[apiro]

hmm.. i wish i could do realism. but the eyes always get me. too much anime/cartoons, i guess.

anyway. i just started fiddling in photoshop and came up with this.. figure i might as well finish it. the hair isn't done, obviously, but i was wondering if i could get some crits on the face itself? proportions? tips on how i could make it look more realistic?



[ June 24, 2002: Message edited by: apiro ]

[LoTekK]

not to get you down or anything, but if you're going for a realistic look, it might be more worth it to start over... the proportions of the facial features need a lot of tweaking, most importantly the equilateral triangle made up from the eyes and mouth...

in general it looks like you have a couple of the basic proportions down, like the eyes being halfway up/down the head...

another thing to take note of (and i know this one well because i'm very often guilty of it myself), is try to push the lights and darks more, so that the picture doesn't seem so "flat"... darker darks, and lighter lights...

try to draw from life, or at the very least some sort of photo reference in order to get more familiar with human facial structure...

and of course, practise practise practise... (something i'm guilty of never finding enough time to do)...

[Jeise]

Well, I'll crit you on what needs to be done if you don't want to start over, and you probably won't.

The nose is much too big. Scale it down a bunch, and it will help a great deal.
Also, the lips are much too red (even for lipstick) and they look like the girl bit half of her own lip off in a car accident (they're lopsided). Also, the eyes: eyelashes like those must go. You can see the eye lashes on a person, but not like that. They're shorter for one thing. And the pupils (black part) are too big, making it look like the girl is on acid.

Advice: draw from life, just like LoTekK said. Draw from life all the time, every day, and in many different angles. Also, you could pick up some anatomy books if you're a more hermity (sp? even a word?) person.

[ June 22, 2002: Message edited by: Jeise ]

[edible snowman]

don't use the color dodge tool, use the paintbrush. drawing from life like the two other guys said would be preferred, but if this isn't an option you should at least observe life and use some other kind of reference. although you should still be able to set up some still lifes. it wont't be as helpful, but it's still much better than just drawing out of your head.

[apiro]

alright.. well i tweaked the picture a bit.. finished the hair and changed the hair color.. tried to push the shadows a little bit more.. made the nose smaller.. changed the lip color.. made the eyes smaller and got rid of the eyelashes.

anyway! could i get some crits on this updated version?

by the way, thanks to everyone who gave me crits on the original.. helped me see why it looked so weird.. couldn't quite figure out why before..



by the way.. sorry about the kinda crappy quality. the GIF compression messed it up.

[ June 24, 2002: Message edited by: apiro ]