self portrait, Laima Ceple (2D)

[AkaRaven]

Nice work here, but need some improvements. Keep it up.
By the way try to improve your skill like in Ligas works - http://liiga.cgsociety.org/gallery/
Good day to you :)

[laimux]

Thank you. I already know Liiga, her paintings are beautiful, but I do not paint the way she does. I prefer doing paintings, wich don't have as much fantasy in them as in Liigas works. Although I can learn much from the portrait she recently posted on deviantart, it could only be larger so I could see details.

[eonridr]

Hi there Laima, nice painting you have, you have got all the forms there well, but u'll definitely need more work on the line-work and details to bring it to the next level. some suggestions i try to help with if u don't mind,

- the hair on the top of the forehair should have a shadow
- Most of the hair at the right side of the picture is blurred into the skin using a normal orange color, which isn't realistic at all. i suggest u use a sharper brush/smudge to define the linework, and also give that part of the skin the darkest shadow tone.
- the flow of the hair isnt too beautiful, though some parts u did keep track of the hair coming down from top of the head, some parts u don't ( the right side of her hair, left side of the picture, near the cheeks) perhaps u should find a brush/ make one in photoshop that can produce alot of lines in one go, and then play around with it to make strands of good hair flow.
- the eyebrow is too stiff u can blur the overall abit more and erase off abit to the centre and side showing the skin more and same time darken the centre more. then slight shadow under the eyebrows skin
- The ball of the eye is inside of the skin, so the top should have more shadows, as well as the corners of the eye, also make ur eyes more watery ( abit stone now) by dodging more at definite parts.
- The nose and the bounce light is nice.. but i hope the white light can be more subtle... so is the skin at the cheeks
- I was hoping the upper lips be done like bottom lips with more subtle details. then the depression (drain above the mouth, forgive me dunno whats it called) is abit crude.

Anyway i kena wanna tell u not to get too caught up with what school teaches.. of cos those are good facts but dun let it limit ur use of colors and creativity.. go with ur feelings abit.. Show what u want to show the viewers and apply the knowledge on the way.

Just my suggestions, hope i didn't offend you, good luck and look forward to see ur next work :)

[laimux]

Hello, Hongji. Thanks for the suggestions. I tried to improve my painting as you suggested. I only didn't understand what do you mean hoping the white light can be more subtle.

So far the school hasn't limited my creativity, it has only helped me. But I will never let the schoot limit my creativity. :)

[dimms]

Oh... If i may, i would like to give you some advice.
Please, find in the web any of classic body and face painting manuals, or something like that. Yet, in internet is a million of tutorials about technology for digital painting of a human's body. And yet, first try to do some painting on a paper, with a simple grraphic tools like a pencil, and when you'll like a result, then try to make it digitally. Your first goal here shouldn't be an upload of any pic in gallery. I'm not a portarait master at all, but, believe me, attention to the classical art school never been superfluous to anyone.
Didn't want to hurt you with my opinion, in any way. Wish you a good luck in your business:)

[laimux]

Thank you, Dmitry. There was time, when I touched watercolors only as much as I needed for school. Then I thought that painting digitally is the best way to improve my talent. Later I found out that I can paint on paper just as good as I can do it in Photoshop. Art school has taught me very much, and I can't imagine how would my paintings look like, if I didn't go to the art school. Although I'm happy that I know how to use Photoshop tools, because my teacher sayed that nowadays it is important for an artist to know digital tools, because then he will find a job. But right now I haven't got to worry about job finding, I'm too young. Now I have to worry about how to improve my talent, and then I'll deal with the job.

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