[iska]

Hi.. This is my first piece of pixel stuffing to show you people. No reference picture was used... I got a bit surprised that I could draw something that (REMOTELY) looks like a humanoid head

Anyways.. the image took 5 to 6 hours + some 30minutes for coloring (yeah I made it b&w originally). I have a lot to learn but this is the first piece ever I can be a bit proud of he-he .

I'm probably going to work on it for sometime, and I wanted to hear some crit's/comments from the forum.

Be gentle



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--iska

[spooge demon]

More like this. Don't take this too literally. Just a vague idea.

You don't have to push the darks like I did, but realizing the difference between light and shadow is something I am always harping about, so I played it up a bit here.

[Tinusch]

WOW... You rule, Spooge

[spooge demon]

One thing in general to keep in mind is in any picture there is a lightest light nd you should limit your brightest value to that spot. What surface would be picking up the most light in this top lit head? Since skin is all the same local value and color, you don't have to worry about that complication. If you look at most heads from the side, you see that they are curved, meaning the planes of the chin and cheek and forehead are not all vertical. They "wrap" upwards as they go higher. So the forehead is facing the sky and receives more light. And there you have rationalized a criteria for making the forehead lighter than the cheeks.

You could make the nose your number one bright, as the nose and forehead often compete.

The same idea happens at the other end of the value scale.

If you put your brights all over, it gives the "blown out" look

[iska]

Thanks for the quick reply Spooge. I kinda like myself of "overburning" stuff, but perharps I should concentrate on the normal lightning first he-he

I made some fixes, am I on the right track?


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--iska