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pseudothetic — Avoiding Sameface Tutorial 1
Published: 2010-07-25 19:46:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2759; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 36
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Note: This is for reference only. Feel free to disagree with anything I wrote. Also, this really doesn't apply to animal characters, sorry!I think every artist starts out using the same face for everything. Some learn to grow out of it, some retain it as a crutch. Also, if you are making a webcomic, manga or comic, it helps the reader out a lot if the faces are different. I won't mention any certain ones, but I know of a webcomic that the only way you can tell characters apart is by their hair. That is not a good thing. o_o
I might make part two.
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I have this problem and I hate it. I just plain can't draw and when I can i get frustrated. Drawing frustrates me. I hate it. In fact, I'm so pissed right now that i can't draw. Bah. >
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what if....i cant do the same face? xD
you see.. im making a manga, (yes) and my main characther looks diferent in all the pages xD
lmao, the only thing that you can indentificated her is for her hair and accesories. xD
so i have the other problem. i cant do the same face twice. xD
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See, I have this problem too.
I've found that drawing a turn-around of the character (basically, a full body front, side and back view) as well as drawing their face and various expressions can help you out. I don't normally suggest this, but find a favorite character and try drawing him or her from different angles and making them look the same. Once you can do that, then take your character and do the exact same thing.
Even the best artists have trouble with consistency. There's plenty of manga out there where the character doesn't always look the same in every panel, but it is something to work towards. You just have to draw the character A LOT.
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lol, thanks xD but im not used to draw anime characthers (from series) i always draw avatars or my own OCs xD
so i will draw my OC (her) a lot. :3
thanks for the suggestions! ^^
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I've been thinking of starting a webcomic, and I had a feeling I would run into this problem so I found it quite helpful. thanks
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I was thinking of this very tutorial earlier today while looking at someone's 'character line-up'... I had to read the artist's comments to know if it was one person trying one different clothes and hairstyles, or if it was multiple people.
Oddly enough a google search for "sameface" will yield results about duck-face and down-syndrome people.
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I personally think that you should have added a few more drawings; but this is just a suggestion. Anyhow good tutorial!
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where are all the comments on this?
I expected it to be a lot more popular
its really helpful
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Thanks! Eh, my stuff isn't really popular.
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thats a shame
dA has become more of a popularity contest
I just looked at your gallery and its really good
I like quite a few of them
you deserve a lot more attention
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ooh! no more sameface syndrome for tay-chan! this helps a lot more than you'd think... alot of my propes faces only vary by the size of the eyes, and how arched the top eyelid is...
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