This illustration accompanies the ground-breaking revelation that is taking the showbiz world by storm and affecting selfie game everywhere: the pout is out; the seductive mouth-slightly-open-but-not-quite-catching-flies is in; and the name of this new pose is as deprecating as ever.
Behold the Fish Gape.
Yes, Fish Gape. 1,159 Insta hashtags and counting. But, as awful as the name is, the pose is a little more flattering than your standard trout pout so I'm backing this selfie revolution all the way into my illustrations. This particular model I actually drew long before the Gape became the Gape but, in light of recent events, now seemed an apt a time as any to share her.
The model I was drawing actually had bright red hair but after painting the eyes and lips first I decided to finish the rest of her in pencil and am so pleased with how it turned out. I really struggle with drawing faces on full body illustrations due to the space limitations so I absolutely relish drawing head-shots like this.
So, I hope you like this illustration and hopefully there'll be more (non-Duck???) face-focused illustrations coming soon.
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