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Yea. I settled on Chloe quick. When I'll be on PC, I might update the piece in case I finish the copper stripes orr it gets hanged back onto the wall (I had to leave it on the table before finishing for the day, as I was fixing her eye still)

I had a purgatory-unfinished sketch of the most realistic way I could draw Chloe possible. Annnd I took advantage of that, resketched it nnn then started on the canvas, as my boss requested.

For the canvas, he told me "Just draw me a portrait, in the style of the other worker that was here before, she's in the same school as you and a grade higher!"

SO I WENT ONTO MY MERRY WAYS THE NEXT DAY AND STARTED PAINTING. Results only started to look good on the 2nd time I got to sit down and work on it.

Only today, has the boss kindly called me out by giving me great and simple critique of "The nose is too big and dominates the canvas, plus maybe make the eyelashes a bit longer, so it diverts the attention off the nose, as the shading is too heavy on it."

SOOO. I FIXED THE NOSE SIZE. MADE CHLOE HAVE LONGER EYELASHES THAN USUAL. ANND FIXED THE LEFT EYE'S POSITION. (He didn't say anything about it but I noticed the eye was too unnaturally crooked so I had to repaint that entirely fjsjsjsj)

After he came back today, he went full-on excite "LOOK AT THAT! Looks way better now, don't you agree?!", wich I totally did. He was absolutely right, because I was trying to fix the nose, but never understood what the issue was, until he thank god made it clear for me. This is why I appreciate critique over compliments. They help and develop my art plus my hindsight to fix mistakes.

Though I won't forget that my boss on the first day said "Ohh look at her! Are you painting yourself?! She kind of looks like an angel, with whatever is on the side you added to her hair and all the locks, plus the eyes!"

THIS MAN. CALLED CHLOE AN ANGEL LMFAOO. Far from that tbh she's terribly incompetent in any social department AHCHSJFJDKKDKFK

I didn't tell him that it's my character I'm drawing. But my friends know. I doubt I'll add her glasses, as I don't plan to sit on it for long. I spent 6 hours total from all the 2 hours from 3 days I gathered, painting Chloe in a pure speedrun-attempt.

I'm ngl. For my first time of drawing a portrait I'm a bit proud. Not much but a bit, considering I managed to draw a fictional woman all by myself, without any reference. I usually heavily reference if I need it in realism, but this time, I managed on my own. It does show me, I've learned something useful, throughout drawing so much anime/mobian crap. I don't have to exactly practice realism, I just gotta know the rules, to get a head-start.

Point is; My boss is very pleased with the painting. I'm a bit happy about the realistic facial-structure. Gotta say, it does make me excited to draw again on a daily basis. I'm just lately giving myself a break, due to my mental health being so poor lately. I've been on a rollercoaster of emotions, as I'm still sometimes grieving, being in a cycle of anger and back to trying to not cry to total strangers because I keep being late due to bus-times not fitting with my school schedule perfectly, them being mad at me (reasonably so. I hate being late too.)

I love my new workplace so much more. I feel welcome and almost at home there, unlike the other store, tormenting me with a terribly blunt and rude coworker plus being a little too christian for my tastes (in terms of they were pushing their religion onto me AGGRESSIVELY, nearly being phobic against my russian orthodoxic faith).

With that; Hope you enjoy the post, while I'll continue focusing on my job and school first as priority. I got lots of tests coming. I've yet to understand how the new maths formulas work (I grasped a tiny bit all by myself already thank god so there IS hope...), that'd be about it on an update on why I'm so absent again. Fall-time is the busiest and stressiest time of my life, besides summer. It's more chill in winter/spring season.

With that; as per usual; Have a nice day/night. Might filler-post some art I did for a new close friendo of mine. Will defos pick up on making adopt-refs in my scraps happen again.

(Apologies in advance, in case I wont respond. My anxiety still is a little high again lately to talk to people that aren't EXTREMELY close to me enough.)

