If you like drawing comics, how can you miss it? It is not difficult to change the expressions of animated characters, but it will be very beneficial to understand the characteristics of facial expressions under different emotions. This tutorial will explain how different parts of the face can move together to convey different emotions. Once you master how to change your facial expressions at will, you can draw any expression you want.

Facial Expressions

First, we start by learning how to draw the "sad" expression, which is a fairly common emotion. This picture is a typical animated character's face, but notice the changes that have occurred. In this case, the most obvious feature of the character's emotion is the eyebrows. Notice how the inner tip of the brow curves upward. At the same time, her lower eyelids curve slightly upward, while her upper eyelids take on a more pronounced rounded curve. Curving the lower eye rim can express feelings of oppression, sadness or anger; in this case, the shape of the eyebrows tells us that the character is in a sad state. Also, pay attention to the shape of the mouth, which is small and curves downward at the corners. So overall, it seemed like she was about to burst into tears (as the saying goes: her lips are slightly parted and her brows are furrowed, every frown and every tear is related to emotion).

Look at this picture: His sadness is more subtle. The character looks depressed, but not as sad as in the picture above. His eyes are smaller (maybe because he is a man), his mouth is larger and the downward curve is not very obvious. The angle of the eyebrows and the arched lower eye frame will still make you think that he is upset about something (it's not easy for a grown man to do this, no matter how hard it is...).

The expressions of the characters in this picture range between sadness and anger. The eyebrows are visibly arched, and the mouth looks like it's shouting, both of which suggest he's in a state of madness, although his eyes are still painted very large. It makes him look like he's angry, or hurt, or upset about so-and-so.

This guy was clearly scolding someone, even though he wasn't yelling (with the sound of silence...). ^_~Now you can draw a sulking character. In this image, the eyebrows are close to the eyes and the corners are very pointed (I also added some wrinkles between the brows), and the corners of the mouth are clearly curved downwards. The eyes are very narrow, and the eyeballs are very small, which makes his expression look more angry (this expression feels quite sinister)

The expression in this picture is not quite sure, he is a little confused and looks like Who am I unhappy with in my heart? The staggered corners of his eyebrows make people feel that he is confused and suspicious. In order to enhance the expression, you can also leave a little space in the middle of the mouth.

Characters in comics always seem to talk with their eyes closed, but how many people actually talk like that? But regardless, you can express a variety of emotions with your eyes closed. In this picture, the character appears impatient or troubled, but the way he closes his eyes can also express a calm, happy or self-righteous mood. The eyes are curved upward in an arc, which can also express feelings of extreme sadness and excitement. In this picture, the brow is drawn downward and the mouth is open. Notice that the upper left lip of the character is slightly turned up - no matter what kind of negative emotion you want to express, whether you want to draw anger, displeasure or impatience - this mouth shape will work.

In comics, "happiness" is one of the most common emotions, and big eyes, raised eyebrows and a smiling mouth (^0^should that be it?) are usually the best. Express joy and excitement. Of course, other features are also included, such as magnified highlights in the eyes and an upward-curving lower lashline. Note that most kawaii characters have large eyes and small noses and mouths (unless their mouths are open like in this picture)

This one He is also quite happy, but the degree of expression is not as exaggerated as in the above example, and his emotions are more delicate. Note that the eyebrows are drawn lower (although still somewhat arched) and that the curve of the mouth is drawn very thinly. The lower lash line is arched, and the eyes are still quite large, so although the character's joy is less obvious, his good mood is still evident.

To express surprise or shock, make the eyes larger and the pupils smaller. This is a unique way of exaggerating the face of a comic character. When the character is extremely surprised, his/her eyes will almost fill the blank part of the face... In this case, the mouth is drawn very small, but the other four features ( Except for the mouth, it’s the 4 organs, right?) The size will match the screen D.

This guy is not particularly eye-catching, he just looks a little annoyed.

The eyes are small, the eyebrows are arched downward, and the mouth is small and somewhat turned to one side. There’s not much to say about this one~

Nose and Mouth

The shapes of the nose and mouth in the animation are very cute. You don’t need to practice different styles to learn step by step. The following examples will be of great benefit to you.

