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Unique Features Tutorial: Pt 2
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Hey! I have two webcomics where you can see this in action: Miamaska and Trial of the Sun . If you liked these tutorials give them a shot!Check out part 1 here! jeinu.deviantart.com/art/Uniqu...
and part 3 here! fav.me/d3a6v8u
Part 2: Lady Faces! Sorry I took more than a week! The next one will be next month sometime, keep an eye out for it. Feel free to pass this along to artists who are struggling with this sort of problem. I hope it helps
All those characters up there are copyrighted to their respective owners, I do not claim ownership to any of them.
This tutorial series was inspired in part by an article on the TvTropes website. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php... Click there to see more examples!
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Great stuff. I have a problem sometimes and I wonder if you have any ideas to address it. Drawing unique facial features is not a problem for me, but looking at a person and deciding on the RIGHT unique facial feature to give them, (in a caricature, for instance) is a bit of a challenge. Faces in real life can be very elastic (especially lips and eyebrows) and different angles can change the way a nose looks. To get things right I have to get myself into a sort of "sculptural" zone where I internalize the whole 3d makeup of the face, which works, but at the same time, the more details I show, the less the audience can imagine and the less "cartoony" the cartoon becomes, which can have unwanted stylistic implications. What do you think about that?
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I think imagining a face a sculpture is a great way to visualize! To keep yourself from getting too worked up in the details, I'd suggest exaggerating the key features of the face. Maybe pick 2-3 things that really make a face unique an exaggerate them for a caricature. Even great caricatures won't capture every exact detail of the original person's face, there's always some of the artist's imagination worked into it. But the base likeness of those main features are what stick with us, the audience.
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I don't know if you're still replying to comments on this, but I have a question: how much of a problem is it that some cartoons all look the same? When I was little, it didn't take any enjoyment away from watching them. Is there a time and place where similarly-styled characters are okay?
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it's not much of a problem for tv shows, because similar characters can be salvaged by unique voices and personalities (this is usually quite easier for the animation budget aspect). if the characters are weak, the writing is weak, there is no saving the character design.
i think if there was a time and place for copy-paste characters, it would be for minor background characters. if they don't show up that often, no one's really going to care. but for the developing artist, copy-paste characters just keep them in a rut of familiarity. and that's what i'm really trying to dissuade here. i hope this answers your question!
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This is excellent. You helped me a lot in my drawings because I've noticed that especially in the nose department all my characters look similar.
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Aw yeah, TV Tropes mention! All fan-girling aside, I did find all of these tutorials extremely helpful.
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thankyou for creating this!!! most helpful tutorial i've read!!
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I've been practicing on drawing different features and this is really helpful
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oh, this is so cool, in some ways better than a whole BOOK on drawing figures and faces
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Nice tutorial, but there is a reason why artists draw 'sameface'. It's because only 1 type of face is attractive. Sorry to be blunt, but it's true. No one wants an ugly person in their tv show/comic/manga/whatever.
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5/5 I found this tutorial very helpful. There's nothing more annoying then same face, especially since the world is so full of different people.
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that's really interesting!I have been thinking about different eye and head shapes but when i draw them they look the same
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Hmm, I never even thought about making the shape of the face different before, this is very helpful!
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Ahhh, I love those tutorials of Yours, very helpfull~! <3
And I can't help but laugh at how You make fun of same-face animus |D"
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"with your powers combined i am captain face!"
i died XD
i love this tutorial, and your right about this.
im trying to work out of this habit.
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Glad to see more people denouncing the evils of sameface
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This could really help me with realistic faces! Thanx!
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Thank you so much for making this. I've often found myself making similar faces and I didn't know how to make them more unique. This guide will help me so much.
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Yet another awesome tutorial. <3
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Ohhh, thank you ever so much for this, it's helped immensely!
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Wow, I was just reading through the comments since the DD, and I'm surprised so many people disagree. What about things like Total Drama Island, Asterix, Bone, Zelda Wind Waker, Monster, One Piece and the works of Osamu Tezuka? Even The Simpsons does this to an extent. These are all cartoony and stylised, but they have loads of unique characters. So what if it's a little harder, these works are all the richer for having someone put in the effort.
I'm as guilty of "six-face syndrome" as anyone, but I still feel like this is a good thing to strive for. When I play Wind Waker or read Bone, I'm a little giddy at how beautiful and lively it all seems. Is that worth sacrificing for the sake of "easy"?
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Congratulations on receiving this Daily Deviation!! You've been featured in July 2011 Resources DD Summary !
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This is great to refer back to here and there. Thanks for sharing.
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Also, it may not be very obvious, but i think ear shape could be fairly important too
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Thanks alot for the tutorial.
It is very useful to me.
Cheers!
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This is as useful s the first one, even more! Love it!
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this is wonderful! You really go into detail!
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By your powers combined I am Captain Face. You just made my day.
da da da duh- JE-I-NU, they're our heeeeerroooo, gonna bring [face] copies down to zerroo~
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this is oh so very helpful, thank you very much for this and congrats on the Daily Deviation!
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I bow to the awesome uniqueness that is this tutorial
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This should be required reading.
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Thank you so much for this. When I was younger and really started improving in drawing skills, I never really had any OCs, so I never made serious distinctions, and now I'm paying for it. ^_^; I know I've had difficulty in making my characters look different, but this will definitely be a great reference to have. I'm sure it will help a lot in future works! Thanks so much.
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great for reference XD thanx for this
and congrats on DD
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Yes!!! THANK YOU!!! This is such a great piece and a great tutorial!
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I can't... I can't stress this kind of thing enough.
It just feels lazy to have everyone with the same face and body D:
this is a great tutorial
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Aha! I love that these can be applied to both stylized characters and more realistically drawn ones. Very good tips for someone whose style is rather stuck between the two... 
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this is very cool, ty for makeing this, imma have to show my sis, she draws anime ppl
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