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I made this for my Found & Focused class. I was allowed to create whatever I wanted as long as it showed symmetry and a set of complimentary colors.
This was my final assignment for my Found & Focused class. I took a previous assignment and expanded upon it. The orange and blue pattern was the one I made a couple of months ago. I decided to make the same image with the other complimentary colors.
The patterns are seen separately. The final image shows them together.
Approach to Facial Expressions
I’ve been getting asked a lot recently how I draw expressions, so I tried to put together a little demonstration of my approach~
I noticed my expressions tend to come from a 2 main thought-processes
Acting
Asymmetry in the face
Acting
When you think about your character like an actor, it makes your consider their performance. The faces they make are performances of their expression.
The direction of the eyes can add a lot of information to a character’s acting, i.e. their expression.
These are some random faces I threw together, each conveying a unique emotion or expression. A lot of the feeling or “life” you’re getting from these faces lies in the fact that the eyes are actively engaged.
The smiling guy on the left is happy about something, so I pointed his eyes upward, giving him a lifted feeling.
The sad guy in the middle is casting his gaze downward, a pretty natural inclination when one is sad.
The mischievous looking dude on the right is giving us those classic, shifty eyes. He’s up to no good, I can tell.
So despite these characters all facing forward, the direction of their gaze can lend a lot to their performance.
Asymmetry
The next big thing I notice in my approach to making expressions, is asymmetry.
Have you ever drawn a character facing forward, and then spent ages trying to get both eyes to look exactly like each other?
Well don’t waste your time.
Interesting expressions come from the nuance that occurs when the face isn’t perfectly symmetrical.
I notice I use this tactic when I’m trying to portray emotions that are a little more complex than just the basics (sad, happy angry, etc…)
But for this guy up on the left there, I pinched the right side of his face more than the left. It changes the expression from “sad” to something a little more complex, like concern, or worry, or even guilt.
The angry dude in the middle is so pissed he’s grinding his jaw, judging from the hiked up upper-left lip.
The confused guy on the right is a little scandalized, or maybe he’s hurt, what with that up-turned left eyebrow and slight squint in his left eye.
So when you sit down to draw a big, expressive face, try playing with different eyebrow shapes (yes, I’m giving you permission to commit dreamworks eyebrows. Sue me.) Try one straight, and one curved. One arched, and one dipping up inquisitively.
This asymmetry can also be split horizontally, too.
You can get a mix of interesting emotions by mixing and matching different elements of an expression (eyebrows, mouth, eyes… areas of focus of the face, basically.)
To prove a point, I used the same set of eyes and eyebrows for three faces, and just changed the acting in the mouth.
three very different faces. We have expressions ranges from anguish, to guilty-delight, all the way to disgust.
Hope this was helpful!
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These two frames were shown right after each other. Love the symmetry. The more I look at it, the more similarities I find ! Two many to mention tbh. I don’t believe any of this is unplanned. This cinematic of this show is incredible.
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I found the symmetry button and drew some things
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