TRSE: How To Draw Tutorials:
Emotions:

Let's look over the basic examples of various emotions displayed below, and many pictures here are taken from my own BSSailorMoon fanfic mangas (much easier than spending a lot of time searching thru internet for hard-to-find screenshots). It's possible to get better at drawing emotions as you get more experienced with drawing.
Relaxed:
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Neptune was making a comment in relaxed
tone.
When the characters are relaxed, their faces are
just straight (no muscle tensions in face), hence, no emotions displayed.
Varying the relaxed faces can show off their personalities. For example,
Uranus would frown a bit even when she's relaxed.
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Happy, Cheerful, Excitation
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Pluto displays a faint smile.
That is a basic smile which we feel muscle tensions tagging
only at the ends of the mouth.
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Venus cheerfully makes a point/suggestion.
That face is more lit up. The eyes tend to be closed in
upside down 'U' which can vary in height while the eyebrows are raised
slightly (muscle tensions). More cheerfully/happy, taller the upside down
'U' can get. There are times when the eyes can stay open while being cheerful.
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Jupiter's having a daydream.
You can tell by her dreamy face that she's having a good
daydream. The eyelids are lowered as if looking sleepy, with a smile on
her face. "Sharing toward nothing" can indict that a person is daydreaming
too.
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Venus's chuckling devilishly as if she pulled a trick on someone.
The cheeks are pushed upward when grinning like that, resulting in the crescent shaped eyes. A happy face can can have those crescent shaped eyes, but with a broad smile/open mouth instead of grin. |