[Mime]

This is my first real digital painting (i did some coloring and 3D stuff but thats my first painted thing)
I wasnt at all going to make the portrait of this actor (let's see if you recognize who he is or if it is too crappy). I simply wanted to paint something for training before doing a real, full painting, so i decided to do a silly head simply from imagination. And after drawing the "final" hairs i thought it would be fun to edit it to make a protrait of this actor since it was looking like him

It is still obviously unfinished but i wanted to show you before going to bed so when i will continue drawing tomorrow i will have nice and useful advices from you (i hope )

well, here it is :




and here is the original face study i did from scratch (and imagination) before i choose to switch to the portrait



tell me your opinions and avices

PS : after i decided to do the portrait i used some photoreferences of the guy of course, but since i already did the lighting and orientation before it wasnt photo copy.

[This message has been edited by Mime (edited November 04, 2000).]

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Good job so far. But it looks like the lips are way to thin and narrow and the ear is way to small. And maybe the forehead is also a little short, I think that might just depend on how you want it to look.

[Mime]

Thanxs for the fast reply

yes the ear is totally unfinished, it is a bit too high and too short yes
for the forehead i know i have to lower in fact the eyebrow and eye-spaces a little, because the forehead os too short and nose too long

and for the lips it was intentional because i didnt manage to draw bugger lips whithout having a girly look

[Typhon]

Looks like David Boreanaz from that show Angel... it's coming along well, I can't wait to see the eyes.

[daz199]

first one looks like mel gibson without eyes
hehe

[Mime]

hehe yes typhon, thanxs, its supposed to be him

but im going to bed now, i will try do the eyes tomorrow

well daz, its not supposed to, but at least it means that i did draw with ok proportions, it looks like a human head

[Tinusch]

The ear is way too far up. I think you should move it down before you begin detailing it. Also, the hairline is a bit low. But it's looking really good so far.

[Mime]

You are right Tinusch, the ear will definitely get changed, but for the hairline i dont know, i think the problem is the nose beeing too long ... but that will be a pain to change i think. You talented guys (and knowledgable), if you wanted to reduce the size of the nose and lowering a bit the eyes, what would you do ? redraw ? or use some rubber stamp and "easy" techniques ?

[inferno]

Hi, the new version is better then the previous one, but let me tell you my opinion. so if you do a study, dont do it from your imagination. do it from a model, or copy a painting or even a photo,
and it is also a good thing to look beind the things, check the muscles, bones and stuff. that makes it study. so there are still some errors on the image, but i'm sure i will be able to correct them.
okay, so go on.

[Mime]

hello inferno, I didnt mean "study" like the way you tel, in fact what i was going to do first was simply to paint something with form, light and shadow in mind (i have idea for full images i will do later but i wanted some first training before).
For anatomy i am studying some books, but anatomy wasnt my first concern with this pic first.
and when i saw that the thing was coming along nicely and a friend told me it looked a bit like david boreanaz, then i decided to try to do his portrait, and i used photoreferences but they wasnt with the same lighting or orientation, so i think it was an interesting exercice, i tried to see the photo in "3d" and redraw from another angle and light.

[JeffTheKing]

Bring the chin down and just plain stretch the face up a little, keep the width though. Extend from the bride of the nose up and the lower lip down. pull the right eye out a little too, it seems stuck to the inside of the nose.

:mad im really pissed.

[Mime]

Here is a nearly finished version , I am not completely satidfied with the overall look and ressemblance, but first it was just a silly exercice for me to learn lights and forms, if i had draw him from scratch from a photo it would be of course more ressemblant, but i wouldnt have learned what i wanted to
But for my first digital painting i must say im pretty happy, and thanxs you for the suggestions and crits, i tried to correct the ear and the forehead a little.

here it is :