How To Draw Lips Blowing A Kiss

A quick tutorial/cheat sheet on how I depict kisses!! I'm going to assume y'all already know how to describe a head and how to angle it, because that'southward an entire procedure in itself. I'm going to focus on mainly the lips and also effort and tackle some common mistakes when you're first starting out.

Pursing the lips

Then this is deadening but crucial. If you lot don't purse, their is no real osculation (take notes) bc placing your lips on top of someone else'southward is not how you buss… The about of import office are the corners of the rima oris, especially from the side view, considering that's what changes the almost.

The actual kissing yeee

Permit'due south start do a basic side view kiss on the lips. And believe it or non, I think this one is the hardest!

Think about which parts of the face are going to be in front of the other! This can accept some time to get the hang of, only once you get that down it's easy. Besides, focus on getting the heads at the correct distance and angle. A common fault is drawing them also close.

The Lightning Shape:

Withal keeping in mind which part of the line is "Ruby-red's" upper lip and which office is "Bluish's" lower lip, play around with the shape of the lightning. Very subtle changes can have a very potent impact! I normally go by experience, so take your time, simply hither are some things to look out for:

Details squishing etc.

Then yes once the lightning shape looks skilful, I usually add together details and squish parts of the face that will touch. Which usually includes the noses, but from this angle they won't squish unless you intend on making nice big noses <3. By now it should look something like this:

You don't have to add the corners of the mouth! I usually do when I want to show that the character is smiling.

One technique used a lot in anime/manga + other cartoony art styles, is fading lines where two soft-ish objects press hard against each other. The moving picture higher up explains information technology.

Common mistakes

Getting down the crucial kissing part of fanart is hard and you volition mess upp So MANY TIIIIIIMES, merely yous learn from your mistakes, so don't be discouraged. In that location are some things though that I frequently meet when people draw kisses that makes it look awkward and stale, many of which I used to do myself. Hither are some examples:

Try your best to avoid these. Well-nigh of the mistakes have little to do with the lips and more than to do with the bending of the head. And then getting that downwardly earlier you motion on to the lips is important.

¾ view Kissing

There are non a lot of angles where you actually see the lips meet (or at least not that I can draw…). Depending on how the heads are placed in relation to each other, you may or may not come across the lips in a ¾ view. The fashion I have demonstrated is done in a way that the nose will bump into the other'southward upper cheek.

Aaand that'south most information technology! These things will make more and more sense the more than y'all draw them. At kickoff it can seem very hard with so many things to keep track of, and information technology is, but practice makes perfect!

Dominion of thumb: does the bending and position of the heads brand sense? How are the lips going to marshal? What parts of the face up are going to be in front of the other? How much volition the lips purse? And finally, what is going to squish?

Thank you for reading! 😘

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