Shown here is a nose and mouth in a basic animation style. It consists of three basic simple shapes: a wedge-shaped nose, a slender line for the mouth, and a shorter line that defines the lower lip. (However, this shorter lower lip line does not have to be drawn. (out) In the front view as shown in the picture, you can first lightly draw some lines with a pen to determine the position of the nose and mouth. The size and shape of the nose and mouth can be adjusted according to different characters, but they must be in a straight line. To help positioning, you can draw a vertical auxiliary line as shown in the picture. The second picture above is a side view of the face, but the mouth and nose are still arranged on a curve, showing that they are in the center of the face.

It is more difficult to draw the nose and mouth from the side than from the front or the 3/4 side (actually it is more difficult to draw the front realistically). The main reason is that the lips are not easy to determine. You cannot use simple straight lines like the one above. You have to draw them honestly by yourself. Our predecessors taught us: overcome all difficulties and strive for victory! If painted well, the effect will be quite good. The first thing to consider is the curve formed by the nose, lips and chin. The upper lip should be curved inward, while the lower lip (slightly further back in profile) should be curved outward. This can only be done with more practice, otherwise - the character's face may be drawn weirdly or the mouth may become flat.

The lower part of the face is composed of some contrasting curves. Pay attention to the drawing method of these two pictures. The curve of the nose faces the face, and then slightly curves back to the right above the upper lip. The upper lip curves inward, while the lower lip curves outward. The chin is not a simple straight line, it is a smooth outward curve.

Here are some examples of different styles of mouths and noses. Some can be used for roles of different genders, and I’m too lazy to classify them ^_^. Note that in some styles the mouth is just a thin straight line, while in other styles the lips are better drawn. The mouth in animation is generally not too big unless the character is shouting, so it should be relatively small. The noses are drawn in different ways: some are drawn as wedges, some have shadows, and some are so detailed that you can even see the nostrils (with more details^_^). The noses of female characters tend to be smaller and less inked, while the noses of men are generally longer and more angular.

Here are examples of more sideways nose and mouth shapes. Even if the proportions and expressions change, they still follow the basic shape requirements mentioned above. When drawing faces at this angle, be careful not to draw the nose too pointed and the face too flat. The facial curves should be determined appropriately, otherwise the face will look unnatural.

Multi-angle head modeling

This article will describe the basic drawing methods of faces from different angles in animation modeling. Although the standard animated female face is used as an example here, as long as you adjust its proportions, you can draw various characters as you like.

Front view

First draw a large circle, divide it into three equal parts horizontally, and then divide it in half with a vertical line. The spacing of the horizontal lines doesn't have to be exact; the proportions will depend on the facial shape of the character you want to draw. Don't be too demanding.

Next, make a small mark (a short line, not a dot) directly below the circle. In this diagram, the distance from the circle to the mark is the same as the length of the third bisection of the circle. The marked position is the character's chin, so it will be better to draw it as a short line rather than a point, otherwise the chin will become too pointed. The height of the chin mark is a way to adjust the shape and appearance of the face. Next, draw two diagonal auxiliary lines, which must be tangents to the circumference (tangent middle school mathematics), and intersect with the edge of the chin mark.

Then, to make the face plump, it cannot be so thin. Draw two triangles with rounded corners on either side of the face. By adjusting the thickness of the triangle and the height of the cheekbones (the corners of the triangle), you can change the shape and appearance of the face, and you can draw different characters. *

Now that the lower part of the face is shaped, let's add the eyes, nose and mouth. The position of the eyes will vary slightly from character to character, but they are usually located in the lower part of the circle. The nose is approximately halfway down the face (i.e. the area under the circumference), while the mouth is directly below the nose.

(This Japanese painting method puts the face lower, making the character look younger. Using the traditional three pavilions and five eyes as the proportion is simpler and more realistic)

Next, erase the auxiliary lines and fill them in Details of the eyes. Now you can see the roughly completed basic shape of the face, and you can add all the details you like, such as hair, clothes, jewelry, tattoos, scars, etc. (Of course, more is better, otherwise it will be a snake's foot).

