Drawing Expressions for a Stylized Character in Photoshop
In this Photoshop tutorial, we will further develop our stylized female character concept by drawing some of her expressions. Software required: Photoshop CS5.
What you'll learn
In this Photoshop tutorial, we will further develop our stylized female character concept by drawing some of her expressions. We'll get started by taking a look at each of the features on a face and learning about how they can be drawn to communicate a variety of different expressions. Next we will start slow and remove the problems of perspective from the equation by learning how to draw our expressions on a profile of our character. From here, we'll move on and learn how to draw the same expressions on a 3/4 view of the character. Lastly, we will spend some time learning how a character's body language can be used in conjunction with their facial expression to really help communicate their emotions. After completing this course, you'll have a good idea how to further develop your characters by exploring how their expressions might change depending on the situation. Software required: Photoshop CS5.
Table of contents
- Feature Breakdown: The Head Shape 10m
- Feature Breakdown: The Eyes 14m
- Feature Breakdown: The Nose 9m
- Feature Beakdown: The Lips and Mouth 8m
- Profile Expression Practice: Shocked 14m
- Profile Expression Practice: Irritated 13m
- Profile Expression Practice: Troubled 15m
- 3/4 Expression Practice: Shocked 18m
- 3/4 Expression Practice: Irritated 16m
- 3/4 Expression Practice: Troubled 14m
- Emphasizing Expressions: Flirty 18m
- Emphasizing Expressions: Surprised 17m
- Emphasizing Expressions: Worried 15m
- Emphasizing Expressions: Argumentative 15m
- Emphasizing Expressions: Confused 20m