I saw LYNSPIRE make a tutorial (please go read her stuff if you haven't yet, it's amazing and so is her art!) and thought - let's do that but for how I usually draw~!
{ Note : do not expect quality. This is how my crappy skills work and I'm bad at explaining. }
1; make really rough outline of face
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dunno what to say other than use the curve/circle tool and add an extended curve at the end? if you're not going for very animu guys then I suggest not making the chin come to a literal point, or else you're going to wind up with some Gakuen Handsome character.
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(yes this is official artwork. look at the redhead's neck where it meets the...jaw? chin? i-i dunno, around that area - do you see that lineart break im CACKLIN g) 11/10 would recommend watching
However, since I'm drawing a smol girl I avoid this like the plague.
2; add features
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Usually for more feminine or younger character you'd make the eyebrows smaller and thinner, but I like thicc eyebrows so that's what she shall have. The eyes are pretty anime-esque but not much else. cx currently undergoing art fluctuations so trust me, if you're confused at this mismatch of styles, so am i--