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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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Holy Gawd. This is amazing...
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Thanks for the tutorial, it will help me a lot
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ach, my precious anime *aches* XDX
srsly tho really nice and informative guide! even tho i started reading it to pass the time i ended up reading all the way to end XDX
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ach, my precious anime *aches* XDX
srsly tho really nice and informative guide! even tho i started reading it to pass the time i ended up reading all the way to end XDX
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Wow, this is EXTREMELY helpful. As soon as I get a scanner, I will start showing off exactly how I put this to work.
IMMEDIATE FAVE.
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Can I keep your left shoe as a souvenir? Please? you are just that awesome. XDD
Thanks for the simple-to-understand-yet-still-brimming-with-wit tutorial!
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why not ? i gonna use this after my final exams , yeah 
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Alexds1, you've done it again.
So far, I've seen that your tutorials have been the most useful on dA. The design is simple and easy to the eyes, and your approach is optimistic and makes me feel enthusiastic about learning. I love love love your tutorials. :'D
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Thanks so much! Thats great to hear, I'm really happy that you found it both useful and easy to follow
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A handy dandy face tute! Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
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I WOULD NEVER DRAW A FACE WRONG. I MEAN... IT'S JUST MY STYLE... IT'S NOT WRONG. YEAH.
lol wut
I always have that 'mouth too close to the side of the face' problem... and just the overall misplacement of the mouth... as well as a variety of other things, I'm sure. D= *Wan, wan, waaaann* But this is yet another awesome tutorial that has some really great points that many of us should beat into our heads and remember more often. X_X
NOICE JORB.
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lol my style ;___; Thats my favorite excuse, like having eyes floating around is a stylistic preference.
Yeah, I have the same exact mouth problem. I also tend to make my smiles go up past the nose, which looks awesome but uh yeah the skull doesn't work that way :C I'm finding ways to work within the confines of believability though, it just takes a bit of wrangling.
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Eyes floating around? XD
Yeah, but I guess there's also the fact that they're cartoons and that gives a slight excuse to exaggerate things that may not be believable otherwise. If you didn't then we'd just be drawing realism. Still, I'm assuming what you're getting at is that having SOME sort of solid skeletal system down for a character helps with consistency from image to image.
Now I've got myself wondering if Mickey Mouse even has a jaw with the way his lip hangs down. D=
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Cool. That helped me a lot.
I'm surprised but I even can take this for my style and within some moments and some adjusted to my own way it helps a lot 
THANK YOU!
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Your tutorials are teh awesomest. 
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Thank you so much for reading! Once you start varying heads and body shapes and such its hard to stop
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Thanks a lot, this is a great tutorial! ^_^ I'll check some of the other you did.
PS: Shitty anime X_D
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tu tutorial es buenismo por que justamente ando practicando en dibujar caras no tan realistas pero si logicas y humanamente posibles
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How long ago did you draw the... "anime" one?
Fab tutorial as always, cheers.
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Like 12 years ago or so? its terrible huh XD
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My shitty anime will be improved because of this. Thank you.
No seriously, it will.
I remember, I read a manga once. Story was good but all the faces looked the same! Especially the male characters! So I had a really hard time telling who was who. Even anime and manga artists should take the time to really try and make each face different.
And personally, I think your tutorials are great. Normally I can't even understand the ones made for brain dead monkeys, but I understand yours! And that is AWESOME.
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Yay! I'm glad you found it understandable! And yeah, I have a hell of a time telling anime characters apart, in b/w manga it can be impossible XC
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I've been looking forward to this one!
the problem I'm struggling with in all my drawings, is that they (yes, you said it) look weird when I flip them. really.
but great tutorial!
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Great tut, as usual. You either like to help people A LOT (you've made like 7 of these already) or you are a horrible procrastinator. I'm thinking it might be both.
The neck on the back view of the head seems a little thin.
Also, I am starting to wonder about/fear for your chinchilla.
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It is definitely both v__v I'm actually messing with using comics/ tutorials as a teaching device, maybe if I go for my masters I can expand more on this kind of method except for like, bio or something.
Hm, yeah a bit thin! They should work out XD
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Well, I'm sure they'd work great, if you keep them funny/interesting (gotta keep those kids entertained)! I could see it working great for like plant anatomy and stuff (dicot vs monocot comes to mind first).
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Haha, hopefully! I draw comics to myself all the time when studying, esp for stupid shit like immunology which is so aggravating if you don't have a good visual idea of whats going on...
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hahaha "shitty anime"
I totally agree, some anime characters look everybody's oc but change the hair and clothing. I thought I was the only one that notice that.
by the way awesome tutorial.
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Thanks
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You, are the most useful person ALIVE!
Truely, you are. I'm thinking that all these wonderful tutes are going to help me tres tres mucho.
So thank you, you lovely person!
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How dare you insult my precious animu!
I'm going to go and blog about how upset I am!
...
btw, those are some sexy eyes you draw thar =v=
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You should totally blog 8B Or perhaps ring up the internet police, ahaha. Thanks very much XD
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Ffffhhhh XDDD
That was amazing.
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This is so helpful! THANK YOU!
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awesome, thanks for sharing! At least I have been trying to combine shitty anime style with other styles of comics
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Haha, no problem! And combining shitty anime with other styles is basically my forte, don't tell anyone <__<
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lol :shhhh: you'll give it all away!
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This is great. Shoop da whoop! >:3
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This is absolutely fantastic! And the links provided in the description are as well. Thanks so much!
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Anime shovel shape = laffo
That's a good way of putting it - and I'm just as guilty of shovelface as anyone else on DA XD
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Haha, its so bad huh. Nobody has said anything but half of the faces in my gallery are shovely as well XD
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I applaud your series of tutorials! They are made entirely out of AWEESSOOMMMEEEE!
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YAYYYYY XD XD So glad you liked them!
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It's totally a huge help. I still struggle with things like eyes and mouths at times, and this is an excellent guide.
Have you ever thought about a simple basic guide to drawing in a digital program like Photoshop?
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