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It’s time for level 2 critiques…portraits!
I’ll be looking through your portrait submissions and giving advice and tips on how to improve on common mistakes.
Newest
@dbd1000
1h
tried drawing another one with a new reference and focused mainly on the 5 values.
critique & tips are very welcome.
@toniitooflyy
3d
Intermediate Values Study Exercise, left pic is before tutorial, right pic is after watching. Very humbling.
Zenalda
7d
Tried my best! Would love some feedback :)
Meg
23d
Wow some amazing submissions here! So inspiring :) I had another go after this critique with a different portrait photo. Felt good to apply the techniques onto a new subject.
Thrace Kelsick
1mo
Level two submission
Samuel
1mo
Looking for feedback/critique. Thanks!
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13d
I think you did great capturing the likeness. I like the full size drawing but one thing I really liked in the thumbnails was keep the side of her face by her lips all in shadow. When simplifying values, especially the face, sometimes it's better to leave it all in shadow like you did there. It helps push the light values forward and give the illusion of depth. Good work!
@scides
2mo
Well, another try before going to the next lesson
Tanner
2mo
1st attempt. struggled a lot with the lips and the nose. Any suggestions and critiques always welcome.
@haranpnyo
3mo
Second attempt but actually simplified
@puka
3mo
Not sure it looks quite like the model, but tried to focus on the values. Definitely had to step away from my drawing several times as my brain got confused about which values to capture. I'll try another image after watching your observation video. Whatever input you give me would be appreciated. Also, I tried not to outline at all given what I did with the pear.
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3mo
Likeness is difficult to capture, don't worry too much about that at this point. I think you did a great job simplifying. The only shape I don't agree with is the light value shape in the shadow area under the eye on the right. I see why you decided to made that shape lighter because there is a subtle value shift there, so If you were using more values than just 5, I think that would make sense. But Because we are using such a limited value scale here, I think it looks a bit too stark. Hope that is helpful to you :)
@desialece
3mo
i watched the demo and critique videos and redid… I like the proportions a lot better on the second try
@peanut_head
1mo
Pretty impressive, in my limited opinion you did a great job.
@gavinotheelf
3mo
Second attempt at this after procrastinating for so long
@anastas
4mo
I've been working on my mistakes. Tried to simplify the shapes as much as possible in my mind. Of course, for me, “simplifying” is very difficult, I'm tired of this portrait, haha (no offense to the model). In the last version I used a different paper, and its surface is different from the previous version.
@moon_flower
4mo
#1 was before the demo, #2 after, and them #3 after the critique. I definitely had trouble simplifying in the first 1 but improved in the next 2. These took much longer than the pears for sure. Open to any critique
giggy
3mo
the stylization is beautiful oml
folk
4mo
i’m lingering here a lot, sorry for that,
this is 3.5 months progress when i started, not a big jump, but i do think it improved. i understand planes now, but my hand eye coordination still sucks, and i dont know which to blend in, which to leave with hard edges, but better than nothing
folk
4mo
doesnt look like him much, but you know what this looks like human so ill take it as a win
credit left pic https://this-is-not-a-slow-burn.tumblr.com/post/781109093029019648
Jai Vid
4mo
hey so i used stylization using a picture from the 1991 film thelma and louise and wanted to try a polygonal view but i did use tracing as a base so any tips or any feedback would be helpful. thanks!
@ason
4mo
the one on the left was before demo, the one on the right is after. And oh my gosh, there was a huge difference. I'm not used to doing portraits, but I did consider myself ready for level two, and I'm glad I did it. Did take awhile and almost gave up while doing the pre-demo sketch, but I would say I did enjoy the process a bit more. :)
Karim Walid
4mo
Tried to do the project with a different picture (looking to be critiqued)
Karim Walid
4mo
The first attempt was before watching the demo
The second was after watching the demo
Looking to be critiqued
(I drew digitally)
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