CGMythology's Sketchbook

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Okay, a disclaimer: I probably went to far with the paintover, and pushed it a bit back to the lifeless/plastic feel Fed was mentioning, destroyed your lighting, etc. but I thought I would share it anyways to demonstrate a few issues. 

Aside from what Fed mentioned about the drawing itself, there's several main issues that stand out painting wise:
- Her lips have a feeling that they still have lineart on them, so they don't quite fit in
- The eyes also have the same effect. The whites of the eyes are also so light in value compared to everything else
- When painting women (and trying to paint attractive women) being subtle is really key. There's a lot of strong lines painted in around her jaw and mouth, which really ages her and takes away from the overall appeal. It's totally cool to do smile lines and the philtrum, but it is a case of less is more when you're trying to make things look attractive. 

In the overpaint I:
- changed the values of the eyes and added in soft edges to make it more 'realistic'. Also made the eyes smaller
- softened her lips
- softened the lines around her mouth area
- made the overall face values less intense

Hope it helps!