Morning Routine - practice sheet

Griatch · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:25 pm **(#1)**

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A practice sheet I did. Originally it was for practicing facial expressions, but I ended up drawing more than just faces, so maybe "a study of body language" might be more close to the truth. This is intentionally quick work, with little time spent on each image, in order to try to make the character's mood and attitude come across with few lines rather than much detail.

The images hang together but there is no full story intended, this is just practice. I think I can see an improvement in line quality and style from beginning to end though.
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Erisian · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:36 pm **(#2)**

You're expressions are pretty good. I can see improvement from beginning to end as well.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:05 pm **(#3)**

That made me smile

The expressions and poses were priceless!

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

very cute and funny

my favorite is the one in the first row: girl brushing her hair, the expression of her face is spot on !
lol

2-ton · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:30 pm **(#5)**

some of those are so funny! Great portrayal of the different expressions.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16169

This will be really handy for budding artists to look at, and learn from.

Thanks for sharing it Griatch.

Draconian · **Posted:** Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:13 am **(#7)**

Reminds me of my wifes "morning routine". She's never quite satisfied with the way she looks and agonizes over every aspect. She invariably gets completely dressed and then decides something's off and changes into something else. Go figure. :rofl

Priceless work Griatch!

Griatch · **Posted:** Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:15 am **(#8)**

Thanks for the comments everybody!

It was fun to do (and educational) and I'm glad it looks funny to others too. It's quite interesting how little is really needed to show a pose and emotion. We humans are very good at interpreting such things from little information.

@Rod
I didn't think of this as being useful as a reference in its own right, but if someone found use of it, it would be great.

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ZWard117 · **Joined:** Jan 20, 2012 **Posts:** 583

Really spot on with the body language and for "quick sketches" they were still full of detail to transfer how the character felt and moved. Very well done, two thumbs up! :coolthup

Griatch · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:31 am **(#10)**

Thanks ZWard117.

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