“man ur such a pussy” a jock says to me. i laugh. “well,” i begin, looking up at him and popping the collar of my jean jacket, “like they say,” everyone waits in anticipation, “u are what u eat.” the jock dies instantly, the crowd cheers, obama is there,
People are equating "coming out" as kin to coming out as gay or trans and I'm gonna lose my goddamn shit. That's fucking disrespectful. Your kintype doesn't exist, you don't have a closet to come out of. You're a person trying to get oppression points on this hell site while some of us are getting kicked out of our houses for being attracted to the same gender. Stop equating telling people you're a fictional character to coming out as lgbt.
Why can’t people leave boy positivity posts alone? Why can’t boys have something that makes them feel good about themselves without some ugly, entitled woman who can’t stand the fact that something isn’t about her for once commenting about how “gross” boys are and “lol I think you mean girls ;)”. Like shut up, that crap isn’t cute, I don’t care how many likes/reblogs you get from your nasty little followers, you aren’t being cool. It’s immature and disrespectful.
You want to spread positivity for girls, fine. You can either reblog the hundreds of posts on this site dedicated to girls or make your own. Don’t hijack or derail a positive post MEANT FOR BOYS/MEN just because you never grew out of your cooties phase. Like can you people just shut up for once and let boys have their positivity posts. Let them be happy, let them feel good about themselves. So many issues that boys face are often overlooked (often because of misconception that either these problems don’t exist) and honestly for you to go and add your unnecessary negative comments to boy positivity posts shows me that you’re just heartless and selfish and I fear for the well-being of anyone involved in your life.
If you have to derail a post meant for boys or put boys down for your girl “positivity” then I think you need to look over the definition of the word “positive” again cause dang somewhere along the way it became twisted. I’m sorry boys loving themselves and being loved bothers you so much.
“Cassandra woke up to the rays of the sun streaming through the slats on her blinds, cascading over her naked chest. She stretched, her breasts lifting with her arms as she greeted the sun. She rolled out of bed and put on a shirt, her nipples prominently showing through the thin fabric. She breasted boobily to the stairs, and titted downwards.”
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!
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!!! ✨🎨
