10-21-2018, 01:29 PM
You're very welcome, Shin. I'm glad it was helpful. I tend to be a very blunt person by nature and I always appreciate when people are the same to me in return with feedback, but I know it can sometimes be a touchy thing. Patting artists on the head for encouragement is all well-and-good, but it's not always helpful. I'd much rather someone address me directly and inadvertently add bit of salt in my wounds, rather than just sugarcoat issues to spare my feelings -- it's really the only way to improve.
Latest painting is looking much better (solid eyelids!), but I still feel like your brush is looking a tiny bit soft in some areas. It looks like you may either have the opacity or flow dropped down a smidge. In reality, you don't have to to do either of those things. Make sure both are on full (or the flow is down no more than, say, 70% depending on the brush) and then simply rely on pen pressure to regulate your opacity.
Her head/face as a whole looks a tad long in the nose/cheekbone area. Not sure if this is distortion from the angle we're viewing her looking up at us or not, but I would just copy/paste the top half of the head (to under the eyes) and scoot it down some.
Do some drapery studies to help nail down those fabric creases/wrinkles. (Heck, I need to do some of those myself. Creating convincing fabric folds can be a headache.)
Keep up the good work!
Latest painting is looking much better (solid eyelids!), but I still feel like your brush is looking a tiny bit soft in some areas. It looks like you may either have the opacity or flow dropped down a smidge. In reality, you don't have to to do either of those things. Make sure both are on full (or the flow is down no more than, say, 70% depending on the brush) and then simply rely on pen pressure to regulate your opacity.
Her head/face as a whole looks a tad long in the nose/cheekbone area. Not sure if this is distortion from the angle we're viewing her looking up at us or not, but I would just copy/paste the top half of the head (to under the eyes) and scoot it down some.
Do some drapery studies to help nail down those fabric creases/wrinkles. (Heck, I need to do some of those myself. Creating convincing fabric folds can be a headache.)
Keep up the good work!