Digital painting portrait
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Hi Guys,
I'm try to open my mind and just paint. No reference and just relaxing. But, to be honest, I still struggle with it. If you have a minute, I would really appreciate your feedback.
Thanks.
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Update: what do you think about?
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Hey there Thomas! I must say the portrait is looking pretty good. The placement of the features are very sound, and the lighting seems to be consistent. One tiny thing I'd just like to mention is that the tip of the nose looks as if its pointing a bit to the left. I think that it could be rendered a bit more to better communicate the form of the nose. But solid work nonetheless, keep up the good work!
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Hey there! Amazing work! :) I did a small redraw.
First of all, you should always simplify shapes when painting. It's especially important on the hair. If you draw in every single hair, it's just going to be messy.
I know you did not use references, but there is nothing wrong with using them. If you get to a point where you can't seem to figure out how something works - in this case, the drapery on her head - just google a pic of a headscarf.
There are also some smaller anatomy mistakes: The nose bridge is usually a much softer transition, her upper lip should be smaller than the lower lip, and lastly, the underside of her nose is a bit messy, you should study that. Also, I attached a reference for the mouth corners. Those are very great places to hide some details and speculars.
I hope I could help! Keep up the great work! :)
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Hi Gabriel, thanks for your time to give me feedback and made a quick paint over. Your painted folds are great and your anatomy quicks are very helpful. I will revise my work with your anatomy feedback. Thanks! ;)
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I am not the best with faces although i would say what jumps out at me is the neck collar area having a lot of contrast and sharp edges pulling focus away from the face. Adding some shade and softer edges towards the bottom of the collar should help some to keep the viewer looking at the focal area. hop that helps <3
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Hi Adriaan, I really appreciate your thought's. Yes, you are absolutly right. I should fix the hard contrast.
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A "little" remaster. Know I'm happy :D.
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Hi! I just wanted to pop in say that I really like the cut out effect of negative space your got with the rework of your painting. I think it looks much more powerful now!
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Hey, @Thomas Tarkotta , really great , especially without reference! If you're still taking critique, I would say that pure white is a color that's generally advised against in your painting other than for pure highlights. For white eyelashes, you'll often see an off-white or yellow color, but because it is surrounded by colors of darker value, still appears white. I would also darken the color of the white hood to a more off-white, because when you brighten it up to the closest to a pure white as possible, it throws the image off balance and competes with the focal point to the detriment of the image.
I think the purple hood went great with the image, but I would definitely study folds and the way things drape on spheres (which the head acts as, essentially).
Keep up the great work!
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This is looking gorgeous! I mean it when I say I don't see how you are struggling.
Is there anything specific you are finding hard to fix or do in the illustration?
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Thanks Jedidiah. I had to struggled with the texture and the perspective of her hood. How the folds have to be and now I'm not happy with the choosen color of her hood. ^^
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