"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."

'At the mercy of my emotions', being, I draw the same static, shitty expression, with soul-less eyes, staring off into the distance, and the closed mouth that bog down my work. Here are some general face designs with some diverse expressions. These expressions aren't extremely diverse, but different than what I usually draw. I almost never draw characters that are in mid-speak, for instance. I strive to change that. Practicing drawings heads is also topical in hopes to snag a lil illustration gig.

A note: from where I am now to where I want to be takes a lot of work and constant practice. A year from now I hope to be sketching characters emoting as second-nature. I also want to be creating some more final pieces.

I find great practice by freezing films with characters in mid-conversation, to find the 'key frames' and even 'in-betweens' to find fun expressions with twisted, weird mouths, eyes, and squashing and stretching of the forehead and cheek muscles.