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Published: 2011-04-19 13:50:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 64222; Favourites: 2348; Downloads: 1158
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Okaaaay guys ! It's finally here, my Body Language tutorial !Like its title says, it's focused on posing and bodies, so I didn't develop much on face and expressions.
If you want another face chart or something, just tell me, tho there are already lots of good ones around here !
Hope it'll be useful !
Edit : I'm glad so many of you people like it ! If you wanna practice a bit I did an expression intensity blank meme ! !
Edit2 : And here are some expressions refs I gathered for you !
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The bit on body language will be very helpful, I have three or more characters i want to draw that spend a lot or all there time in masks, the mane things that's been stopping me from drawing them is how to show expressions when they don't have faces.
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This is really helpful! Thanks for making this!
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this is great,
but i cry with a straight face all the time
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Yeah, a straight, blushing, congested, tensed face
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XD
i swear,
i don't remember a single moment where i cried so hard my face was tense and blushing
in fact i dont even remember blushing at all
yeah my face gets red because i try to hold my breath XD i only cry with a straight face when i dont want anybody to see or just being dramatic x3
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ok cool you're a Terminator, good for you.
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i give up, i dont know anymore
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Thank you for the tutorial! I like it when things are summed up and put out there like this. Some of the stuff I already knew and some i didn't, ether way its good to see this information, and it is a great refreshure for me now and will be later!
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oh my goodness, this all makes so much sense now! thanks a bunch for taking the time to make this; it's going to be super helpful!
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This is really helpful for fellow artists to make the artwork speak out more clear
Thanks a lot
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This is an amazing lesson! I never thought about body language in my drawing before. Thank you so much!
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I have a question: what do i do if my character has no face? Am i supposed to do the same minus face part or i should do something in addition?
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I believe it should stay the same, yes
You can express in his body if he's weak, strong, sly, confident, etc...You can also toy with his accessories (like a mask for hiding his lack of face, hats or stuff. And I guess when you have no face you try to be elegant with the rest of your clothes) but this has to come at the end of the process ^^
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this was helpful thank you for creating this!
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amazing tutorial ^.^ I've actually cried with a straight face before.
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Thanks
As I answered to other people who told me this, you can keep a relatively neutral face for something minor, "but you'll still have a blushy-red face and still be a little tensed (like lip tight close or such), not, you know, the hollywood perfectly make-up face like Arwen for example ^^"
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oh oops I guess your right >.< I guess I have to go to another dimension to see a super straight face crying.
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Oh wow this is really good! Thank you so much for making it, it will definitely help me and lots of others. ;u;
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I'm proud it did !
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Fantastically practical! I always find my drawings too static, so I followed your advice in a couple of sketches with a serious improvementβon dynamics, the rest of my drawing style is mostly a lost cause
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Simple, entertaining and with great practical tips. Awesome tutorial!
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This is very clear in how to make an emotion more clearer with the body instead of emotion. I am always frustrated with bodies, but the whole power line made it much easier. Thanks!
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I can cry with a straight face. I found out I could do it when my dad made me cry for the first time. Lets just say its weird to look at when it happens naturally outside of a movie.
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I love this. Thank you so much for making this, it's really going to help a lot. Body language is so important to study, but sometimes it's one of the hardest things to study as well because it can be so subtle. Thank you. ^^
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This has to be one of the best tutorials on body language that I've ever seen.
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Thank you very much for this great tutorial,
maybe now I can actually break away from these boring poses!
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Great stuff. I wish more guys would pick up on the "not interested" body language in real life. I've been in situations like that too many times x.x My one qualm is that folks who have really (really) drilled themselves in self-control, or who are numb or in shock, [i]can[/i] cry with straight faces or nearly straight. I have done it, though I'm not always as successful as I'd like.
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Thanks ^^
As I said to other, you still have blood rushing your face making you red and muscles contracting (for frowning etc...), so even if you don't look devastated; you'll never be as perfectly clean like in movies (like Arwen for example).
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You're welcome, have fun ! ^^
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