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Yea. I settled on Chloe quick. When I'll be on PC, I might update the piece in case I finish the copper stripes orr it gets hanged back onto the wall (I had to leave it on the table before finishing for the day, as I was fixing her eye still)

I had a purgatory-unfinished sketch of the most realistic way I could draw Chloe possible. Annnd I took advantage of that, resketched it nnn then started on the canvas, as my boss requested.

For the canvas, he told me "Just draw me a portrait, in the style of the other worker that was here before, she's in the same school as you and a grade higher!"

SO I WENT ONTO MY MERRY WAYS THE NEXT DAY AND STARTED PAINTING. Results only started to look good on the 2nd time I got to sit down and work on it.

Only today, has the boss kindly called me out by giving me great and simple critique of "The nose is too big and dominates the canvas, plus maybe make the eyelashes a bit longer, so it diverts the attention off the nose, as the shading is too heavy on it."

SOOO. I FIXED THE NOSE SIZE. MADE CHLOE HAVE LONGER EYELASHES THAN USUAL. ANND FIXED THE LEFT EYE'S POSITION. (He didn't say anything about it but I noticed the eye was too unnaturally crooked so I had to repaint that entirely fjsjsjsj)

After he came back today, he went full-on excite "LOOK AT THAT! Looks way better now, don't you agree?!", wich I totally did. He was absolutely right, because I was trying to fix the nose, but never understood what the issue was, until he thank god made it clear for me. This is why I appreciate critique over compliments. They help and develop my art plus my hindsight to fix mistakes.

Though I won't forget that my boss on the first day said "Ohh look at her! Are you painting yourself?! She kind of looks like an angel, with whatever is on the side you added to her hair and all the locks, plus the eyes!"

THIS MAN. CALLED CHLOE AN ANGEL LMFAOO. Far from that tbh she's terribly incompetent in any social department AHCHSJFJDKKDKFK

I didn't tell him that it's my character I'm drawing. But my friends know. I doubt I'll add her glasses, as I don't plan to sit on it for long. I spent 6 hours total from all the 2 hours from 3 days I gathered, painting Chloe in a pure speedrun-attempt.

I'm ngl. For my first time of drawing a portrait I'm a bit proud. Not much but a bit, considering I managed to draw a fictional woman all by myself, without any reference. I usually heavily reference if I need it in realism, but this time, I managed on my own. It does show me, I've learned something useful, throughout drawing so much anime/mobian crap. I don't have to exactly practice realism, I just gotta know the rules, to get a head-start.

Point is; My boss is very pleased with the painting. I'm a bit happy about the realistic facial-structure. Gotta say, it does make me excited to draw again on a daily basis. I'm just lately giving myself a break, due to my mental health being so poor lately. I've been on a rollercoaster of emotions, as I'm still sometimes grieving, being in a cycle of anger and back to trying to not cry to total strangers because I keep being late due to bus-times not fitting with my school schedule perfectly, them being mad at me (reasonably so. I hate being late too.)

I love my new workplace so much more. I feel welcome and almost at home there, unlike the other store, tormenting me with a terribly blunt and rude coworker plus being a little too christian for my tastes (in terms of they were pushing their religion onto me AGGRESSIVELY, nearly being phobic against my russian orthodoxic faith).

With that; Hope you enjoy the post, while I'll continue focusing on my job and school first as priority. I got lots of tests coming. I've yet to understand how the new maths formulas work (I grasped a tiny bit all by myself already thank god so there IS hope...), that'd be about it on an update on why I'm so absent again. Fall-time is the busiest and stressiest time of my life, besides summer. It's more chill in winter/spring season.

With that; as per usual; Have a nice day/night. Might filler-post some art I did for a new close friendo of mine. Will defos pick up on making adopt-refs in my scraps happen again.

(Apologies in advance, in case I wont respond. My anxiety still is a little high again lately to talk to people that aren't EXTREMELY close to me enough.)