How to draw a Good Enough suspicious facial expression

[blockquote source=”B. C. Forbes”]Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.[/blockquote]
 
 
 
There are times–particularly during important meetings and conversations–where someone will say something that is, shall we say, “dubiously received” by others in the room. Perhaps it’s when an organizational leader swears that an organization’s people are it’s most prized resource, after the company has completed its fifth round of layoffs. Or perhaps it’s when a politician swears that they can cut taxes, balance the budget, pay off the government’s debt, AND give everyone a pony…if only you would elect them.
 
Doodle--politician speaking and citizen being suspicious
 
We humans are built with a pretty good BS detector. When it goes off, it tends to register on our faces.
 
So whether you’re hearing something that has your own BS detector going off, or you need to reflect a “dubious reception” to an idea or suggestion in the room, why not draw a suspicious facial expression to go along with it? Here’s how!
 

How to draw a Good Enough suspicious facial expression

 
How to draw a Good Enough suspicious facial expression

Three Tips

 

  • When we are suspicious, we don’t look directly at the thing that raises suspicion in us. Instead, we tend to turn our face away–so we don’t look like we’re paying attention to the thing–and we look back at it out of the corner of our eye. (Aren’t we sneaky!) When drawing a suspicious expression, make sure your nose points in the opposite direction of where your eyes are looking (as in step 5).
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  • A suspicious face doesn’t have big round eyes or open facial expressions. Instead, the eyes get squinty and the mouth crimps shut in one corner. To communicate the squinty eyes, I use straight lines before dropping the pupils in right below them (step 3). The crimped mouth gets a bit of a downturned edge on one side before drawing the rest as a closed-lipped line (step 4).
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  • To evoke an increased level of suspicion or skepticism, I like to add a raised eyebrow to the facial expression. For a more natural balance in the expression, draw your raised eyebrow on the opposite side of the face to where you draw the downward crimp of the mouth (step 6).
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    There you are! Instant suspicion! ;^)
     
    And that’s it! What does YOUR suspicious facial expression look like? Draw yours up, Tweet it out to @jeannelking #goodenough, and see if you notice anything suspicious!
     
    I cannot wait to see what you draw forth,
    Jeannel-blogsignature-leftslant
    P.S. Want to have fun drawing AND inspire others to pick up the pen at the same time?  Got something you wish you could draw, but you’re not sure how to approach it? [highlights color=”ffea00″]Tweet your drawing or idea to @jeannelking and tag it with #goodenough: it could be featured in an upcoming “how to draw Good Enough” blog post![/highlights]
     

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