03-09-2014, 11:22 AM
Hi Ji -- Nice start to your sketchbook so far!
As far as c&c goes, I'd echo pretty much everything that Hypnagogic said. (Especially about trying to avoid scratchy line work. If you're going to make a mistake, do it with confidence! You can always erase if a line is really out of place, so no worries. :D)
For your digital painting work, try to really push your values. You're not doing too badly for not having done many photo studies, but I think you could really make some nice focal points in your work if you utilize your lightest lights and darkest darks more. Adding just a few touches of almost pure white or almost dark black in a few spots can really draw attention to an area and make it pop! For instance, if you were to go back and darken up the eyes a bit more on your piece, then hit the iris areas with the highlight, you could really make those facial features grab the viewer's attention.
Practice your values by doing still life work -- grab simple objects from around the house and set them up near your computer. What areas are the lightest? Which are the darkest? How dark are they? (Do they close in to an almost black value?) Doing still life work will not only help you develop your eye for accuracy, it'll also help you develop your painting skills quickly. (It works out a bunch of stuff at the same time -- lighting/values, rendering form, learning to paint textures and, eventually, it helps a ton with color work!)
Keep up the studies!
As far as c&c goes, I'd echo pretty much everything that Hypnagogic said. (Especially about trying to avoid scratchy line work. If you're going to make a mistake, do it with confidence! You can always erase if a line is really out of place, so no worries. :D)
For your digital painting work, try to really push your values. You're not doing too badly for not having done many photo studies, but I think you could really make some nice focal points in your work if you utilize your lightest lights and darkest darks more. Adding just a few touches of almost pure white or almost dark black in a few spots can really draw attention to an area and make it pop! For instance, if you were to go back and darken up the eyes a bit more on your piece, then hit the iris areas with the highlight, you could really make those facial features grab the viewer's attention.
Practice your values by doing still life work -- grab simple objects from around the house and set them up near your computer. What areas are the lightest? Which are the darkest? How dark are they? (Do they close in to an almost black value?) Doing still life work will not only help you develop your eye for accuracy, it'll also help you develop your painting skills quickly. (It works out a bunch of stuff at the same time -- lighting/values, rendering form, learning to paint textures and, eventually, it helps a ton with color work!)
Keep up the studies!