05-28-2013, 06:25 PM
Heya Nika... nice consistent start to your sketchbook and i already see a bit of improvement showing through. My advice for your skin tones in particular is to really focus on getting smoother value transitions between your regions of light and shadow and maybe blending between areas a bit more. Also since you are doing predominantly character work, do studies of the skull as well as musculature and anatomy. Suzanne Helmhighs portrait class in the mentoring section has some great exercises for you to do that I think would really help as there is an underlying structure to the face mostly around the eye sockets and brow ridge that i think you aren't quite getting yet. Keep pushing!