mouth, but the eyes look great, just draw a line down from the center of each eye and you’ll have the exact size of the mouth you need!
It’s approximately five eyes that go across the face (depending on your style, play with this a little). The head wraps in a circle, so if the end eyes go over that’s cool, especially when drawing the face at an angle or in a semi-realistic style like this.
The key part is that one eye width is in between both eyes. This helps remain as a guide for typical eye-to-eye distance. Then, if you have a character who has wider or closer together eyes, you can change that consciously!
Enticing eyelashes have movement! They essentially work like arrows from the center of the eye. Upper eyelashes curve in the opposite direction of the lower eyelashes (directions are on the left side of the above picture).
Just make sure they curve, no one has straight eye lashes (unless you’re deliberately using that for stylistic effect)!
Hair has lots of movement too! Drawing arrows to start getting a sense of direction can be a great place to start. Start the arrow where the hair is attached to the head or pinned (like with a clip or hair tie) and then fan out from there.
Draw hair in sections/chunks that vary in size. See how some are thin sections and others are thicker? Typically on the edges of hair it’s thiner (like by the face, edges of the hair/outline) and in the center of sections it’s thicker.
As always, don’t be afraid to use references so you can see how hair falls on the shape of a human head!
A little neck trick: There is a V of muscles that connects near the collarbones and all the way up to under the ear. Make sure this V is something you draw (even if you erase it because your character has a thicker neck). The thinnest part of the neck cannot be thinner than this V.
Also, shoulder muscles start pretty soon after the neck, so see that thick red line on the side? That’s where the V and the shoulder muscles (the ones that get really sore on all of us) coming around the back connect. This gentle V will add a much more realistic look to the necks you draw and help the head look properly supported!
Best wishes with your drawing!
-Arien (& Bael)
A compilation of tips ive made per request of others