Express yourself: Expressions

Now something a bit more fun to do when drawing is playing with expressions. You will primarily see this done with concept art, of characters from animators at Disney to Game developers like Naughty dog and Insomniac.

Dudley the dog  by Butch Hartman

These are drawing of faces and emotions correlated into an Expression sheet. These expression sheets are a reference for an animator or artist so they can use it to convey the emotions of the character accurately. There is also Reference sheet which is similar but it also includes how to draw the character. But these are not limited to a professional artist. From time to time we have had an idea for a funny or cool character in our head and these have bled into online communities and fandoms. 

These are a few examples of both reference and expression sheets I have found from artist around the web. (All art here belongs to its respective owners)

Alem by ScarfofSilver

Expression sheet by Vincent Sanyoto

Try it yourself

Now here is a template that I created for you guys to use. The idea is to mainly capture the emotions you feel fit the character the best.

My Expression Sheet

Here is the link to the cloud so you can [Share Your Stuff]