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3/4 view

First draw a large circle, just like the one in the front view, but now we need to use the auxiliary The line goes to the upper left. This part of the head is a three-dimensional sphere, so no matter which direction you rotate it, the auxiliary lines should be consistent with the curve of the sphere. Divide the face into thirds horizontally and then into two equal parts vertically. Of course, due to the angle of the circle we drew, the guide lines will not divide it into exactly equal parts, but it is important to remember that if you rotate the sphere back to the front view, it should look like what was written earlier in the tutorial Same, completely equal.

Next, extend the vertical auxiliary curve below the sphere, and select a point under the sphere to represent the position of the chin. The distance from the circumference to the chin should be a little longer than the length of the third segment of the circle. Draw two auxiliary lines that are tangent to the edge of the circle and touch the chin mark. The one guide line on the left should be steeper than the one on the right.

Draw the outline of the face slightly rounder, and draw two rounded triangles on both sides of the auxiliary line. The left side of the face should curve out to meet the circle, while the curve on the right side should be slightly more smoothly sloping. If you want to draw well, practice is essential.

Then draw the eyes, nose and mouth. The eyes are located in the lower half of the circle. You can refer to the "How to Draw Animated Character Eyes" in this tutorial to learn how to arrange the eyes at this angle. The facial features should be arranged along the central auxiliary line, and be sure not to draw them crookedly! Otherwise, it will look ugly;) The nose is usually directly under the eyes, and the mouth is usually directly under the nose (this is quite familiar - Tang Monk is riding a horse with a bang, followed by Sun Wukong). Be careful not to extend your mouth to the left of your nose; from this angle, most of it is on the right side of the vertical auxiliary curve. -

After some optimization of the lines, the basic shape of the 3/4 view head is complete. Add your favorite hairstyle and jewelry to her! Here are some different angles of the head. Each one is created by adding guide lines to a basic circle as done in the previous tutorial (for more information on drawing heads in profile - like the example in the upper left of this image, see Nose and Mouth ” tutorial). Maybe the proportions of these faces are not perfect, because these pictures as examples are completely different types of faces (many of them are drawn of men...) ^.^

Of course, in addition to simple In addition to cartoon girl images, there are many other types of characters... You can also try to draw the characters with other proportions like the ones above. Except that some lines are lengthened or shortened, their basic shapes are the same. For example, the one in the upper left corner of the picture has a slimmer face, sharper cheeks, and narrower eyes. The one in the upper right corner has a much smaller face and big eyes. Male faces are generally longer and squarer, while female faces tend to be smaller and rounder. The child's, different from both, was small and round.

Basic hair styling

Generally, the hair of animated characters will be very complicated. However, if you break them down into their basic elements to paint, it will simplify the process.

Like real-life hair, manga hair is made up of many strands. However, rather than drawing each strand of hair individually, it is often better to draw them into clumps of different sizes and shapes. As shown here, here are some of the simplest forms of each hair style. Note that in most cases, the lines at the bottom of the hair clump are more curved - especially the upper left example in the example. The lower lines are more curved than the upper lines, giving the hair more depth and caricature. Make it (anime-ish?) some. Sometimes the hair is exaggerated, sometimes it's just visible, but in most manga hairstyles, each strand of hair will have this basic shape.

Once you know how to draw each strand of hair, you can start to combine them together to create a manga-style hairstyle.

Look at each example in this picture (the author himself has no idea why the group of hair in the lower left corner is discounted) and notice how the basic hairline is used starting from the first step. Those similar shapes are often found throughout many different hairstyles. Draw an outward curve on each strand of hair as a hairline, which will make the hair look more vivid.

Another thing to note is that you can paint the hair as detailed as you like, just increase the number of strands.

Now we start practicing some slightly more complex shapes. Notice how the size and shape of each strand of hair changes to give it different characteristics. Each strand of hair can be thin and straight, or thick and curly. Note that you can make your hair very detailed, or very simple, all depending on how many strands you draw.

