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Trigar [2011-03-13 18:46:19 +0000 UTC]

Pencil Club Mentor Critique:

Ooh, niiiiice!!! I love the intensity of his eyes!

Kyverica and JKLdesigns have each given you some great pointers on this piece and its original ref pic, so I'll not rehash what they've already perfectly said. However, one other little thing I would like to point out between this piece and ref that hasn't already been mentioned are his lips. They're much smaller compared to those in the ref pic and therefore throws off the lower half of his face.

When I do portraits (or anything really) and using a ref that I want to keep as close to the original as possible is I line things up and constantly check their alignment. For instance, the lips in the original line up with the edges of the coloured parts of his eyes. The left side (our left) looks like it lines up pretty closely with the original, however, the right side is actually too short by quite a bit. Finding points to line different features up with and constantly checking these points A LOT will really make a difference!

Absolutely gorgeous work! Keep it up!!!

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JKLdesigns [2011-03-06 03:18:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh it is very good indeed, I really love the shading and texture. Now looking at the original photo I can see that the face here is too long, therefore making the nose too long which is the feature that stands out the most to me. The chin in too narrow which of course made the lips too small as well. I don't want to repeat anything Kyverica said which were excellent tips as well. Still as far as skill goes I'd say top notch.

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Kyverica [2011-02-13 19:59:53 +0000 UTC]

Mentor Critique!

So... good portrait overall. The lips are especially well done. But, I'm sorry to say, its not the guy in the reference you linked. To help with that, here are some suggestions/tips.

1. The facial features aren't lined up property. This is by far the hardest thing to get right for most people. To see what I mean, look at his face. His eyes are pointing as if directly facing the viewer. His nose appears as if he's slightly turned away from the viewer, and his lips are turned even further than that.

In the reference we barely see the right side of the figure's nose, yet in your drawing we see quite a bit of it. Similarly, for his eyes, the picture shows the eyes at a definite downward slant towards the inside. Your drawing has the eyes on an almost horizontal plane, which makes it seem like he's look at you straight on.

2. The reference pic has a lot of contrast which really makes his face seem mysterious. Don't be afraid to go dark and be bold! ... Nevermind that I have a hard time with doing just that.

With those couple of tips I think you should be on target to making some great picture quality drawings. This one is very good and you should be proud. Let's now just bring it up to the next step.

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blood-red-ribbons [2011-02-13 14:42:38 +0000 UTC]

Wow...
How long did this take?

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XxTheLadYxX [2011-02-13 12:34:13 +0000 UTC]

wow! great work !
i love ur shading .. the eyes n the lips look perfect .. well done

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