so i've always wondered why they shadow out a characters eyes when things get serious

Apr 22, 2012 10:37 PM

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like they don't draw the character's eyes and black it out.

for example

guy: oh hey
girl: I'm pregnant with your kid
guy: *stands there with shadowed-out face*

Apr 22, 2012 10:47 PM

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To add a dramatic effect to the scene, probably.

Since you can't see their expression it adds some sort of suspense, or something like that.

Apr 22, 2012 11:48 PM

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It's a dramatic effect where you'd have to guess what they're thinking, and when something bad just happened, their eyes would usually reflect as much frustration and a viewer can think of. As a result, the animators don't gotta show the character's emotions, the viewer fills it in themselves.

Or I don't know, maybe the animators were lazy or something.

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Apr 23, 2012 12:03 AM

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Black face.. mean that something bad happened/will happen.

Or someone keep secret inside that bothers them (Most this happen with women in anime, but also sometimes with guys)

Drama :D

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Apr 23, 2012 8:52 AM

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Well, people do say that eyes always gave away what your expression/feelings/thoughts are, even when they keep a straight face. So, I think that maybe by shadowing the eyes, it hides the expression/feelings/thoughts of the character. So you don't know what they're feeling or thinking.

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Apr 23, 2012 10:27 AM

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It's also a lot cheaper and easier. Probably takes like, two minutes as opposed to actually having to draw a proper expressive face.

Apr 23, 2012 10:50 AM

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It looks bad ass.
And you know shits going down.

Apr 23, 2012 11:13 AM

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when used correctly, can add good value to humor

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Apr 23, 2012 11:40 AM

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OriginANIME said:
It looks bad ass.
And you know shits going down.

Pretty much. It gets interesting.

Apr 23, 2012 12:11 PM

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Game_Master said:
when used correctly, can add good value to humor

Lmao, It really is funny in a sense! But yeah, they do it to add dramatic effect to the scene

Apr 23, 2012 1:29 PM

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so they look serious when they get serious? ...

Apr 23, 2012 1:38 PM

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I got so used to this common perception that when daily lives of high school boys kept showing girls with no eyes I was like, dafug they're all pissed? After like 5 episodes it seems just the nichibro's sisters lack any eyes. Kind of cheap imo.

Baman said:
It's also a lot cheaper and easier. Probably takes like, two minutes as opposed to actually having to draw a proper expressive face.

It's either no face or that my-iris has-gone-blank, which is even worse, imo. Even though they attempted to show expression. I keep seeing this in those korean artists. But yeah, it's probably a lot more work.

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