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NetMapel
06-20-2009, 04:11 AM
Umm... so I took a glance at some of the other WIP and felt embarrassed about my own work. But I'm here for critiques so I can be just as good as you guys ! So here's a recent face paint that I did on Photoshop for you guys to critique. While I consider the painting to be mostly done, I would like to get some critiques on it so I may improve on my next piece.
http://meimchu.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/face33.jpg
JianKang
06-20-2009, 02:08 PM
Keep it on... I like the expression on her face! As for critiques... perhaps you could try use other brushes and see if they give better textures. For example, her lips would probably be better if you could use a smoother and juicier brush. This is all I can think of :p
NetMapel
06-22-2009, 04:20 AM
Keep it on... I like the expression on her face! As for critiques... perhaps you could try use other brushes and see if they give better textures. For example, her lips would probably be better if you could use a smoother and juicier brush. This is all I can think of :p
I took your critique seriously and re-drew the mouth plus some other small retouches on the face.
http://meimchu.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/face4.jpg
Do you feel it's better ?
matsman
06-22-2009, 11:03 AM
yep that seems better!

now how about some stronger shading? for example the crease in the eyelid is rather dark... as would the neck underneath the chin... these seems to be no definition in the neck anyway.
A little shadow underneath the nose and underneath her bottom lip and some eyelashes would do her good.

Also the mouth is a little floating around in the face, not really connected or a part of it... possibly that shadow fixes it otherwise why not add a little dimples or very lightly that indentation that runs from the nose to the upper lip...?

But really it isn't at all that bad... just a different style than most.
Arthe
06-22-2009, 07:10 PM
I also like her expression. Happy and somewhat quirky. :) I see that you have gone for a bit of a manga-style there, too, and that isn't bad. I would recommend shading as well, as her face is a bit - well - flat. Don't be afraid of strong constrasts, either, as it is better to start off with 'crudeish' shading than go straight for smoothness ( at least in my opinion ).

Anyway, keep it up. :)
NetMapel
06-23-2009, 02:41 AM
Thanks for all your critiques so far. They are much appreciated. Speaking of harder shading, I want to show you guys my early WIP that has heavy shading, before I completely re-coloured the face because it just looks plain wrong.

http://meimchu.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/face2.jpg
matsman
06-23-2009, 08:21 AM
:) jep that's pretty orange... If you want to avoid that try not using the dodge and burn as much and instead sample some shades from a photo.
That way you are sure the skin tones are correct. shadows and light are heavily afflicted by colour that surrounds them (colourbleeding) which usually means that there are multiple shades and hues from light to dark and burn doesn't do that, so you have to :)

I'm sure this new try will be much better. Greetings and don't give up whatever you do.
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