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AuburnZero [2016-07-28 16:22:12 +0000 UTC]

Project Comment:

I'm sorry it took so long to comment, I'm busy, but I saved this because I really wanted to talk about it.  It's a striking image.  The colors pop and the shadows are dark enough to make the lighter areas really stand out.  I like your treatment of the lip color, the nose contours and the shadows in her hair behind her neck; your use of multiple hues in her hair add realism and interest.

But what most grabbed my attention are her eyes.  The way you've depicted them is intriguing and unusual.  I'll tell you what they tell me, and you can decide if that was your intention.  The eyes make her look robotic.  I don't mean empty or expressionless.  I mean, mechanical.  Not only are the irises much larger than normal (which I grant may merely be stylistic), but the orange ring between iris and pupil is not a normal feature of human eyes.  This ring gives new meaning to other details, such as the short radiating lines of texture you've included in the irises.  Within the context of robotics, those highlights take on new significance.

I think Dranica said about all I'd say by way of room for improvement.  Despite the shading on her shoulders, the lack of shading at the edges of her hair, and the sides of her cheeks makes her look a little flat.  I know it's daunting and difficult to shad a face and still maintain a feminine look.  But give it a shot.  You've got a good eye for how and where to add it, in general.  You highlighted her chin, rosed her cheeks and put slight shadow on her lower lids--great stuff. You might add highlights to the bridge of her nose and her clavicles, too, though, as well as above her eyebrows.

Nicely done.  I look forward to your other works.

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Dracina [2016-07-20 16:16:59 +0000 UTC]

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I really like this, the skintone is really nice, well shaded. It looks like an actual skin tone which can be hard to achieve. You're really good at highlighting and shading, especially the hair, it looks spot on! I can't get over the hair honestly, its so pretty. You have the highlights and shades looking natural without blending them into nothingness and they follow hoe the hair would fall (not just straight down).  There's only two things I want to nit pick on. One, I can still see some of the guidelines under the main picture. I'm sure its probably a style choice but it tends to be a pet peeve of mine personally. The other however is the shading for the iris. First tip I would have is normally the outside ring around the iris is darker then the main underlying color and its usually a little thinner. The other being that where an iris is close to an eye-lid there would be a slight shadow close to the area. It's a little hard to pinpoint where your light-source is coming from, but unless its directly head on, there should be more variation to the base color underneath the radial lines. I see the gradient there already but maybe bring it out a little more because it still feels a bit flat.  Now the radial lines look great, the only thing I would do is blend them a little more just at the edges but that's a style choice more then anything. And seriously, when the worst thing I can be critical about is something as small as iris gradient you know you've done good! (I'm not going to be getting over this hair, I'm so jelly of your hair skills)

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kyrawriter [2016-07-20 13:29:07 +0000 UTC]

Very pretty. well done,

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MarcoPellino [2016-07-20 07:36:21 +0000 UTC]

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The overall impact is nice, the colors are pleasing and soft shaded, her anatomy is quite right, she got very nice lips, and a little nose, she's delicious
But her eyebrows are strange, in a female portrait is hard to find such big eyebrows, when I draw a female I usually make her with smaller eyebrows. The shading of her face is good but can be improved. More shading on her glabella and on the right side of the nose could make this painting look better. This looks like a fast unfinished piece and more shading could make it looks better, is a nice piece but it lacks of volumes. The hairs are ok, they got a nice soft orange and they look good, but the left shadow, near her neck is a bit imprecise. Her nose is nice, lovely but still misses shadows on the right and the left side of her nasal bone. I've seen cartoons with only the point of the nose shaded but since you've put a line on the right part of her nose you can't ignore the shading because than the nose looks odd. The cheecks are nice
My general opinion is "a nice painting but more can be archived with a better and precise shading, this painting misses some volumes that would make it shine!".

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daMeowse [2016-07-20 05:01:42 +0000 UTC]

The colors are absolutely beautiful in this, I love how the vibrant orange color of her hair matches her rosey cheeks, nose, and lips I especially love the soft brushes you used for this, Definitely a nice touch! although I had to critique one thing it'd probably be the neck, it isn't as detailed as the rest of the picture, as there's usually a little V-ish shape (Like moni158.deviantart.com/art/Dra… , although not as visible, women still have these too) And I can faintly see an outline of your line work at the base of the neck and as well as a really faint line going down the middle of the whole head. Although, as a practice print isnt really too much of a big deal if you eren't worried about every stray detail and line. Over-all a great job, especially for your first time using a stylus! I struggled with my stylus and pressure sensitivity for at least a month

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Tevo77777 [2016-07-20 03:50:17 +0000 UTC]

That must be one good stylus and tutorial....

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Gojilion91 [2016-07-20 02:13:06 +0000 UTC]

This is an amazing drawing! Really astonishing!!

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