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[stuh505]

So about what I'm doing...I just got a new Wacom for christmass, and I haven't painted anything in months, and I've never tried painting a face before...so this is my attempt at that. This girl is a friend of mine.

The sketch above was 1 hr. Now I've started doing color, spent another couple hours on this...that's it for tonight.

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8905/night1hp5.jpg

[kazziu]

The sketch and the initial colours look pretty nice so far:thumbsup:

[stuh505]

Here's an update started on the hair. Before I get too far let me respectfully ask...no paintovers please. However, I do not mind constructive criticism...I know there are some real experts here that I could learn a lot from.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/953/v3js1.jpg

[stuh505]

Update. Some more comments/crits would be great

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/2905/v4qd5.jpg

[Maladie]

Hi, by no means an expert but may have a few very basic tips to share:).

The nose looks a little twisted, and I think it's the right (her left) nostril that needs some work. try flipping the canvas every other 30 mins or so to prevent distortions - our eyes get very used to our mistakes:).

You might find this link (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=166&t=259468) helpful for the hair. It helps if you set the brush to 'other dynamics - opacity jitter - pen pressure' and paint larger sections of hair first with darker colours. It gets less 'sketchy' that way. Keep it up!

[stuh505]

Wow, good point about flipping the canvas...the nose is on my todo list

[stuh505]

Update. I have attempted to fix all the strange asymmetry problems...that involved completely redoing the mouth, nose, moving the chin, moving the edge of the face, moving the neck tendons..and did a bunch of other things to. How's it looking?

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4958/v6vm0.jpg

[stuh505]

Update! Changed so many things...

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2619/finalsmallhz6.jpg

[Maladie]

Hi Stuh, great work!! Good colouring on the neck, delicate.

two more tips:
- make the eyeballs look more like spheres by shading them;
- the hair is still looking quite sketchy, maybe try again and begin by putting big fluent strokes in a darker colour? see the tut. I think you can do it and it's a shame for such a nice portrait if people are distracted by the hair.

Keep going!:thumbsup:

[stuh505]

Alright made the shading a bit more spherical. Maybe if I don't blur the hair it will look better what do you think about this one

That is a great tut...but I've spent so many hours on this hair, and honestly I really like it. I'll try that next time.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5649/finalcropdv9.jpg

[DArcy1]

This is really coming along, although I prefer the colors of the more sepia toned version a bit better. My only addition would be to make a copy of the file, throw caution to the wind and put more bold shadow in there - do a couple of quick versions; check out Mr Stalhlberg's paintover thread for some ideas. Maybe blur the edges of the hair a bit more where it fades into the background.


Oh - and give her some eyelashes!


D'Arcy

p.s. the lower edge of her nostril on the right of the image still looks a bit pulled down - lift it up a tad towards the center and round the edge a bit

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