[Harnish Studios]

I worked long and hard on this painting. Hopefully you folks will find it worthy of replies. I think it's my best one yet, but then again, that's just my own humble opinion.

Anyways, without further adieu, here's a digital painting of model Eva Herzigova. The first link is the painting. Second link is the reference photo I used. Also, I'd appreciate any critiques you may have.

Painting:
http://www.harnishstudios.com/images/evaherzigova-painting.jpg

Reference Photo:
http://www.harnishstudios.com/images/eva-cropped.jpg

- Brian

[Codexier]

Looks nice. A bit flat and washed out though. I'd perhaps make the shadows a bit darker. A really good excercise is to start off with your darkest darks and work up from there to your highlights. Just a thought...

Codexier

[CapnPyro]

looking good so far.. her jaw is to wavy, not enough color all around. you seem a bit timid with it, just slap some on and blend it And fix her collar bone! it's horrifying the see throgh part on her shirt looks really good

-Capn

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[pierre]

It is a nice piece of work

I think however that it seems to be a bit too tight. I think that, this is what I believe, that you were too tight from the beginning, in the sketching stage and were a bit afraid to let loose as you saw the painting emerge.

I think the painting could gain alot if you used more darker and saturated colors in some areas and if you could make it look a bit more relaxed.

good work!

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[Anthony]

A few things here to watch out for: the nose if far too thin. Move the left side of the bridge farther left/down. Move the right eye slightly left/down, and the left eye about 50% left/down. That will give her nose some solidity, whilst still being thin. The left side of the bridge should be just a bit right of where the start of your left eye is now. Slant the eyes just a touch, and slant up the right eyebrow. The jaw near the ear should be a tad farther left/down, and the ear should be quite a lot down/left. The lips look about right, although I'd make the upper lip smaller and the bottom bigger(same overall mouth size). The neck near the chin should slope out a bit towaards the chin, rather than coming straight down out of the head. If I were you I'd do lots of pencil drawings of faces, get a real feel for the shapes in 3 dimensions. FEEL the shape of objects-then lighting them becomes easier. Painting is good to define shapes, but if you don't know those shapes, there's no use for it. Good luck,

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-Anthony
Carpe Carpem

[Harnish Studios]

Thank you all for taking the time to critique! I really appreciate it

Anyone else wanna crit?

- Brian

[A.Buttle]

The photograph is excellent.

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I wanna get with you, girl!...
And your sister, I think her name's Debra....

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[Loki]

Buttle, you mean bastard ... hehehe

[This message has been edited by Loki (edited October 20, 2000).]

[micke]

Hi there!
The first thing i noticed was that it's too
edgy and too smooth at the same time, there is nothing in the middle, mainly because you left out some really important values. Study the photo closer and i'll think you'll know what i mean.I think it's the values that are the main problems in this picture.
Some of the areas also disapears in the background, like the chin and cheek.

The neck looks too round almost
like a baloon. It should be darker than the face cause it's the face that is sticking out, not the her neck. The chest area lacks alot of details. get rid of those dark lines and replace them with correct shadows that smooth in better with the rest of the chest.
Get rid of the lines in the hair. There is no trace of lines like that in the photograph. Try some soft, warmer shadows.
Remember to keep a nice balance with the brushes(soft/hard).
Good luck.
Hope this can help you some
-Micke

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[Harnish Studios]

Buttle- Why thank you! I right-clicked on it *all* by myself!

micke- You're right. The absence of concrete values make the transitions from one plane to the next look flat. I'll definitely get to work on that and the other problems you mentioned.

Thanks again, everyone!

- Brian