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Published: 2012-04-27 05:16:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 5886; Favourites: 110; Downloads: 0
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I feel my wrist kind of numb, and my eyes are killing me. But I guess I have drawn my best rockstar yet! I used several references for this. The model I used to draw the face is Adriana Lima (well the title says it all) and this picture of her: [link]For the Marshall amps: [link]
And for some of the other BG elements and lighting I took reference from a drawing of: [link] Unfortunately, the drawing was removed a while ago, so I can only post the artist's profile. And finally, a used some other minor stock photos to give me ideas for the leather wear she has. Other than that, her figure was drawn from memory.
Also, here is the clip art I used for her tattoos:
The Heart and dagger: [link]
Snake and Skull: [link]
This took me about a week and hours upon hours of work. I used Adobe PS CS5 and the help of my wacom tablet
.EDITS: I changed a great part of the hair and its motion for it to look more natural. I also made her forearm with the heart and rose tattoo a bit longer, and its hand a tad bit larger. I reduced the size of her left eye (right in the viewers vision) and the size of her lips too. It is a pain to edit, but I really think everything looks like it should now
1. Are the proportions of the model off; are the facial features of the model too big and can they be improved?
2. Is the movement of the hair appropriate, or does it look unnatural?
3. Is the lighting on the model well done; does it match with the background, or does the lighting look off?
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Yep, this one was the one I meant, thanks for your comment!
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My two cents
I'm probably not the best to critique this piece, since I can't do anything like this. Personally, I'm more of a writer and photographer. But it's always good to step out of a comfort zone and try something new.
1. Are the proportions of the model off; are the facial features of the model too big and can they be improved?
To me, the waist is way too small. Especially with the flair of her hips and the size of her bust. Just way too hourglass-y (this may just be my own pear shape talking here). Her right hand looks too big and the wrist too small. The fingers on the left hand (holding the mic) seem abnormally long. The left eye and eyebrow look a bit big, and offline with the right eye, but that may just be perspective, since they are closer to the viewer. But the left nostril looks smaller than the right one. Kinda throws the face off a little. Oh, and her pants at the crotch seems to be pulled up on one side, giving her an almost lopsided crotch area.
2. Is the movement of the hair appropriate, or does it look unnatural?
The movement of the hair, as well as the positioning of the mic wire suggests she just pulled herself upright from a bit of headbanging, so the hair movement looks perfectly natural for that
3. Is the lighting on the model well done; does it match with the background, or does the lighting look off?
The main part of the lighting that I'm wondering about is where the blue lights are on her body? I would have thought there would be more blue light highlights in her hair as it was flung over her head. And I'm having to assume that the white lights on the heart and dagger arm are coming from the side of the stage, since we can't see ANY white light focused on her arm, just behind her. Other than those two points, I think the lighting is fine
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Well, still I gotta give thanks for taking your time in writing such a detailed critique! But some things just to let you know: I made the waist like that kind of on purpose since, well, I like small waists and big busts hehe, it may seem a hard waist to achieve in real life but that was really the point. I agree with the hands, I am definite garbage for drawing hands, I gotta get more practice as I almost ALWAYS have some sort of problem with hand drawing. I plan to make some anatomy studies on just hands to see how that plays out. I actually fixed and went over the features of her face, I think it may be more of a perspective, due to the side the head is turning. And about the pants, hmmm that is a very interesting thing to point out, I really hadn't noticed. Thanks for the comment on the hair, I took much pleasure in drawing it
PS: BTW, I see you told me you are mostly a writer and a photographer. Feel free to, at any moment, send me an inbox message, or note or whatever if you need a critique on your writing. I am only 19 and have written my first book (fantasy sci-fi genre) and I'm am right now in the process of editing. It would be excellent for me to review other kinds of writing while I'm doing this. So feel free to do so any time
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Thank you
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Oh! You don't have to worry at all, uncomfortable is my specialty. Besides my code of beliefs (which is input into my story as the new religion called Universalism) has already managed to piss a Christian off who told me I was going to hell haha. Besides, unorthodox themes are the most interesting and original right? However, I tried the links and the DA link said it couldn't be found and the other one gave me a "not found" error. Do you know what this problem may be?
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Hmm, not sure why the DA links said not found. But you can find the original of Fifty Years on my profile, and it has links to the other versions of it. And if you go into my gallery, you can find my Writing Experiments folder (second one). It has all the versions of Fifty Years as well as the prologue that I tried to send you the link to.
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Ok thanks! Sorry I'm getting back to you so late, my macbook charger killed itself a few weeks ago and I had to get a new one. I'll let you know, I read a bit from one and I like the whole prophecy, fantasy feel. Being a die-hard Lord of the Rings fan, it is really my style of writing
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no worries
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Thanks alot! Really appreciated
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I'm loving the atmosphere in this! It definitely looks like she's center stage at an awesome rock concert that I wish I'd been to.