Here are some basic hairstyles. Pay attention to the shape of the hair when it is bending and rotating. Eyes are one of the most important features that reflect the personality of a comic book character. The eyes are the most expressive part of the face, and they are also the part that distinguishes different characters to make them distinct. . So it is very important to draw the eyes well. In this part of the "Self-Teaching Guide to General Face Drawing," you'll learn how to draw eyes in a variety of manga styles. Some common online tutorials often only tell you how to draw big eyes of beauties, but do not carefully distinguish the obvious changes in different styles of eyes. This tutorial includes the drawing methods of different types of male and female eyes in comics, and comes with some examples of other styles. I hope it can help you draw your own original comic characters, and maybe make your characters more beautiful.

Female Eyes

Now let’s start with the most common comic-style eyes - "big beauty eyes". First draw an upward curve. The line at the highest point of the curve should be slightly thicker. Here we are drawing the eye on the right side of the face (that is, the left eye of the character), so the left end of the curve is higher than the right end (the corners of the Japanese-style big eyes are a little droopy, looking pitiful, but they droop too much, Xiao Longnu) He will become an old dragon woman). In fact, the top of the unformed eye is not a perfect curve, but slightly angular. There are also types of eyes that are almost completely curved at the top.

Next, let’s draw the lower part of the eye. In order to determine its position, we start from the edge of the upper lash line and gently draw two diagonal lines downward as auxiliary lines. The slope of the auxiliary lines determines how wide and wide the eyes will be. You can take a look at the examples at the end of this page to experience the changing effect of line slope. Draw the lower lash line through the auxiliary line, tilt the corner of the eye slightly downward and to the right, and draw the line in the lower right corner slightly thicker.

Erase the guide lines and draw a long oval inside the eye. There are also some comic characters whose iris (eyeball) is a large circle, but here we draw it as an elongated oval. Of course, you can make the shape wider according to your preference. The upper part of the oval will be covered by the upper eyeliner - in fact, no matter what style of eyes we have, we cannot completely see the entire eyeball, and the upper part will almost be covered by the edge of the eye frame (except of course when it is scary or angry).

Next, draw the outline of the eye highlight. Usually comic book characters have some shadows in their eyes. Girls in comics also tend to have distinct shades and shine. Establish the chosen light source in your painting and make it consistent throughout the entire image. For example, if the light in a picture is from the left, then the highlight areas in the rest of the picture must also come from the left, otherwise the light and dark relationship produced by the light will be inconsistent (unless you use multiple light sources, However, this textbook does not cover this scope). Draw two long ovals: the larger one on the upper left side of the iris (eyeball) (overlapping the edge of the iris, as shown), and the smaller one on the other side of the eye.

Next, draw the pupils below the highlight. The highlight area is generally located at the upper end, so don't draw the pupils below the highlight. Then draw the eyelashes. For the eye we are drawing, the eyelashes are continuous spikes growing from the upper right side of the eye. The eyelashes should be drawn along the curve of the eyes so that they look like they are growing from the eyes. Don't just draw "Z" shaped lines that stick to her eyes. In fact, eyelashes are small curves that grow from the top of the eyelids.

(The function described here is the function of PS) Click the check box on the layer panel and set layer 1 to "Preserve Transparency", as shown on the left.

This way you can only add color to the existing lines without smearing the uncolored empty spaces. Its role is very important. Pick a large brush and paint over the entire image with pure black (0,0,0). The checked edge will turn black as it should. How overlapping and nested.

Okay, now let's start drawing another style of eye - not the one we usually see. This type is more slender, elegant, and looks more realistic, so it is often used in more serious animations and comics. This particular eye belongs to the Deedlit "Lodoss War" category, a much cooler look than Slayer (these eyes started with Slayer!). Start by drawing a long, thin curve. The left side should be lower than the right, and the turn on the left side of the line should be a bit sharper.

To easily define the bottom edge of the eye, lightly draw two diagonal crossing lines starting from the edge of the eye as guide lines. Unlike the tutorial above, the guide lines here are not as vertical. The closer the auxiliary line is to the horizontal line, the smaller the eye will be. But don't draw it too straight, because you don't want the eyes to become squinting. Draw the bottom line of the eye using auxiliary lines.

