Making characters look more adorable

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[-] [+] No.1686

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13/08/17(Sat)23:29 No.1686 1686

I'd like my future girls to look cuter, more adorable, sweeter, girlier.
I'll post an example of what I'm going for.
Now my question is what the fuck does make a character cute? I have already tried huge eyes, or a huge forehead, or overall a huge head. But that just looked not so good, because I'm going for some sort of realism. While I don't want to go completely anime-style, I'm open to adapt some tricks from the anime guys to make my characters look cuter. I just don't want to go completely anime style, because they do some weird stuff, like the "flunder mouth". (that's like when the mouth goes to one side of the face.
Also are there ony tricks I can do on the proportions on the rest of her body?

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13/08/17(Sat)23:31 No.1687 -

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That's what I'm going for...
She looks so sweet and adorable, but I just don't know what it is that makes her look so good.

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shoulders and eyes AaarbydeeTul108 13/08/19(Mon)16:20 No.1690 -

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'S' is for 'sexy', 'silky', and 'success'. Make the figure pose in a slight 'S' shape. Be mindful of the eyes and shoulders, they convey a lot of emotion too! I've corrected some of the lines on your figure. The red dot is where the center of balance should be. Look at how far forward your toes and forelegs are... far too forward to support a weighty tail. Anywho, the one on the right is an overhaul because a simple redline was not going to fully cover all the aspects.

13/09/20(Fri)19:33 No.1693 -

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Bigger head with smaller snout and bigger eyes.
You should learn to draw smooth, confident strokes instead of scratchy lines, it helps with the feminity too.

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13/09/26(Thu)21:05 No.1694 -

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thanks guys. here's the finished pic. i haven't applied the advices on this one, but i'll gratefully apply them to my future pictures.
Many many thanks again! :)

15/03/29(Sun)20:21 No.1769 -

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The girl in the picture you posted as your target seems to be in a much more natural pose, I think that helps a ton.
I think things will get better automatically if you keep improving your perspective.

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