1. I think the only big hangup I see is the size of her hands. They don't look big enough for how long her arms are. And on the hand that's holding the microphone, the fingers look very skinny, except for the pinky. Also her ear should be tucked closer to her head, as right now it looks like it protrudes at a strange angle. Otherwise her pose and expression are great, and you got the folds in the clothes very well!
2. I think the hair looks great.
3. The lighting looks great, particularly the way it highlights her hair.
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A concert featuring Adriana Lima as a rockstar (playing Evanescence type music)? Ohhh yeaaahh!!! Yeah, I have been having that problem with the hands like always, this is not the first time. I just seem to have a real hard problem with hands. I'm going to do some anatomy studies on hands to get the feel for it, maybe that will help. Otherwise, thanks for your critique! And the hair looks great cause I love drawing hair hehe.
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amazing drawing.
The colours are great and I love the tattoos.
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Thank you! Yeah, this piece was particularly made more with the purpose of lighting, so I really had to make it colorful.
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you're welcome :3
I think it is a great result
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This is the coolest digitized human I've ever seen excellent work my friend, beautiful c:
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Wow! Thanks for such an awesome comment! I love when work pays off
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This work is amazing and really did pay off c:
very gorgeous girl as well 
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It's Adriana Lima, what can I say hehe
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well if you ever meet her tell some kid said she's gorgeous ;D
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First of all, I really like the vivid colours used, her sensual pose, and I guess the overall lighting of this piece. You captured the foggy lighting behind her well. The tattoo of the heart looks brilliant and detailed but the skull isn't defined quite well enough for me. But at the same time you're not really trying to draw the viewer's attention to that arm too much sop perhaps it doesn't matter too much.
1. The proportions of the model are a little bit off but initially I had simply put that down to your style. I agree with some of the comments that the face is a bit big and the hands are too bony and small compared to her arms.
2. The hair looks quite brilliant - I love the way you lit it. But the volume of it is a bit strange - especially to the right hand side of it. The clump of hair sticking out there is quite large. Additionally, your hairline is a bit too neat.
3. The lighting of the model is mostly well done. You've got the pinks in there pretty well. However I'm not sure if the shoulder with the heart on it should be so softly shaded with white. That struck me as a bit odd.
This is a wonderful deviation! Keep up the good work!
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Ok, this critique works perfect for me! And thanks alot for the compliments as well
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1. Are the proportions of the model off; are the facial features of the model too big and can they be improved?
I think her abdomen is too long and her waist is too small compared to her ribcage/pelvis. She's like an apple core. I think she has too much butt. Female butts aren't as round as the male brain wishes them to be 
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2. Is the movement of the hair appropriate, or does it look unnatural?
I think the stylization is a bit too neat. Her hair reminds me of textbooks and it doesn't give me that wild feeling. .
3. Is the lighting on the model well done; does it match with the background, or does the lighting look off?
The light from the back needs to be a different color. When I first saw this, I thought she looks fat but then I realized it's only because the light at the back are also skin tones in another setting. The lighting on her hair is actually gorgeous, but on her body, I feel there's not enough colored lighting, or maybe the areas affected are too specific. This is a pretty hard setting you placed her in.
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Thanks for your critique! I'll make sure to revise the points you and others have been pointing out.
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Very nice, and I love all the details (I never have that much patience!)
As for
1: The facial features don't look too big to me, but her head looks a bit too large compared to her neck and body. It may just be that she has big hair, though.
2: The biggest problem I see with the hair is that it's inconsistent. The half closer to us is fanned almost 180 degrees. While this is possible with sharp movement, the back side of her hair is going straight down. It should really be swinging out as much as the front portion.
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Ok, the problem with the hair shouldnt be hard, besides, I LOVE drawing hair! haha, as for the head, it is hard to see really whether it needs a fix or not. Some others have told me there is a problem with the size of her arm with the rose and heart tattoo, I just don't know how much bigger I should make it.
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Eh, I suck at proportions, so I'll keep quiet on the subject.
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damn! shes got big boob's! and colors and shading are perfect!
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Hahahaha thanks! Yeah, I drew the breasts, no reference there. Plus, she's a rockstar with Adriana Lima's face, how much better can it get?
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mmm i don.t know maybe if she had a big ass would that help?
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You know it is kind of funny that you mention that, because she did have a bigger ass in the original lineart, I tweaked it and made it smaller because a friend told me it looked abnormally big lol
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Great painting man
As a small critique though, I feel like her hand holding the wire is too small. Perhaps the whole arm as well?
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Hey thanks man! Yeah I really wanted to take it to a whole new level on this one. Yeah I know, I dont think it's too small in terms of length because I measured it several time and it is about the size of her face, but I think its more of a width situation. I will fix it when I have the time though hehe.
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Thank you so much!
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