This is a sketch that I did on paper, then scaned, then retouched in photoshop, using dodge and burn. Some people don’t like that technique, but I do. I feel it works well with my style, rough-like.
Even though I consider this image as finished, I would appreciate som tips and pointers on how to make it more realistic, so I can improve on my next sketch. (Not working on one right now though)
Worked aprox. 3 hrs on paper and 6-7 in Photoshop.
Good job you have done ,but the shading on the face needs more work especially around the eye’s and the nose,it just looks too blotchy and seems to have no real structure,if you look at your own face with the light shining from one side you will notice that there are very definitive curve’s of shade that follow the facial structure.The line of the nose seems to go very straight from the corner of the eye down to the nostril,you could try makeing that line of shade angle more inwards to the bridge of the nose,if you look in the mirror at your nose you will notice a slight slant inwards and the line of shade along the nose travels into the eye socket.
The neck needs alot of work as well,maybe someone else here can go into detail on that for you,I must go now.
Anyway it is a good effort and just requires some fine tuning and keep painting with the dodge and burn tool if you want…
jud
Very very nice! but one thing that bothers me more than most is the nose, theres somthing wierd going on there, and I think its the shading, but other than that everything else is nice 
Thanx Jud and Ra1Der for the feedback!
These are the kind of things I need to know. I had not even noticed that the shading of the nose started at the corner of the eye. Thanx for pointing that out. I guess I get a bit blind to my own sketches sometimes. I have read that mirroring the image might make you see your own mistakes. I will try that on my next sketch.
About the neck. Yeah, I know it really isn’t finished. I was so focused on the face that I didn’t care about it. It brings the image down some what.
the actual shape is really nice, the shading looks strange, like bruised and stuff. try making it less cloudy and stuff.
I know what you mean about going blind,the problem is when you zoom in you tend to loose focus as you can’t see the bigger picture,for me I have to see the whole image while I am drawing or painting or the parts I zoom into start to look wrong and don’t fit with the rest of the image that is what I find most difficult about using a p.c to draw or paint,when drawing on paper it’s fine as I can see the whole image but when I zoom in on a p.c I can’t but what I do is to just zoom in and out every so often just to stay focused on the whole compostition.
jud
Thanx for all the pointers! I appreciate it!
SJames- Yeah she kinda look bruised. I try to have sort of a rough look in my pictures, maby I overdid it some. If you look at her neck it accually looks like she has a burn mark of some sort. Maby she has a bad boyfriend…
Jud- thanx again. You really nailed down one of my problems with this picture. I work much better on paper than on computer, much more control on paper. But I only have a mouse to work with when I work in photoshop, at the moment. I will try your suggestion, to zoom in and out more often, on my next picture.
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