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Published: 2009-01-18 18:09:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 664542; Favourites: 20181; Downloads: 14942
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Oh damn, oh shit
Its tutorial time 8D Cuz I have nothing else on my plate, obviously (I'm lying). Anyways I was feeling like not working on comics so I did this. As always, feel free to trace or whatever you need to do. Sorry if it is less in depth, this is more about the shapes and how to arrange them on the face vs an exhaustive listing of a bunch of details. Hopefully this will give you a place to begin so you can make your own variety, instead of having to rely on others and reffing (if you even need the help).
I'd like to add, this is exactly how I draw faces. If you like that and want to emulate it for some godawful reason, go ahead, I guess (though I strongly advise you to develop your own style). But hopefully the principles are basic enough to be applied to any style you like.
*edit* Oop, almost forgot! my fav nose tutorial, by mimm :mimm.deviantart.com/art/Nose-dā¦
Ok back to work D:
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yays for this 
i recently discovered that all my faces were crooked when i held them up to a mirror....OTL
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lol OTL is right XD I realized that halfway through highschool, all of a sudden I could see that every drawing I'd ever done was like... wrong D:
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Wow these are all so helpful! Thank you! <3
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thank you so much! even though my style is no where close to western, this still gives me alot of inspiration for a fusion style that i am working on. Again, thanks!
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Keeping for future ref. I thank you if I actually produce something decent today. C:
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haha great tutorial! though I am a huge proponent of the mouth in slightly the wrong place and it's more for my strange aesthetic than anything else XD
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i love your tutorials <3
...and the chinchilla at the end is a sexy beast
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Aw, how did I miss this? >_<
Clever, enlightening, and entertaining all at once 
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Aw, thanks <3 Yeah that internal structure thing is so important ;____; I don't know how I didn't pick up on it for all these years, but better late than never D;
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Very cool- I like your style because it's so clean and varied. Every one of your characters looks different, and yet still believable. Plus, I love these tutorials because they actually cover several different variations of noses and mouths and stuff, instead of just one kind. Plus, your style isn't straight anime- it's somewhere between realism and cartoon.
Well done, yet again. I'm favoriting this so I can come back and look at it. ^^
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Thanks so much! I enjoy having a more flexible style, it lets me do more with it than just a straight-up anime or american style
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Alright, I must ask. How do you draw your little circles so well? For the life of me I can't make a continuous circle. What's the secret?
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uh, practice? XD I don't really think about it, they just happen. If I don't like one I'll try another etc etc until it looks right! Also if you work smaller your circles will tend to be better.
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Oh no. my precious anime has been insulted, i shall ingore the wealth of help this tutorial has provided by quickly trying to find some witty insult to throw at you.
uhh...Your mom's anime is shitty D:<
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nooo no my mom ;___________________;
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This tutorial is extremely helpful to me! I just started following it today. Thanks for making it!
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NP, thanks very much for reading it!
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hahaha funny...i'm always searching by new and nice tutos to use as ref, and almost always i end up at yours xD
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I love your tutorials. They make me happy...and are useful too. Horray
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Excellent! Your tutorials are well put together, and have great tips.
Not to mention humor. XD
And OMG! I'm not the only person who draws NON-anime people on DA?! 8D
Inconceivable!
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Great tutorial, very helpful!
For the third final note, I use a mirror
Thanks for making this tutorial
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I absolutely am in LOVE with your tutorials. Thank you so much!
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<333 Lulz, much luff to yews~
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Fav'd all the tutorials! ^_^ Thank you!
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ah, you did beautifully, thank you.
I'm not very happy with you grouping all anime styles together, because quite a bit of it IS anatomically correct. Kind of like stereotyping it, no? haha, sorry, sorry, I won't judge.
Thank you for the tutorial, it was very informational, if a bit... uh... harsh, but I like how you put in anatomy. Anatomy saved my butt when it came to learning about hands, so I'm quite fond of it, really. XD
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this is very helpful!
thank you!
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why does that little thing at the bottom saying o mai...look like a
shoop da whoop?!!?
LMAO!!!!
priceless and as always i<3 your tutorials
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SHOOP-DA-CHILLA
8D
I loe your tutorials. Aside from making me laugh they are incredibly helpful and always point out stuff I didn't even consider yet. Thanks for sharing ^^
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Nice tutorial as always, clear and to the point. One suggestion tho, it could help to mention that all the parts of the face, nose, eyes, mouth, brows, all work as a unit, and if one moves it affects the rest, as it is in the tutorial you treated each separately, just saying it would be ncie to show some examples of the face working as a unit rather than separate parts.
cool stuff!
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I go more into expressions in my expression tutorial
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*points upwards* What they said. All of them. I'm too lazy to tell you how fantastic you are.
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Ahaha, I always enjoy reading your tutorials because they're so witty. (: Thanks for making them, they're all wonderful and extremely helpful.
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Thank you so much for passing on your wisdom!
deviantART wouldn't be the same without skilled artists like you, helping the rest of us keep moving forward.
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Ooooh 
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awesome awesome tutorial! in fact all of yours are
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Waaait, did Kitty not write this tut? He didn't sign it! I love you for making such helpful tuts. If I could marry you I would.
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Haha, no, kitty took over for only the ladies and fellas tuts XD But he makes his cameo like usual... and thanks! for the potential marriage XD
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Oh boy oh boy. Another tutorial! I always love these, I often go back to them when I need to double check stuff.
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I must say, this is one of the best face tutorials I've seen. Most of my faces look the same and this really helped me make them look different.
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Aw, so glad you found it useful!
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I much prefer this to an in depth face study as it gives good advice and suggestions and allows the reader freedom to use it in a way that works for them.
As your tutorials often do. They're my favorite tutorials.
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Thanks very much
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your welcome very much babe. ^-^
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Another great tutorial. Thanks. ^^
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