Advice on how to draw a stretched smile with the villainous look.

[NotaNuffian]

*A headsup that I do not own any of the following art works below, the credit is to their respective artists who are extremely amazing.*

So while I am, as usual, distracted in life itself and decided to check on some artstyle in picrew to see if anyone resonates with what I want as the picture for my still in labor work. It occur to me that the work I seek is something of a moot point because it is all in my head and I cannot replicate it out.

The art style that I looked for has an example below, it is from a qidian work. Ps. Good lord it is not loading in the mobile version. Pps. This should work now.

And I am referring to the human colored one, not the ghastly white at the right. Though both have the constipated look that I wish that I myself can draw.

Then I imagined the person to smile, like so.

And ended up the closest thing I can find in google is this.

It is the ear to ear smile that I wanted to achieve, not just in the creepy department like so,

But also in the "I am seriously going to kill you and everything you love in the most painful way possible" type smile AKA the "I have gone pass the edge of rage and am now in the psychopathic manchild mode".

Hilariously, the best that I can do now is with an emoji, using paint. So any advice would be nice, I will just file it, somewhere.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Nahrenne]

*A headsup that I do not own any of the following art works below, the credit is to their respective artists who are extremely amazing.*

So while I am, as usual, distracted in life itself and decided to check on some artstyle in picrew to see if anyone resonates with what I want as the picture for my still in labor work. It occur to me that the work I seek is something of a moot point because it is all in my head and I cannot replicate it out.

The art style that I looked for has an example below, it is from a qidian work. Ps. Good lord it is not loading in the mobile version. Pps. This should work now.

And I am referring to the human colored one, not the ghastly white at the right. Though both have the constipated look that I wish that I myself can draw.

Then I imagined the person to smile, like so.

And ended up the closest thing I can find in google is this.

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It is the ear to ear smile that I wanted to achieve, not just in the creepy department like so,

But also in the "I am seriously going to kill you and everything you love in the most painful way possible" type smile AKA the "I have gone pass the edge of rage and am now in the psychopathic manchild mode".

Hilariously, the best that I can do now is with an emoji, using paint. So any advice would be nice, I will just file it, somewhere.

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Thanks for reading.

My guess with what makes it creepy is the fact it's unnatural to have a smile that is so wide.
I think it might also be the fact the teeth are clenched, possibly giving the feeling of a predator looking at its prey.

Then again, I am not an artist so my observations may prove inaccurate. Thus, take what I've said with a pinch of salt.
>w<

I wish you luck in getting an image you're happy with for your story, though!

X

 

[K5Rakitan]

the constipated look that I wish that I myself can draw.

Have you tried drawing while constipated to get in touch with that feeling?

 

[bananapink]

I almost dropped my phone in the pot dang it!!!!

 

[tridetect]

Lots of detail around the mouth to make the stretched smile look unnatural. Start practicing so you can get a feel of the shading and look of the expression.

 

[tiaf]

Spoiler: maybe it helps

Edit: you will need to know the basics of drawing lips and eyes to use this guide

And an evil smile is not complete without vicious eyes and dark shades.

Edit2: goddamnit, why didn’t I add a darker background? That white is killing my poor eyes

 

[Ral]

Let me try.

I don't think I was able to get the desired effect, but it was fun

 

[NotaNuffian]

LUTHER STRODE. DAMN SON.

 

[lehur]

 

[NotaNuffian]

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YES this is the feel that I want. Yet it is frustrating to draw, at all really, in human proportions.

 

[Aoibh]

it's all in the eye shape, and sharp contrast of the shadows.

 

[Ral]

YES this is the feel that I want. Yet it is frustrating to draw, at all really, in human proportions.

Putting such an extreme expression on a realistic face would look very uncanny. Your own examples (and my painting) actually exemplify this uncanny, creepy feel. In the first place. Your eyes and lips can't form those shapes. Try it. Try to make that crescent shapes. No matter how you contort your face, you will not be able to.

I mean look at that the illustration Lehur have provided. It is essentially just an even more featureless version of your emoji.

The thing is, you can't really draw that in human proportions (which I think you mean realistic or in realistic proportions). The more "correct" or human the proportions are, the wronger it feels.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Putting such an extreme expression on a realistic face would look very uncanny. Your own examples (and my painting) actually exemplify this uncanny, creepy feel. In the first place. Your eyes and lips can't form those shapes. Try it. Try to make that crescent shapes. No matter how you contort your face, you will not be able to.

I mean look at that the illustration Lehur have provided. It is essentially just an even more featureless version of your emoji.

The thing is, you can't really draw that in human proportions (which I think you mean realistic or in realistic proportions). The more "correct" or human the proportions are, the wronger it feels.

Right now I am planning just to draw something like a side view of the face,

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LUTHER STRODE. DAMN SON.

But this face looks too happy. Dammit

 

[Ral]

But this face looks too happy. Dammit

It looks really expressionless/neutral to me.

 

[NotaNuffian]

It looks really expressionless/neutral to me.

Oh lord, do I have social-emotional agnosia?

 

[Ral]

Oh lord, do I have social-emotional agnosia?

Well, it is easy to see this character looking happy/grinning in the same as the way we see a skull grinning:

It is not grinning or happy. It just appears so because of the lack of lips. Seeing a lot of teeth easily registers as a grin, because that is the case when we grin. A mouth shape, show lot of teeth. Boom! A grin:

 

[NotaNuffian]

For the record, I hate this work, but damn that is a fine smile.

 

[Maple-Leaf]

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For the record, I hate this work, but damn that is a fine smile.

That webcomic kinda scares me

 

[OkuraTsukiko]

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For the record, I hate this work, but damn that is a fine smile.

Those eyes reminds me of Sanemi from Kimetsu No Yaiba