
Breakthrough - Chapter 1 - Page 48
Category Artwork (Digital) / Comics
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Hey, I don't know what your opinion on CC is but I just thought I should point out it looks a bit funny when in each frame, the characters' jaws are open to the same degree and their lips don't move. It really hinders the expressions you can make and it also makes them look like their jaws are locked in place.
CC? :o
I try to give them varying expressions as much as I can but I see what you mean with their maws open. I just tend to do that when they're talking because it looks a bit strange to me when they're talking but their mouths are closed. I'll keep that in mind though and try that for the next page or so!
Also, while I'm not sure what you mean by lips (the entire mouth line versus just the front end of the mouth), but I don't tend to do what some artists do when it comes to a dragon's mouth 'line' - the notable place of where the jaw parts. I see their mouth as very dinosaurian. Humans, dogs, and other mammals for example have a very flexible mouth structure with their skin and fur, so their mouths when shut have a very small 'line' in comparison to when wide open, allowing for a lot more notable range of expressions. Dragons, at least with how I draw and imagine them, wouldn't have that amount of flexibility in their mouth since it's lined with scales that can't just stretch and shrink like skin can. Of course, there's always room for fantasy and comic stretching of reality, but I'm just always used to thinking that way.
If I completely lost you (I feel that entire explanation was a trainwreck xD), what I mean is I don't draw mouths like this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11498565/ because I don't imagine dragon maws to close with such a fine (and flexible) line.
I try to give them varying expressions as much as I can but I see what you mean with their maws open. I just tend to do that when they're talking because it looks a bit strange to me when they're talking but their mouths are closed. I'll keep that in mind though and try that for the next page or so!
Also, while I'm not sure what you mean by lips (the entire mouth line versus just the front end of the mouth), but I don't tend to do what some artists do when it comes to a dragon's mouth 'line' - the notable place of where the jaw parts. I see their mouth as very dinosaurian. Humans, dogs, and other mammals for example have a very flexible mouth structure with their skin and fur, so their mouths when shut have a very small 'line' in comparison to when wide open, allowing for a lot more notable range of expressions. Dragons, at least with how I draw and imagine them, wouldn't have that amount of flexibility in their mouth since it's lined with scales that can't just stretch and shrink like skin can. Of course, there's always room for fantasy and comic stretching of reality, but I'm just always used to thinking that way.
If I completely lost you (I feel that entire explanation was a trainwreck xD), what I mean is I don't draw mouths like this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11498565/ because I don't imagine dragon maws to close with such a fine (and flexible) line.
Oh! I never heard it abbreviated before. Nah, it's fine, constructive criticism is awesome. It helps me get better in my art and I accept any I get. :) I admit to being defensive sometimes but I try my best to be open and look at things people point out.
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