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warrior1944 [2015-10-18 13:39:38 +0000 UTC]

First time I see you paint a human and not a dinosaur or prehistoric life, and damn that is one excellent painting and she looks great, good eye for details and shades

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arvalis [2015-09-14 21:32:46 +0000 UTC]

Since you requested critique, you really need to take a look at the neck area.  Did you have any reference while working on this because it doesn't really look like it.  Her head appears to be sitting too far back on her neck, which is giving her this awkward no chin look.  I would highly suggest finding some photo ref of a similar pose and taking another look.  Her thumb also creates an uncomfortable tangent with the side of her body with is really killing your illusion of depth. 

I'm also not real sure what the figure is doing.  If she is sitting you should indicate that, or at least have some depression on the butt to show weight.  If she is sitting her outstretched leg is perhaps a bit too vertical.

You've also tried to force pin hole lighting.  While I love the effect you're trying to get, you sorta went for a cheap method.  My guess would be that you just just put a black gradient over part of it.  Do you know how to use adjustment layers?  If so I would encourage you to try using brightness/contrast in conjunction with levels and hue/saturation adjustment layers for that effect instead.  Your color temperature is a bit muddy in a lot of places, feels too reliant on shading with black instead of color and lighting with white.  For this illustration maybe try color correcting to add a bit more orange to the light areas and a bit more blue to the shadows. 

Your form lighting could also use a bit of work.  Based on the light source you've chosen you should definitely see a cast shadow from the arm into the armpit and down the side of the body.  You also have chosen to use a lighter value on the hand on the knee but the knee is much darker.  If you want to use that brighter value you need to pay attention to the immediate surrounding areas.  You could also use some cast shadows from the breasts onto the abdomen.

I think you're doing a pretty good job, but the more advanced you get the more things can be critiqued.  You're definitely on the right track, just try working on your lighting and anatomy studies to really take it up a notch. 

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