No, I live in Sweden. It's that little penis-shaped spit of land at the top of a continent called Europe - you've probably never heard about it.
Hey, I visited Sweden about two months ago. You guys have some really unusual traditional Christmas meals.
But I enjoyed your coffee a lot (Zoégas <3) and returned home with a full coffer of those, along with a nasty case of bronchitis.
Issues:
1. No chin
2. Distracting asymmetry (look at the eyes)
3. No lower eyelid
4. No cheekbone
5. No cheeks
6. Vestigial nasolabial fold
7. Overall "flat" look - too much attention has been placed on the lips, not enough elsewhere
8. Incomplete portrait
Of course it's incomplete and lacking the listed components. It isn't finished yet and I most certainly do intend to add them. I wanted to do the facial features that torment me the most first. I just wanted to ask what has to be fixed before I continue and make the damage harder to undo.
About the eyes, there is something that irks me about them, especially the one on our left. Regarding the lower eyelids, I have some problems there and I'm not sure what to do. Whenever I add them, she looks horribly sleep deprived and they look more like eyebags than eyelids. I'm not sure how to avoid that.
As for the nasolabial fold, what if she doesn't have them? I can't actually see them on the model's face. They're usually not visible on younger persons, especially when having a neutral/serene facial expression and the muscles are relaxed. Should I go with the
draw only what you see or add them anyway?
The lips are too detailed? Since when is too much detail bad?
But yes, I see what you mean. I'll try to tone them a bit down and give the other regions as much attention as I can. But I'm actually happy with how the lips came out, but I see that they kinda don't fit in with the rest this way.
By the way, texts dealing with "idea facial proportions" usually tend to be bollocks.
Well most of them can be brought down to "split the face in two, add hundred horizontal lines across it and proceed to add desired face components on the line number __. Drawing from life and having a reference/model is much better.
The parts about the asymmetry, nasolabial fold, and lips sound right to me though. I would add that using a finer brush for the eyelashes, and detailing is going to be necessary. Using completely uniform brush strokes with the round brush draws attention to the brush strokes, and often, away from the idea that is trying to be portrayed and/or conveyed.
On a more positive note, I've been going through the thread backwards, and this is a great improvement over the earlier brushwork.
Ogdibus, thanks for carefully and patiently explaining everything. I'm glad you understand it isn't finished yet and are pointing out what areas could use improvement. I'll try to improve what I can.
Yes, I indeed need a finer brush. I tried doing the eyelashes with great delicacy, but it isn't enough. Any recommendations where to start looking for brushes more suited for this? I have little experience in that area :/
And thank you very much, I really do hope it's better than before.
Compared to other sketches, a totally non-skillful, boring line drawing of a ship.
I like it though.
How in the world do you upload your pictures?
When I tried to view it, my browser just allowed me to download it, but not open it in a tab.
Also, don't find it personal if you sometimes don't get much feedback. Sometimes the thread goes way to fast for everything to get noticed.
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