[dr . bang]

I've been praticing to draw alot of human potrait to improve my skill and here's the result. The one thing i hate the most is that all the face i draw turn out to look like a muscular guy, no matter what. Please tell me all the error in this face and some tips on making a this face look more skinny, thanks!

[Bubonic]

nice job so far overall, but you got a lot of cleaning up to do, of blending tones and shades of color, like on the shirt and face.. and espcially the hair..

The pink line around the eyes should not stand out that much.

i like the job you did on the use of light and darks to define the forms of the face, and i like the lil smirk on his lips..

alwasy remember that the reflection of light alwasy comes from one point.. so if the left eye has that glare on the left side.. the right eye will have glare on the left side also.. It has to be consistent..
In yours.. they are on opposite sides.. i don't think it works like that..

Nice job on propotions.. the ears look a good shape.. although the bridge of the nose at the top looks squiggly instead of straight down.. and the eye shapes don't look right.. and look a bit flat, nice job on rendering the eye itself, but try to make the eye shape less almond like..

Put a lot mroe time into the hair.. i see by how you painted the face, you could achieve a lot better results with the hair if you just put more time into it..

A lot of times when people start to draw from real life. they usually looked a lot at comic books, and its rare to skinny or slender guys.. Most are muscle heads.. i made that mistake too when i started drawing from real life.. The key is to draw what is exactly there.. not what you think is there.. (that is a very important way to see things as an artist)

Keep in mind for skinnier or more normal based human males they have slimmer neck lines. So don't draw a light straight down from the jaw line.. move in a lil closer under that jaw line.. Thats all i can really give you help on for now.. I tried my best.. Hope you find some of it helpful..

I really like this peice, it has a lot of potential, just work on the things i suggested and try to give the bg a more dramatic feel.. i think you should get rid of the green walls, there is enough green in focus, your person...

make sure you repost it when its more finished and you work on a few things i reall wanna see it!



[This message has been edited by Bubonic (edited December 29, 2000).]