10-26-2013, 10:23 PM
hey dude, nice sketchbook. In most of your paintings, you're not using the full range of values, and so your painting kinda lacks of depth and believability. try to fully render the volume you see according to your light source, you shouldn't fool yourself with little tricks, especially on the gir'ls portrait from the first post. Letting areas of uncertainty such as nostril, and having such highlights on the hair ( it follows the head's egg shape, so you only have one area of highlight and then the values decrease as the form turns away ) shows that you didn't think as hard as you could, or that you didn't try your best ! Push your thinking process to the limit dude, you'll progress really far this way ! keep it up !