Conveying Emotion

after_the_rain333

Any tips for better conveying emotion when drawing people and animals? Thanks,
-after_the_rain

BlackParadePixie

You have to get the eyes right for sure. Also people’s faces and mouths do different things with different emotions. I’d try googling different emotions and look at some of the image examples.

BJade

Yeah there’s lots of things around eyes and mouth (and general face muscles) that convey emotions. Also things like a twinkle in the eyes when happy, or tear like dew when sad can also help.

For animals how their ears are can help, like down when sad, up when happy, and more prominent when scared or little drouped when relaxed

after_the_rain333

Thanks!