Friday, 24 April 2026

Friday Face OFF -- Portrait Challenge: Emotions

For today's Friday Face OFF link party
of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of


Nicole's challenge for us this week
is to draw faces portraying one, more, or all
the emotions on her list of prompts.


Coincidentally, I just finished a short
cartooning class earlier this month,
so I decided to illustrate all the prompted emotions
in a typically cartoony over-the-top manner.

Here they are!


I channeled my inner Donald Trump
by using a black Sharpie 
on white paper to do these cartoons.

And speaking of emotions,
it disgusted me to even type that,
but hey -- anything for a joke, eh?


[Art and photos of art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2026]

45 comments:

Tom said...

...be happy, it always beats what is second place.

My name is Erika. said...

I don't blame you being disgusted, but if it had to be said, it had to be said. Loving these faces. They are very cool. A bet a cartooning class would be fun! Happy Friday!

Iris Flavia said...

Great ones, especially with the thought of doing them!
A fearful face behind bars I kinda miss in that connection ... well, OK, that will never happen, I reckon. I mean in real life...

Anonymous said...

Love your portraits Debra!-Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

The Rev. Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA said...

I love these, and your wicked sense of humor too. Blessings! (BTW, I shared your recent post of farts with my family, and my brother-in-law especially laughed hysterically.)

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ The Rev. Arnold L. Romero, MLA -- I'm glad your brother-in-law is such a good Fart Appreciator!

whkattk said...

Tired and Gonna Barf made me LOL. Happy Friday!
Yesterday I had to share a link to your post about Willy. Special day!

Bob said...

I like the Tired with the tongue hanging out of her mouth!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ whkattk -- Willy among the Willies! The Bisexual Bard would have been honoured.

Maria Medeiros said...

Oh I Love all your drawings and can relate to all of them. They are super fun and wonderful. have a lovely Friday and a wonderful weekend!

Val Ewing said...

Those are all wonderful and so spot on. I think I'll barf any time I hear that man's voice.
Have a great weekend.

Mia said...

Beautiful and funny drawings!!! Congratulations.

A Whole Lotta Magic said...

I think you covered them all, so fun!

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

Super expressive!
Love the idea of being able to convey so much with a few well drawn lines.
Awesomeness.

XOXO

Cleora Borealis said...

🤣🫶 These should be part of everyone's emoji library!!

Ms. Moon said...

You can post your art, including cartoon art, any day of the week to make me happy.

Mr. Shife said...

These are fantastic. Your cartooning class clearly paid off—the expressions are spot on! I had to laugh at the 'Sharpie' comment; it’s a dangerous tool in the wrong hands, but you’ve used its powers for good instead of for drawing fake hurricane paths.

an artist reflects said...

Wonderful expressive cartoon faces so well done ~ Hugs ^_^

Ellen D. said...

These are terrific!

Moving with Mitchell said...

You’re a great cartoonist. Too bad about the dishonorable mention, but sometimes it has to be done.

RedPat said...

These are wonderful. You are a talent, Debra.

Fundy Blue said...

These are such fun, Debra! Self portraits? They make me think of you. 😂

Mistress Maddie said...

That's very creative I love those. If you keep this up I'm going to have to send you my drag portrait, and have you do a Sharpie portrait for me! I would probably frame that!

DVArtist said...

OMGosh! You are the best. How cool are these characters? The class seems to have been a success. These are brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing art with FFO and have the best weekend.

Bill said...

What a fun and creative exercise. Well done, Debra.

Parnassus said...

Hello Debra, Maybe that Happy Person seems just a little too happy. What kind of drugs is the Canadian Health Service prescribing?
--Jim

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Fundy Blue -- Me? Mayyyyyyyybe!

peppylady (Dora) said...

Looks like a fun class.

NanaDiana said...

Once again, I am reminded of how talented you are, Debra. I love your 'take' on things! Happy weekend! xo Diana

DB Stewart said...

Fun!
When it comes to the orange shitpile, we're all two minutes from barfing.

Kirk said...

The barf one is particularly convincing. Now draw a paper bag.

Elderberry-Rob said...

some of the pictures aren't visible on my version of Blogger but the ones I could see certainly captured the brief. Betty

Roxanne said...

The tired one is me. Hahaha. And I love your sense of humor.

https://embracethepandemonium.wordpress.com/

River said...

Great drawings, thank you.

https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com said...

Great cartoon faces.

Richard said...

Apollo. I just saw him walking by , the jerk. I have some suggestions to offer.

Richard said...

We were talking about one of the neighbors today. Give me a break. I don't know, she seems like a normal old Mormon lady to me. You know.
She seems to have a fierce and judgemental attitude. But we are going through a problem and my Mormon friend helped me. I think the real Mormons are not like Mike Lee. I hope that we never hear from that bad man again.

baili said...

Omg dear Debra you are such an amazing artist
Whatever genre of drawing you try you do best 👍👍👍♥️🥰
I found the expression so interesting and very well done 🤗 you rock my talented friend ♥️

Yvonne said...

I'd barf too if I was pretty good at channeling my inner Donald Trump. I hope you feel better now, hehe. You're very talented.

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

I love these, Debra. You have tremendous talent.

Lady M said...

Trump makes me barf too! Your cartooning is very well done.

Ur-spo said...

can you do one for someone who recently rolled down a grass hill?

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Ur-spo -- Doesn't "happy," maybe "surprised," and possibly "tired" (afterwards), cover the gamut?

CaptainKirt said...

Those a bloody brilliant 👏

Barbara said...

Somehow I missed this post. Love those faces. Perfect.