How to Draw Facial Expression - Sad

By YUKIO ONISHI and MANGA UNIVERSITY

Introduction

A character who is happy all the time can seem a little unnatural, don’t you think? Even though your character might be an expressionless, cold hearted character, perhaps there is a time when they aren’t so emotionally stiff! So why not give then some other emotions as well? Here, we will look at another basic facial expression- sadness. 

STEP 1: Have a Character Designed

As always, we will need a character. Here is a random expressionless character. Although the character is not showing any expression on her face--as indicated by the rather flat eyebrows and mouth--you can see that her eyes are drawn with sharp outer corners and her upper eyelids are flat. This is a...

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