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How To Paint Characters, Part1

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ARTISTS PANEL Cynthia Sheppard Nice tae are wth Sioceunain vations Banting. Gates ta beng Ebel teehrigucs to her ‘raise Nick Harris Years warking with radon ) 3 ek Tuna Bora att basen t cent ee Ta ae Remko Troost a Oban incanads Jonathan Standi vlna Strang 2 Danone tors Paco Rico Torres Pacoleatreslncellutrtar fra n Span rtersoteral coe games coneeplorust airman Kev Crossley ang ondng comic ant monacha come tes sani Judge Dred se che rena ‘Mélanie Delon Frnchrtt arctitrator Coversand gmes Shas DIGITAL HOW TO PAINT CHARACTERS ‘Master the simple technicuues and skills needed to create and paint character art, including advice on painting clothes, anatomy and poses. DIGITAL ARTIST'S. The best way to... draw a snarling facial expression Artist's advice Cynthia says ZA Tse snatingexpresion is made by exaggerating certain features bf thetice and nding inks fr reases here theresa smoothskin, Theminfstare affcted by 2 snarl orsnceristhe mouth, which opens ‘wider and epeses he eth, sometsnes at mange. Thelips pl backto reat big ‘ceases fom thesidesof the noe den toward the chin. The muscle round the ce alo contact causing theses elves to become narower, depending ‘on theives of the expression Howser sartng does ust top atthe changes the mouth andthe eyes. a cexteme spar or scream, the muscular ‘hangs beneath theskin take sapein some ofthe fllowing wavs Bigeresses form fom thesde ofthe nose and aval dwn eet to the auth Sal crnses emanate frm te inside corner of hee, curving upiard past thebrow and omtothe Tridge ofthe nose, Corrgaton ec in the forehead above the eyebrows, Si ‘reas emanat from the ouside commer of theeje giving appearance afer even injoungchaacter). Bunchingof the ‘Sin occurson the chin blow the moth very fail mace affect other are surrounding ic Whe a muscle eases ia theforhes for example yo can sea thange inthe checks and epee tn. Take nto account shat happens to every aro he face to ell sll the expression, Painta contorted expression Draw 8 face. Imagine she features are made of clay any direction, but wher come closer together, make & line ta incieste a craase That's what the muscles do when we Ina bight snarl or sneer, most ofthe wrinkling happens on one side ofthe Face, ‘with the exception of alight parting af tha mauth. Think bout the places where tne creases are strongest and drew them n as light lines. 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