[yobarman]

Haha, alright here's what I'm trying to draw/paint



I've never drawn anything with my Wacom yet... i did an eye and lip tutorial listed somewhere on these forums, but that's about it. So go easy on me. I am cheating a little by "dabbing" the colors from the actual pic, but I'm a newbie so i can do that. Let me know what you guys think so far and how I'm doing for a newb and what i should change or work on? Oh yeah if anyone can show me how to make proper eyebrows then let me know

[jr]

everything you need is in that photo. how to draw eye brows? eh, the eyebrows are there in the photo, copy it!
try not to draw one feature and the next and the next, try to sketch the shapes and build that up, doing one part at a time like what you're doing, you'll end up with a very segmented face that won't fit together. it won't fit together.
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[yobarman]

thanks for the reply jr... i know i can just look at the pic and copy it, but I don't know which brush settings to use. every time i use a fine brush they turn out too crooked, and a soft brush they're too blurry.

Next time i'll also block out the shapes first, thanks for the advice

[Periadam]

If there was one definitive answer, I'm sure somebody here would tell you, but there just isn't. Two equally skilled artists might use an entirely different methods to achieve similar results. Brush settings? You have to figure out what you like to use. What I like to do is use only hard-edged brushes until I've finished blocking everything out, and then go back in with something softer and smaller to do the details. That might work for you, but it might not. Again, just experiment and figure out what you like.
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[acidcrys]

one suggestion I would say - that may be a bit hard to follow.. is that you should erase all basics from your mind.. and draw exactly what you see.. on the eyes.. you made lines of the different shades of brown - are they lines in the picture? not from what I'm seeing. Also you show a lot more pupil than what is shown in the picture.. and lastly.. the little part of the eye that are closest to the nose, go downward a little bit (look at the picture).. Do you see a clear definition of the nose in the picture? or the nostrils?

For eyebrows I usually just take a really soft and thin/small brush and quickly do a soft rush job of the basic outline/design of the eyebrow.. then go back with a harder smaller brush to do the visible lines of the eyebrow - just make sure to do exactly what you see, most eyebrows have hairs that go straight up at one end, then go to the side, only to have the other end go to the side on the opposite direction (if you can understand that)
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[Capt. Fred]

It's not looking bad, but..

You said:

[AndyT]

I think that's the best approach. There's also something about brushes.
Don't just look at the step-by-step pictures. Read!

http://www.robertocampus.com/n_tutorial_digital_portrait.shtml?type=tutorialdp

Also try not to use the eyedropper tool.
Not because it's cheating ... it'll help you because you have to look more carefully.
After each step look if there are any big mistakes.
Save different steps during the progress and don't be afraid to go back to an early version if you think you can't fix errors.
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