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Angelo
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posted 17-02-2003 08:21 PM

Yeh. My question is the name of the thread: How do you show the age of a character thru facial structure?
I got a vague idea, but I wanna refine it. Any suggestions?

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neo
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posted 17-02-2003 08:50 PM

I dont really know, just over define it a bit, add lines on the cheekbones and under the eyes. I dont draw old people but I guess Id better learn someday.....

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Bugsy
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posted 17-02-2003 10:13 PM

Yeah I usually add more defined cheekbones, along with more wrinkles (duh). The shape of the ears and nose differs too from a younger adult. So in anime, I usually draw the noses more realistical than with younger people. Also, making the eyes smaller, and perhaps more squinted, helps for me ^^

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Ermac
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Member # 138

posted 18-02-2003 06:46 AM

Try drawing those half circles underneath their eyes. Old people have that longer lined cheekbone that gives them that "skeleton" feature of being old and getting closer to death. Like they said, just draw more defined lines on their faces that make them look their age. Looking at some anime like Ninja Scroll, the old man from the ninja clan. Dragon Ball Z has some old people u can probably find images of. The Namekian Guru,old Supreme Kai, and Master Roshi. Also, try looking at your granparents (lol) and try to find the differences that make them look older than teenagers and young adults.

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SongSiuHua
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posted 18-02-2003 08:17 AM

creases at the corners of the eyes (crows feet) and mouth (laugh lines) help to also show age. Personally i like to make older characters have shorter hair while younger people have longer hair.
John Byrne also used props like hoop or larger earings to convey youth while smaller earings show age.

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Angelo
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Member # 134

posted 18-02-2003 10:20 AM

Thank you all for the advice. It will be very useful. However, I was also wondering how you would present characters' faces when they're in their early to mid 20s. Those ones don't have a lot of wrinkles, but I heard something about using the length of the face to determine that age. Any advice on that?

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Bugsy
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posted 19-02-2003 12:25 PM

There's a page in one of my How to Draw Manga books, which might prove useful. Some sort of a diagram displaying the facial changes that happen during aging. I'll see if I can scan it when I get back home tonight

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