Drawing an OOTS style talking mouth

[oblivion523]

I use inkscape, and for my comic, I currently just use circles to make it easy when the characters talk, but it doesn't show much emotion, so is there an easy way to make the OOTS style mouths? :smallsigh: like this

[Maxios]

Copy-paste an OoTs strip and trace the mouth from a talking character. That's how I did it.

[Savannah]

Look closely at the mouths in OotS to figure out the shape and what things stick out and how it shows emotion. Then do your own. Really, there's no "easy" way, but it's not hard, either.

[Emperor Ing]

Generally it takes some getting used to, just think about body language in relation to what a character is thinking or doing. That said, here's a path of some OotS mouths. The two on the left are in the style I use while the right ones are closer to how Rich actually does them.

http://i.imgur.com/uc8pb.png

That said I also draw more realistically porportioned mouths so you can take my advice with a grain of salt. :smalltongue:

[oblivion523]

Much thanks to all of you, I'll definitely try these methods, and if anyone else has different methods, please say so, I'd like to know all the possibilities.

[Ashen Lilies]

Here's me dissecting some common pitfalls when it comes to mouths:

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x280/kriskatarn/OotSMouths.png