What’s the most difficult face anatomy you find to draw?

[kavaj]

Vent them out here. All the frustrations.
For me it’s the eyes. Other face anatomy or even body anatomy aren’t that frustrating to me. Maybe because it’s the eyes that convey all of the emotions. But the angle!! I want to draw as dynamic as possible, but it’s always the eyes that failed me. I can draw them fine, but most of the time i won’t be pleased with the result.

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[Kaydreamer]

For me, it's any time I have to draw a face looking upwards, or substantially downwards. Even with reference, it's hard. The way I draw anatomy from the neck-down runs reasonably close to life, but the way I draw faces is more stylised. Following a reference too closely makes them look stiff.

Which I guess means I should grit my teeth, get out my charcoal and do some dang studies until said difficulty is less difficult.

[VibrantFox]

since i've got a relatively toony style faces aren't too hard but i tend to hate ears of all the parts of a face. Knowing how to draw their different shapes, which ones you draw based on the angle and then size...it's utterly painful

[kavaj]

it's hard. The way I draw anatomy from the neck-down runs reasonably close to life, but the way I draw faces is more stylised. Following a reference too closely makes them look stiff.

Which I guess means I should grit my teeth, get out my charcoal and do some dang studies until said difficulty is less difficult.

Don’t get me wrong, i find that stylized and anime/looser style superior than realism because you need to be able to convey with simple strokes! Which i can’t apparently
But i can see why looking up and down may be difficult. I also need to study more atleast with face down you don’t need to draw the eyes lmao.

[migxmeg]

I'm particularly salty about it today since I've been drawing a couple - profiles! Grrrrrrr . The whole outline of a profile drives me bats every time. And getting a mouth that looks convincing is the absolute worst.

[Grhe]

Same for me, ears can be a pain to draw.

[kavaj]

I sincerely prefer more simple and not too detailed style when reading comic idk why. The ears —— i feel the pain. it’s years before i realize that ears aren’t supposed to look the same from all angles xD

[kavaj]

That’s the second thing i find the most difficult too.! I think i have difficulties with parts that convey emotions. First eyes, then mouth and then eyebrows lmao. I can only draw a sneer xD.

[Kiweevil]

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[kavaj]

Do hairlines count?

I don’t know absolutely, but in here it does /o/

[Kiweevil]

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[kavaj]

What about the hair itself? Isn’t it more difficult ?

[allenT]

I'm sure there's more different type of faces that i haven't tried before, but for me now: bird characters. Even though i have my own way of drawing my bird character face, I still need a 3d reference to draw the beaks.

[Pony_wearing_a_hat]

For me it's jawlines. Drawing them initially isn't the problem, it's recreating the way I did them later when I have to draw the character again.

[Comic.Kikikora]

Old people are hard to draw

[NickRowler]

Drawing realistic pointy noses in straight on portrait.

Rounder noses I am fine with. 3/4 view I am fine with. It's just from the front I can't get it to look right.

[Rocksteady_Comics]

I like drawing faces and have a pretty cartoony style so most of it doesn’t give me trouble, but profile...

Faces in profile just never look quite right when I draw them.

[crowstories]

Yep, profile. Maybe 1 in 5 times I get it right, but mostly they end up a little off, and I have to move on after a few tries because I have a deadline...

[Kiweevil]

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[Legendofgenii]

Open mouthes and teeth.