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thundercake — Younger vs. Older Features
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disclaimer-ish...I like writing down things I have sorta "figured out" over the years, and some people seem to find it helpful, but this isn't the word of god and I'm sure a lot of much smarter people have given better over the years, so please understand that this is just my personal experience/opinion speaking and nothing else.second disclaimer: as I said in the tutorial, this is aimed at strictly cartoony styles, NOT REALISM. I realize there is sometimes a boob-space in real life. My argument is that a cartoony style with lines requires some realism sacrifices in order to draw your attention to more important things, like gesture and shape.
Also I drew the examples in like 10 seconds so.. sorry, they're not the best, haha. PIIIINK
anyway, these are all things I would have liked to know about 5 years ago, so that's why I wrote this. (I'm looking through my old art. YEEP! it's scarier than that ghost I saw the other day.)
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Thank you. Your tutorials are concise yet very informative.
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Another thing that makes characters look older is the height of their mouth. The lower the mouth is on the face, the older the character looks. I've done that one before.
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Yay useful-ness! I actually read a book about realism drawing, and it said to leave the teeth as one big hunk, so it's not just stylistic.
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That is really interesting. Somehow, I just haven't thought about these things. Thank you.
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This is really helpful, but actually, it mostly helps me with how to make characters look OLDER! Most of my characters look like teenagers when I draw them, and I can't make them look their proper age without making them look ancient! Thanks for this!
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Wow, this is actually really helpful. Especially the part on drawing breasts. I've only done it twice (once example is in my gallery), but I wish I saw this before I started! Then again, I didn't use any references. My roommate would've probably thought me weird. 
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This is extremely helpful! There's a lot of tutorials on basic face shape/features, but this is the first one I've found to show the difference between what features make people look younger/older. Kudos for making it.
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No wide spaces unless you paid for them?
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yeah, you're right, that was a pretty silly statement, it's definitely not true across the board.
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Haha, that's alright. It just made me freak out for a moment.
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This is very interesting, and wonderful food for thought...
This is one of those things that will save my skin when I'm frustrated by whatever I happen to be drawing at the time.
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This is a wonderful tutorial! Do you think it could be used in reverse to draw middle-aged people?
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i've always had trouble making my characters look older rather than making them look younger, my 'older' characters always look about 20... odd.
XD thankyou for this tutorial-thing! <3
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Thank you very much!
This.. ranticle (
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I'm 17 years old and my breasts are saggy, does that mean I'm old?
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I like your theories, you've obviously put a lot of effort into coming about them and they make good sense in practice, it would seem.
Thanks for making this. I do so love information.
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Totally pointed out some bad habits I have.. this is quite helpful...
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This is quite helpful! Thanks for sharing your insights!
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Every thing about this is so true, Lulz scary old people teeth! This is definitely, very helpful.
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This was incredibly helpful. I will have it in great consideration during drawing practices.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this <3
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I like this, it is a great ref. for making old and young characters! Much love~
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This is a really great analysis of common mistakes! I've been doing all of this stuff at one point or another! Great tutorial!
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Hehe, I am a huge offender on the neck tendons XD. 'Course it's more expected in american comic book style...
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aha I mentioned it in the intro.. "young hot badass"
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The only thing I've foundo ut for myself was the lines in the face thing,so thank you!
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I always love your tutorials because they always provide such keen insight into art. Thank you!
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Actually yes, this is very helpful and good to know! (:
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This is a great reference. I've found myself breaking some of these guidelines before (specifically the first one with putting too many lines on a face), and wondering why my characters look old. Now I've got a checklist to go over whenever I find that happening. Thanks!
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