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[Jopax]

So, with the aim of bettering my art in a more focused way than "paint whatever you feel like painting" I'll be doing a daily piece from now on. There will be monthly themes, focusing on my weak areas and going out of my comfort zone as much as possible. First month is faces and portraits.

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Any and all C&C is appreciated

[Randos]

So, with the aim of bettering my art in a more focused way than "paint whatever you feel like painting" I'll be doing a daily piece from now on. There will be monthly themes, focusing on my weak areas and going out of my comfort zone as much as possible. First month is faces and portraits.
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Any and all C&C is appreciated

Looks great!  Robert Downy Jr, right?  Some C&C:

I kind of feel like there should be more wrinkles as RDJ has always had those.    There is something funny about the hair line which I can't put my finger on.  It kind of looks like "the corner" of his hairline on the top right doesn't make symmetry with the other side.  I understand that the other side is getting covered up behind the angle, but still something doesn't seem right.  Did you try flipping it horizontally to check for mistakes? 

[Hubris Incalculable]

So, with the aim of bettering my art in a more focused way than "paint whatever you feel like painting" I'll be doing a daily piece from now on. There will be monthly themes, focusing on my weak areas and going out of my comfort zone as much as possible. First month is faces and portraits.
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Any and all C&C is appreciated

Looks great!  Robert Downy Jr, right?  Some C&C:

I kind of feel like there should be more wrinkles as RDJ has always had those.    There is something funny about the hair line which I can't put my finger on.  It kind of looks like "the corner" of his hairline on the top right doesn't make symmetry with the other side.  I understand that the other side is getting covered up behind the angle, but still something doesn't seem right.  Did you try flipping it horizontally to check for mistakes?

also, his facial hair seems... off. at least if it is RDJ.

[Jopax]

About the wrinkles, I used an image of him that didn't have that many, and I did skip doing a few of them, not sure why, he seemed alright without them. The hairline does look wierd, and I think I borked it but the image again showed it slightly borked. The facial hair was somewhat lazy since he didn't have that much and it looked like way too much texture so I just kinda lumped most of it together, the colour is off a bit too on there since it was somewhat bothersome to pick one of the million colours of his beard every few pixels.

Anyways, the image I used was this:
(image borked)

Since nobody posted we're doing an edit to bring in the second day piece, this time a knightly appearance by Sir Patrick Stewart!

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This one has some issues again, some of them I could have solved but I'm rather tired and wanted to stick to the one day one piece schedule. His eyes and mouth are what's bugging me the most :C

[Valtam]

That's awesome, Jopax! If only I knew how to color anything, I would be able to give some feedback... Well, faces are pretty hard overall, do you plan the portrait in advance? Or you just stick to a finished model/photograph and try to draw it from memory? Doing them daily apiece is a pretty neat challenge, I should try something like that...

I haven't done anything noteworhy with the tablet, aside from this:

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Will be posting more jerky humans pretty soon.

[Jopax]

Not much planning, pretty much pick a random portrait or picture off the net minutes before I start. I missed yesterdays tho, mostly because of procastrination and beer :C

Will probably miss the next few since I won't have the tablet with me. Probably going to scan a few pencil pieces instead.

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Heyo, back with the tablet again, need to make up for the lost days, this one was a bit half assier than the others I guess but I think I captured the feel of the original piece adequately:

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Edit^2:
Fourth one, SLJ this time mothafuckas!

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This one was a motherfucker to deal with, mostly because he has such a textured face it makes it hard to pick out colours and have them seem natural when I paint them.

[Muffindog]

Still not used to not seeing badass mechas from Jopax But it's nice seeing a change of pace with the portraits.

Here's something that's supposed to be a wip fanart of the latest episode of Bravest warriors.

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I'll definitely redo the grass, I just added it for show here

[Valtam]

Valtam here.
Still haven't improved a lot, but we'll have to go on. Again, it would be lovely to see these images recolored, and still receiving suggestions. Perspective is no longer wonky, at least, although proportions are still a bit flawed.

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Loving all the hard work seen here.

[Digital Hellhound]

Maybe not the usual fare of this thread, but I made a map a while ago! It's for a game here, and I think it turned out pretty well for a first-ever try (with tablet+Photoshop). Comments welcome.

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I think I'll start submitting stuff in general to this thread again. Last time was in, like, 2010.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

its nice, gives you the sense of the land well. Is it inspired by Tamriel? it seems similar both in shape and land types!

[Mr Space Cat]

It also looks like Australia. Except, y'know, slightly less deadly.

[Slayerhero90]

I think it looks like Russia and China had a child.

[Digital Hellhound]

I just had 'stretches wide horizontally' as the only thing in mind when I started, going for a sort-of Eurasia shape. Everyone keeps telling me it looks very similar to ______, so go figure. I guess it has one of those faces.

[Jopax]

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Randomish doodle with some textures thrown in for good measure. Any comments on the perspective? One of the rare times I used a grid to set it all up.

[Valtam]

It surely worked! Great job, Jopax.

The feet feel great, but I think the main body looks a bit leaned to it's right. Maybe it's just me.