I did a head practice, please give feedbacks :D
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Yiming Wu
So I tried to paint a head from reference image in digital. Although I've been drawing some heads on paper and also have done some digital paintings, this is however my first time painting head study in digital. Maybe 1.5hrs or so. Done in MyPaint. I felt the head isn't tilted "enough", and several places have some measuring problems, otherwise I couldn't really judge because I don't have any "formal" figure drawing experiences, so please give me some feedbacks, like should I blend more in those smooth areas (because I use a hard brush)? Or could you guys share some of your processes regarding how to handle the "flow"? Thank you guys! On the side note I experimented a bit with colour variation, although the ref is black and white. I kinda liked the result.
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Gabriel Kahn
Hey there! Great work! I really like your shapes although you should think about some soft edges as well.
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Yiming Wu
Thanks! I see it indeed made some differences :D
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Jessica Harrison
Your painting is looking good! I really like how you've pushed color variation by pushing those purple tones. You can play a lot with color variation by keeping the value the same of the color but adjusting the temperature. This will help give it that vibrating/energy effect. I feel like you could push some softer edges in the form shadows such as along the cheek and forehead where the form is slowly turning away from the light.
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Yiming Wu
Thanks! I think I could blend more around those areas. They look quite hard at the moment.
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oliver lindenskov
Honestly, I think your own feedback for yourself is pretty spot on, as far as I can tell. I would just do it again, and try to get the right tilt of the head and work on smoothnes of transitions. You have good unity in shadow and light shapes as far as I can tell. As Peter said a light lay in before you start adding tones makes it a lot easier to gauge things like tilt and proportions.
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Yiming Wu
Thanks! I'm not quite used to light lay-ins, on paper I draw heavy and erase a lot. But sure... I see everything draw quite light. I may need to practice more. If I do those lightly my hand is gonna jitter very bad XD
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Peter Anton
The flow that I learned is: 1) block in: using lines to establish shadow shapes 2) add shadows: only one value. Forget about all that reflected light. Squint to simplify and compress shadows! 3) add transitions. This is where we add the midtones If this sounds like a way you want to work, Jon Hardesty's "Essentials of Realism" on Schoolism is great. I'll attach some images of the stuff I've done as his mentee. New Masters Academy can also teach you cast drawing
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Janna van Vliet
I really love this. I totally downloaded the image to flip the canvas to maybe spot something helpful. But I think I will just have to agree with this art work. Really well done! Also, Jon Hardesty is such a knowledgeable and skilled artist, 10/10 recommend. I hope others will be able to help you better then me :D
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Yiming Wu
Oh! Thanks for the suggestion :D. I'll try to see if I can do these steps in digital in a comprehensive way :D
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