Erase the auxiliary lines and draw the outline of the iris (eyeball). Without eyelids, the eyeball would be a perfect circle. However, since the eyeball is blocked by the edge of the eyelid, we cannot see the top and bottom of the eyeball. Don't draw the eyeballs too small, at least you can see the complete object. (Unless you want to convey a certain emotion, such as anger or surprise, but that’s for another section)

Next, draw the highlight on the iris, positioning it and painting it as follows As mentioned before, but here the brightness of the eyeball itself is much smaller and rounder. Then, we draw double eyelids on top of the eyes.

Draw on the eyebrows and shadow the rest of the iris. Remember to draw the pupil under the highlight, and no matter how dark you make the rest of the eye, the pupil should stand out slightly by comparison.

You can use the same method to draw these different styles of female eyes. Try to observe the differences between each style. In fact, they are all similar. Although the shape and proportions change, the eyes are always thicker at the highest edge; the eyeballs are always painted with multiple layers of shadow, etc. Although some of these are indeed sketches and seem a bit scattered, I hope this is still helpful to everyone.

Male Eyes

Next, we are going to draw some men's eyes. Generally speaking, male characters are ignored by comic book lovers, because many drawing friends think that men are more difficult to draw (it is difficult to draw women, and it is even harder to draw men. It is easier to draw neither men nor women. Distinguishing men and women in comics is very important to readers. and the author have tested it), in fact, it is not such a "difficult" problem, although the difference between the two is indeed relatively large. Most men's eyes are thinner and narrower than women's eyes, although there are sometimes exceptions. This type of eyes (should belong to Fushigi Yuugi's Hotohori (I haven't seen this movie)) are narrower than other women's eyes and not so thin. They seem to belong to a darker and suspicious person. ^_^ Start by drawing a thick, long curve, similar to a horizontal line, but still slightly curved. The edge of the line should be slightly curved inward, and the left end should be more obvious.

Draw two slightly curved lines. Draw diagonal auxiliary lines to help define the lower eye frame. The auxiliary lines start from both sides of the upper eye frame and are almost perpendicular to each other. Don't draw them too slanted or too straight, otherwise the size of the eyes will not be accurate. Draw the lower rim of the eye and use the auxiliary lines to help you determine its position.

Erase the iris and draw it as a perfect circle, but part of it will be covered by the eyelids. Don't draw it too small, at least you can see the complete object (unless you want to express strong emotions, such as surprise or anger, please refer to the content of the tutorial "Emotions")

The eyes of male characters are the same. It is shiny, but the highlight area is generally not that big and obvious. Draw an oval on the left edge of the eye, and a pointed shape on the right corner as the highlight area.

Draw the pupil, highlights and highlights. Deep shadows, especially if the character has very dark eyes. Then draw double eyelids and eyelashes. Male characters generally have darker and thicker eyebrows, so remember not to draw them into thin eyebrows.

This is not difficult, right? ^_^ Don’t worry about the eyes looking too feminine. In fact, it is often difficult to tell which eyes must belong to men and which must belong to women (eyes are not a sign of gender after all). Certain styles of eyes are also unisex.

Slender, narrow eyes are often (of course not always) associated with those who are darker and brooding. Bad guys generally have narrow eyes, but don't think of all characters with such eyes as enemies. To draw eyes in this style, first draw a long curved line. Note that the left end of the curve is more slanted than the right.

Next, draw two diagonal auxiliary lines starting from both sides of the upper eye frame. The angle is somewhat different from the first three tutorials: the one on the left is much flatter than the one on the right. Draw the lower part of the eye using the auxiliary lines. It should be curved, not a straight line, so the entire eye looks like an elongated, pointed oval.

Erase the auxiliary lines and draw the iris. The iris should be covered by the upper eyelid, otherwise, the iris will be a perfect circle. Darken the color of the line in the right corner of the eye.

Draw highlights and double eyelids above the eyes.

