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Drawing asymmetrical facial features

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Drawing asymmetrical facial features

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In this movie we're going to trace the nostrils, which might seem a little bit gross but it's an essential thing to do because, after all, your nose is probably the most identifiable feature of your face right after your eyes. Now also I want you to notice that where this final cartoon is concerned. The nostrils are one of the few attributes that are not symmetrical. So I'll go ahead and switch over to my document of progress here. And I am going to zoom in, disturbing as it might be. And I'll go ahead and grab my pen tool once again. Which, once again, you can get by pressing the p key. And I'm going to kind of round things off here by starting at this location. Everything's a smooth point. So I'll go ahead and drag to start the path outline. And then I'll drag it this location here to continue it. And I'll drag right about there in order to create the final point in that little ridge right there. And I might press the Ctrl key or the Cmd key on a Mac in order to gain temporary…

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