03-18-2014, 08:03 AM
I'm a bit late with this reply but looks like I've only liked your post in zombi mode without commenting :P Love the foreshortening that is going on in your life drawings! Also nice curves. About the issue with no shadows - why not use some of the poses (those with the most unfavorable light conditions) for just doing a very neat and carefully measured drawing? Focusing on bones, muscles and whatever is visible on the surface, ignoring the shadows for the time of being.
Itachi's mouth: From that angle the upper lip should be bigger than the lower lip I think, although that depends on his physique of course. As for making him prettier, a dirty trick I use for that is the liquify tool... just pushing around features (chin, nose, the outer line of the face etc) until I find something that looks better than before. Has saved me numerous times. As for making him more pretty and girlish (hopefully not stepping on anyones toes here - that's entirely a matter of opinion of course). I would start with pushing the bridge of the nose down a bit (so that it is straight or even slightly curves the other way), but leave the tip/lower part of the nose which looks perfect and really beautiful to me. The I would lift the jawline and/or chin up a bit. Eyebrows are also good to play with as they have a great effect on the character (which looks more sorrowful now - fits him, I think).
Itachi's mouth: From that angle the upper lip should be bigger than the lower lip I think, although that depends on his physique of course. As for making him prettier, a dirty trick I use for that is the liquify tool... just pushing around features (chin, nose, the outer line of the face etc) until I find something that looks better than before. Has saved me numerous times. As for making him more pretty and girlish (hopefully not stepping on anyones toes here - that's entirely a matter of opinion of course). I would start with pushing the bridge of the nose down a bit (so that it is straight or even slightly curves the other way), but leave the tip/lower part of the nose which looks perfect and really beautiful to me. The I would lift the jawline and/or chin up a bit. Eyebrows are also good to play with as they have a great effect on the character (which looks more sorrowful now - fits him, I think).