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Oh damn, oh shit
Its tutorial time 8D Cuz I have nothing else on my plate, obviously (I'm lying). Anyways I was feeling like not working on comics so I did this. As always, feel free to trace or whatever you need to do. Sorry if it is less in depth, this is more about the shapes and how to arrange them on the face vs an exhaustive listing of a bunch of details. Hopefully this will give you a place to begin so you can make your own variety, instead of having to rely on others and reffing (if you even need the help).
I'd like to add, this is exactly how I draw faces. If you like that and want to emulate it for some godawful reason, go ahead, I guess (though I strongly advise you to develop your own style). But hopefully the principles are basic enough to be applied to any style you like.
*edit* Oop, almost forgot! my fav nose tutorial, by mimm :mimm.deviantart.com/art/Nose-dā¦
Ok back to work D:
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Great work on this one! I definitely enjoyed reading it.
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Aahh!!! don't call my shitty anime shitty!!! You're so mean!!! :bawls:
Lols. Love it. I refuse to draw pointy chins on anyone but my main char.
All bets are off when I draw my shitty fan art though
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The fat parts on the bottom part of your cheeks? on old people/ bulldogs they hang past the end of the mouth XD
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I didn't even know there was a difference between a "jaw" or "jowl". 
Looks like you taught me something.
Thanks a lot for making this!
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It's.... part of the face. Sort of the cheek/lower jaw region.
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Lol, I know that, I was just trying to crack a shitty ass joke.
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Another work of Xtreme genius.
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Nice tutorial. Hit the high points and move on. I dig it.
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I would like you to know that you are.. AWSOME. <3
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yes #5, because 80% of anime IS shitty.
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The comment about the "Ugly Shovel" made me laugh so hard because of how true it is.
Now, none of those rules are different from what you can read in a "how to make Western Cartoons" tutorial book... Well, the main difference is that you stick more with Nature's design of the human figure in the process of developing a character or facial expression.
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Haha XD Yeah, I've never read a real tutorial book so I dunno... but I know these are pretty basic rules, and expect that they'd be in a general drawing book. Its good that I'm sort of doing things the right way, then?
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Doing things the right way? To do things "right," you must know how the human body works, so yeah... you're doing pretty damn well
What I'm saying is that there isn't much of a difference between your technique and, let's say... Milt Kahl's technique (Disney's best traditional animator of all time). The big difference is that you keep the authentic proportions in your characters, and he is likely to destroy those rules of thumbs (but intentionally). get it?
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Oh yeah, I know what you mean... I think the vital point is to know the rules you're breaking before you go and break them XD
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XD this tutorial rocks~ oh noes anime = shitty? LOL i love the little monster guy in the final notes~
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(btw, you forgot to say, in the final note#4 : if you cant find anything that makes you similar... then face it.. you're adopted
I hope you continue making these... they are so great!
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Once again, awesome tutorial!
Thank you, for taking the time to make this for us, It's really helpful!
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Man, if this gets even one person to drop a blank animu style for well-constructed, expressive faces, your work here is done.
(It's so much FUN to draw people with crazy idiosyncratic features! Why did no one tell me this before??)
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A really usefull tutorial ... great ^___^
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HAHAHAHHA XD SHOVEL. That's just amazing.
Your tutorials get better everytime. I was JUST on the train today thinking: why does this face look more like an ass than a face? (luckily this wasn't one of the ones I used myself as a reference for) and thought: I NEED TO LOOK AT A REFERENCE.
SO, thankyou ><
one question: I know theres roughly one eye between the eyes, but how do you measure how wide the ACTUAL nose should be??? I mean, I ALWAYS get this wrong XD
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Well, the nose is generally as wide as what looks good to you! Look at your own face for reference... since people's noses totally vary in width, it is really just a matter of picking the right look and sticking with it
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oh OK! cool beans! :3
...OMG - I've been using your techniques for mapping the face (especially the nose eye triangle) and YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SAVED ME. I love you!!! >< it's made such a huge difference, I was going CRAZY!!! major gold stars!! <3
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Haha, I'm glad the tricks/ tips worked for you XD
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You, my friend, WIN AT LIFE.
..On a regular basis too ;D
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Geometry is =very much= a good tool in faces (I agree), if you just draw two self-portraits (which are good to do because you're always at your disposal) one just running with it and the other thinking with more Geometric shapes, the more geometric one tends to look better.
<3 Very helpful tutorial! <3 Thanks for making these!
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WRY ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF MY SHITTY ANIMES :CCCCC
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Hahaha, 'spheres sunk into your face'. I know what MY next chat up line will be!
But this is very very useful <3 I like the tip about removing the irises to check if the pupils are focused; I always have so much trouble with that. And getting craniums the right size, ugh. In fact this tut is crammed with good tips I need to remember!
(And lolz, I figured you had linked me again when I had a comparatively massive influx of faves. You're such a nice pimp <3)
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Thanks 
Haha, I guess I am a pretty nice pimp (don't tell anyone though they'll think I'm going soft)
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This was really helpful- thank you!
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Oh lulz anime side-of-face-mouth-syndrome has always annoyed the crap out of me. And noses are amazing and need more love.
Ahaha this reminds me, I just spent the last couple days trying to memorize facial shapes for a few of my characters that have been julting around. Everything you do is so simple and clean though, I just make a mess out of it )8<
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XB Yeah it is hard keeping face shapes straight. I mess up Angora's every other drawing, cuz I don't have like a ref sheet + she is super generic looking... I should write a tutorial on how to not be stupid and then give it to myself 3:
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Aaaaaaand, another great tutorial! Thanks, that's very very helpful <333
SHOOP DA WHOOP
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how did you know I was having trouble with faces O.O you made this just for me didn't you!
lol, I am actually having trouble with being repetitive about my character's appearance though.
thanks for taking the time to make us all hilariously wonderful tutorials
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No problem! Its good to think about face shapes, even if it is a bit weird at first
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I know I associate certain face shapes with a lot of my characters. But I fail horribly at drawing them the same way twice.
just needs practice, like anything.
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Awesome Tutorial! Thanks!
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OMG YAY
AN ALEXDS1 TUTORIAL!
My day is complete.
As always, I love that you go over non-traditional character types (ie noses, face types). I really liked that bit about the triangle - as much of a tutorial-addict as I am, I don't recall reading that anywhere before
Thanks again for your wonderful tutes!
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Thank you! The nose used to piss me off so hard until I realized it was just triangles. It still pisses me off, just not as bad...
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it was worth the lul'z. If only you had this out a week earlier, we had to do self portraits for my object perspective class! I actually surprised myself on that assignment, it didn't look like crap! but i don't think it looked like me.... I'll have to post it if i can get a copy back from my teachers.
As always your tutorials are fantastic and fun, and yes anime is very shitty, almost all my classmates draw like that, very few of use use realism, or western styles. It's quiet annoying! keep up the kickass work alexds!
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