Studying the Mouth: Planes, Forms, and Challenges
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Bo Han Qiu
Added some diagrams of different mouth structures.
After these past few weeks of practice, I’d say the mouth is probably the “final boss” among the facial features for me. I’ll also add notes on how fat shapes the form later on.
Side note: a few of these sketches reminded me of Pinocchio from Pinocchio.
When I saw his mouth as a kid, I always felt there was a strange, unsettling shadow to it — maybe my first early taste of the uncanny valley 🫨