02-02-2014, 04:47 PM
Nice update.
Just did a really quick paintover on that last portrait you did. Its easier to demonstrate that way. Keep in mind things like pupils, corners of the mouth, cavity of hair below the ear and nostrils will, as a general rule, always be fairly dark compared to the rest of the image. Pupils 99% of the time are always the darkest black on the image. Using this as a reference point for the dark boundary you can see that the darker shadow plane of the cheek as lacking in value and by adding this, mostly above and blow the eye, you can add a lot more depth to the image.
Hope this helps
Just did a really quick paintover on that last portrait you did. Its easier to demonstrate that way. Keep in mind things like pupils, corners of the mouth, cavity of hair below the ear and nostrils will, as a general rule, always be fairly dark compared to the rest of the image. Pupils 99% of the time are always the darkest black on the image. Using this as a reference point for the dark boundary you can see that the darker shadow plane of the cheek as lacking in value and by adding this, mostly above and blow the eye, you can add a lot more depth to the image.
Hope this helps