11-10-2021, 02:00 PM
Nice painting! Cool to see the process. You do get kind of a ruan jia quality with the colors. I might have to steal that bust reference it looks really great to paint.
If I may, Just looking the process, the one flaw i see with it is that every stage kind of waffles a bit on the specifics, like you kind of go back and forth on where those shadows are, and in the end I think the form could be clearer on the jaw and cheekbone where it ends up less distinct than in the ref. A bigger color temp contrast in the shadow might look good, too. It's something Ruan Jia seems to do a fairly often, like a bluish light and reddish shadow. But looks cool!
If I may, Just looking the process, the one flaw i see with it is that every stage kind of waffles a bit on the specifics, like you kind of go back and forth on where those shadows are, and in the end I think the form could be clearer on the jaw and cheekbone where it ends up less distinct than in the ref. A bigger color temp contrast in the shadow might look good, too. It's something Ruan Jia seems to do a fairly often, like a bluish light and reddish shadow. But looks cool!