CRITIQUE ME! A Digital Portrait Sketch
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Gino Datuin
Hi, I appreciate you taking a look at my work. I attempted to apply what I've learned so far from the Portrait Drawing Course to this digital portrait sketch of Riz Ahmed (because Sound of Metal was so great). I'm also a complete beginner in making digital art, so I'm learning along the way as I do more digital drawings. I would appreciate any feedback on the drawing itself or advice on drawing digitally (I use Affinity Photo). Thank you in advanced and take care. Your fellow artist friend, Gino
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Yiming Wu
This one looks to me more polished than the other one you just posed here :D There are still some problems, but mostly it's about the use of digital tools. You can see your image looks almost flawless in thumbnail but if enlarge it, certain digital "softness" leaked out. E.g. the background is a bit fuzzy? Also the shoulder/background edge appears to be "not quite there", I'm not sure you could feel that. At your level, it feels to me if you just use a hard flat brush in your software to go over the image and provide some very sharp edges to it, that would look very nice.
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Gino Datuin
Thank you again Yiming! Thanks for the digital tip! It's been a real struggle to get used to the medium but hopefully with time and practice i'll get the hand of it. I'll use a harder brush next time! Now that you mentioned it, I think I only used two of the default brushes available. I'll probably just experiment more with brushes too. Happy drawing! Gino
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Sketcher Ameya
It is looking ok but try to make it more define
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Gino Datuin
Gotcha! I see what you mean when reading everyone else's suggestions too. Maybe harder edges in some areas? or did you mean more details?
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Gabriel Kahn
Hello there! Nice work, I love the expression! Your values are pretty good, but you are missing hard edges, almost all of your edges have been smudged, which really doesn't help the clarity especially on male faces. To avoid that you have to keep in mind the plane changes and the Asaro head could be a great help with that. The best places to show hard edges would be the edges of the face, around the eyes and the eyebrows, the bridge of the nose, and the edges of the mouth. Hopefully, I could help. Keep up the great work! :)
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Gino Datuin
Thanks Gabriel! Definitely working on memorizing those plane changes by heart. And thanks for the great photo reference you provided! Take care. Gino
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Nathan Haynes
I like his expression. You really captured some emotion here. I think his hair lost the magic, however, it looks like it's pressed up against glass the way you shaded it. Also bring just a little more light to his jaw so that it doesn't completely melt into the background, which probably isn't what you want considering his ear is lit.
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Gino Datuin
Thank you for your critique, Nathan. I see what you mean with the hair. I do find that I struggle simplifying the general form of hair. And good point on the jaw area. Makes complete sense when you compare it to the ear. Now that you mentioned it, I believe I was to concerned with utilizing lost edges that I forgot about the picture as a whole. I'll keep these in mind for the next one. Take care! Gino
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Sergei Acuña
Hi Gino, there's a really wild detail in this drawing I enjoy! It's the diagonal marks jutting out on his nose (around his left nostril), that's gesturing towards his left eye. There's potential in that small spot that, I feel, could take over and fill the portrait with intense energy. Which makes sense with the character in the Sound of Metal (at least the first seconds of the trailer). I'll have to check out the Portrait Drawing course!
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Gino Datuin
Hey Sergei! Thanks for your time. And what an interesting comment you made. I would have never thought of that! That's actually my haphazard attempt at indication of tone lol, but I see what you mean. I forgot to mention that I did want to keep this a rather loose sketch because I'm still getting used to using digital and I felt that the roughness does go with his character anyways. I'm glad it somewhat showed through! Thanks again and be safe. Gino
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Steve Lenze
Hey Gino, I think this is really nice. The features are all well placed and the expression comes through in the drawing. I think if I was going to point anything out, it would be your edges. There are three basic edges: sharp, soft, and lost. You have used soft and lost very well, but there are no sharper edges. This makes the drawing look soft and unsubstantial. You tend to find sharper edges in your focal point because they attract the eye. Also on cast shadows to differentiate between them and form shadows. That's something you can work on though, the hard parts you already have down pretty well. Keep up the drawing, your doing well, al least in this drawing :)
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Gino Datuin
Thank you for your generous feedback and compliments, Steve! The balance of edges are definitely something I'm working on. I also think this might be due to my lack of dexterity using digital, but on my next drawing I will keep that in mind! It's funny because I think when I do my traditional work, it can come off as too much hard edges. Again, due to lack of dexterity and control of my pencil. Exciting because that just means more time to practice! Thanks again. Gino
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