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My recent attempt at painting. I did this entirely with reference (though I sort of "wung-it" with a lot of it).

Any thoughts from my fellow artists/painters would be much appreciated! I'm trying to learn so I'm open to any advice/criticisms if anyone has any. Mostly I struggle at adding more depth, I don't know if it's just because the brushes I use are so smooth or what but it feels too... "plastic-y" if you will. Yet I'm not really sure what more to do with it to combat that.

This was "sketch" material, not something I'd consider finished work. I was mostly focusing on her face, the rest came second. So I realize the hair isn't so detailed and her shirt has virtually no definition. I'll be doing more practice portraits and things later, hopefully with better reference that I can actually see, unlike the source pic used for this one.

Painted in Painttool SAI
Art by Horus-Goddess
Please do not repost, edit, trace or alter.

Description
My recent attempt at painting. I did this entirely with reference (though I sort of "wung-it" with a lot of it).

Any thoughts from my fellow artists/painters would be much appreciated! I'm trying to learn so I'm open to any advice/criticisms if anyone has any. Mostly I struggle at adding more depth, I don't know if it's just because the brushes I use are so smooth or what but it feels too... "plastic-y" if you will. Yet I'm not really sure what more to do with it to combat that.

This was "sketch" material, not something I'd consider finished work. I was mostly focusing on her face, the rest came second. So I realize the hair isn't so detailed and her shirt has virtually no definition. I'll be doing more practice portraits and things later, hopefully with better reference that I can actually see, unlike the source pic used for this one.

Painted in Painttool SAI
Art by Horus-Goddess
Please do not repost, edit, trace or alter.