After adding the pupil and shading the iris, and adding the eyebrows, the eye is complete. Finally, smooth and darken the lines and you're done. ^_^

After drawing the right eye, you may also want to draw the left eye. All you need to do is draw an exact mirror image of the original eye. However, placing the second eye requires some skill. Eyes in animation, no matter what style, are always one eye's length apart. The distance may be larger or smaller, but it is better to measure it by the length of a single eye (it is often said that there are three pavilions and five eyes).

Maybe you don’t always draw the front of a character’s face, so you should understand how to arrange the eyes at different angles. In the "Head" content of "Self-Study Guide to General Facial Drawing", you will see how to use curves as auxiliary lines to define the position of the eyes. When you first learn, use the method of drawing auxiliary lines to help determine the position of the eyes. Once you are really proficient, you no longer need to do this - you don't want your eyes to be off-center. Notice in the picture on the left that the eye on the right is much smaller and flatter than the one on the left, yes, because it is further away from you. `

This one is also very similar - except the head is raised in the other direction. In this picture, the eye on the left is smaller than the one on the right, but the eyes still follow the curve of the face. If the position of the two eyes is not appropriate, it will look bad, so - hum, be careful!

The eyes are the windows to the soul. When drawing eyes, the main expression is their expression, so they must be drawn well. The general drawing methods are as follows:

1. Use a pencil to draft and draw the basic shape. At the same time, pay attention to the accuracy of the position and angle of the eyes and the perspective relationship.

2. After finishing the draft, you can use a brush to outline the eyes. Pay attention when using a brush. Because the brush is soft and the line changes greatly, you must pay attention to the intensity of the force. Generally, the brush should be loose when drawing eyelids. In order to make the eyes of the character lively, the upper part of the brush can be Make the eyelids thicker.

3. Be careful when drawing the eyeballs. Leave out the highlights of the eyeballs in advance and leave some white space above the pupils. This will give the eyes a sense of transparency.

4. When drawing the lower eyelids, try to draw them as thinly as possible.

5. When drawing eyelashes, do not draw the eyelashes too thickly, and use the pen neatly.

6. The method of drawing the side eyes is basically the same as the front side, but you need to draw an extra part of the eyelids so that they can wrap around the eyes. The eyelashes of the side eyes are the longest. Young women - young men:

Middle-aged women - middle-aged men:

7. Pay attention to the up and down position of the eyes when painting.

8. The relationship between eyes and nose.

9. Several different shapes of eyes.

When drawing glasses, you must pay attention to the distance between the lenses not to be too close. Girls wear glasses with thinner edges, while boys wear glasses with thicker edges. When drawing half-side glasses, pay attention to the close distance. The perspective relationship of large and small, near and wide, and far and narrow.

Hands

As the saying goes, "It is harder to draw hands than to draw people." This means that it is difficult to draw hands. To do this, you should first understand the structure of hands.

The structure of the hand can be divided into two parts: the palm and the wrist. The palm should be regarded as an irregular pentagon. When drawing, the two parts should first be regarded as a whole, draw the edge of the hand, and then define the thumb. position, it is necessary to make it clear that the length of each finger is different, and the joints of the fingers should be properly bent. In the close-up picture, the two joints of the fingers should be drawn, and the outer contours of the thumb and little finger should be particularly emphasized. This will give a more three-dimensional feel.

How to draw hands:

The back side of the hand should be drawn with hard lines to express the hardness of the bones, and the palm side should be drawn with soft lines to express softness. texture.

The fingers are very flexible, so do not look at the five fingers separately. The shape will be different depending on the movement of the hand and the angle.

Female fingers are slender, the joints are not protruding, and the nails are longer. In order to express the delicate and soft feeling of female hands, the lines should be smooth and sexual. ?0?8

Male palms are wider and thicker, with thicker fingers and obvious joints, mostly represented by hard lines.

Feet

The movement pattern of the foot is expressed by the angle between the foot and the calf. Pay attention to the relationship between the foot, ankle and calf.

When drawing, you should pay attention to the fact that the angle of the shoes changes with the movement of the feet. When drawing, you should think about the state of the feet. Different styles of shoes should use different pens to express their texture

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