12-11-2013, 09:14 AM
You are right, you females are much better than your males, but I think the males are just a matter of practice.
I did a paintover on the chick of a couple of things I noticed were a little off. I hope it's not too presumptuous.
1. The hairline was a little too close to the eye and the eye was too far to cam right, so I moved it more towards the centre line and rotated it slightly I think.
2. The lighting was a little inconsistent, its the classic sort of portraiture light (no idea what its called, all I know is that my bougarauaurauara study had the same lighting and I jumped at the chance to apply what I learnt even though it wasn't on my own piece lol) So I downplayed the side plane of the forehead, lightened up the side of the nose because it would be facing the camera, added some light on the neck and the crease next to the nose since thats a very small plane change.
3. Applying the anatomy I learnt of the neck, I added a trapezius which was a little too low even for a female and a sternocleidomastoid muscle. I think the neck may still be a bit too long, not sure.. still something I struggle with myself.
4. I changed the make up a little since it made the eye look like it had makeup painted on the eye, because the bottom of the eye would be very subtle since it is in the light. I find it easier to paint no make up because I have no idea how make up works (I'd make a terrible drag queen, even if I do have the legs to pull it off ;) )
I hope this made sense and was beneficial... I may have wasted my time, and missed a tonne of stuff but I enjoyed doing it so.... at least I had fun :D
I did a paintover on the chick of a couple of things I noticed were a little off. I hope it's not too presumptuous.
1. The hairline was a little too close to the eye and the eye was too far to cam right, so I moved it more towards the centre line and rotated it slightly I think.
2. The lighting was a little inconsistent, its the classic sort of portraiture light (no idea what its called, all I know is that my bougarauaurauara study had the same lighting and I jumped at the chance to apply what I learnt even though it wasn't on my own piece lol) So I downplayed the side plane of the forehead, lightened up the side of the nose because it would be facing the camera, added some light on the neck and the crease next to the nose since thats a very small plane change.
3. Applying the anatomy I learnt of the neck, I added a trapezius which was a little too low even for a female and a sternocleidomastoid muscle. I think the neck may still be a bit too long, not sure.. still something I struggle with myself.
4. I changed the make up a little since it made the eye look like it had makeup painted on the eye, because the bottom of the eye would be very subtle since it is in the light. I find it easier to paint no make up because I have no idea how make up works (I'd make a terrible drag queen, even if I do have the legs to pull it off ;) )
I hope this made sense and was beneficial... I may have wasted my time, and missed a tonne of stuff but I enjoyed doing it so.... at least I had fun :D