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Lipton: Look, you don't want Speirs to die. And I don't want Speirs to die. So let's work together to make sure Speirs doesn't want Speirs to die.
Nix: Fantastic plan but have you ever fucking met Speirs
Speirs: My moral alignment is chaotic lawful.
Nixon: ...
Nixon: What the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Lipton: He has a strict moral code but nobody can figure out what the hell it is.
Liebgott: I sleep with a bat by my pillow
Luz: weak, I sleep with my rifle
Lipton: you’re both pathetic
Nixon: [not paying attention, taking a sip of coffee] tell ‘em, Lip
Liebgott: what do you sleep with?
Lipton: Speirs
Nixon: [spits out coffee]
Lip tutorial for anon!
Additional info: I find lips a pretty important defining feature when trying to draw people so that they are recognizable, so I’ve learned to really pay attention to their unique mouth shapes! However, since lips are usually quite small on the scale of a full drawing, I don’t use too much detail or contrast on them or they start to distract from other parts of the painting. This is usually the level of detail I stop at (thanks to the scaling trick! :D) since it implies plenty of detail from a distance.
I think I explained my thoughts pretty well, but if you do want more detail (ex for a close up rendering or hyper-realism) check out these other resources below!
fantasy lip tutorial by JoJoesArt
female lips by Cataclysm-X
three whole walkthroughs by Packwood
I hope someone finds this useful!
