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The Key to Drawing Facial Expressions like a Pro !
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The Key to Drawing Facial Expressions like a Pro !
Drawing Facial Expressions Simplified !
Created byJacob John
Last updated 9/2021
English
What you'll learn
- This class aims to provide a deep understanding of the root mechanics of how facial expressions are played out on the Face.
- This class shares information, which will inspire the student draw any facial expression easily, instead of sticking with only certain fixed facial expressions.
- The project ideas in this class are fun and stimulate the creativity and learning.
- This class has a brief and easy to do training program, which can be done at home.
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Course content
7 sections • 10 lectures • 56m total length
Requirements
- This class is of an intermediate to advanced level , but it is good for anyone who has tried drawing facial expressions at one time or another.
Description
Drawing Facial expressions, Readably and Convincingly is indeed a challenge. Facial expressions need a higher level of involvement from the Artist, as compared to other forms of drawing like quick sketching, roughing out layouts for a composition or even making gesture drawings etc.
The artists at Disney studios in the early days, were taught to draw with “Feeling”. This meant that the artists were encouraged to ‘feel’ the emotion or facial expressions that they tried to show on the face of a character. But before ascending to that level of performance, the artist needed to have a strong grasp on how the facial features interact and play out the varied types of expressions that are possible on the human face.
This course simplifies the how facial expressions happen on the face. The idea of focusing on only a few crucial factors which alone can execute every possible facial expression is the core thrust of this course.
And with minimal handles to worry about, the process is made more simple and the artist can put all the focus on ‘feeling’ the expression by adding value with additional input like “enhanced acting” etc.
In short , this course aims to be the bridge between the the artist and that higher level of performance. Where it’s not about the drawing , but about the ‘Acting’ and ‘Feeling’ , In the drawing ,which the artist infuses into the drawing by feeling and acting out that emotions etc. To make it project that magical quality which makes the audience forget that they are looking at a drawing, and become engaged with the acting, feeling and essence etc of a facial expression!
Who this course is for:
- This course is for creatives who are in the field of animation , illustration and general design. The need to depict facial expressions is common to most all creative fields. Our general understanding of facial expression is mostly cliched, and beyond basic expressions like ,Happy ,Sad , Angry etc, the other mix of expressions are avoided ad being “difficult” to depict. The truth is that these expressions, can be easily be drafted ( and quickly) once the basic mechanics of how the expressions are played out is explained /understood.
- One of the most important talents , in the field of illustration, painting , sculpture etc, is the ability to master the art of rendering readable and impactful facial expressions. The paradox is in the fact that design convincing and readable facial expressions, is actually based on very simple and few principles and facial features. A knowledge of this fact and with a well directed practice, it’s easy to quickly rise to a very special level of performance. Very few people understand, the simple groundwork on which drawing facial expressions works.