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LuckyCherry [2005-10-14 23:16:29 +0000 UTC]

i have an aiki draw too!
check mine

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Safir-Kreuz [2005-01-27 02:37:39 +0000 UTC]

Really beautiful, and the color gives it's a very unique expression. (I like the violet concealled of the hair.)

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skritch [2005-01-26 17:13:00 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, sweet heart, you know I can't do it. I have to mention the eyes. LOL

But I will do it seperately and a little later in this piece. First of all, good use of shading and great use of coloring! The shading and coloring are impressionistic while looking natural. Reminds me a bit of some of the great masters.... The colors and shading in her neck alone is impressive. The porportions are good (for the most part, more on this later..) and the hair is well done and subtle. Excellent. My own color work is rarely this subtle.

Ok, the eyes. First her left eye. Quite possible the best eye you have ever drawn. Not to say it is perfect, it is not. But is has color, it has depth, it has intensity, it has highlights. Very detailed, very nice... What is wrong with it? I'll get to that in a minute.

The right eye. Also very nice. Much like eyes you have drawn before. Heavy upper lid (which works). Good green color, with highlight. Good shape to the eye. Love the fact that you have put shading in the white of the eye! Very daring, quite advanced.

So, I hear you saying, if all these things are true, why do the eyes bother me? Well, quite simply, they are different eyes. They don't match each other and we are used to seeing eyes that match. Without seeing the reference photo, I would have tried to combined the best of both eyes in both. From the right eye, I would have used the heavy blue of the eyelashes, the shape of the eye, the shading of the whites and the green of the upper retina. From the left eye, I would use the highlights, the detail, the depth. You are bothered, subconciously, because they are different - not because they are bad.

The only other suggestion I have is her nose. It is a little off. While the rest of her face is tilted downward, her nose appears to be tilted upward. Remember to try to picture things in three dimensions and turn them in your head, picturing how they change as you turn them As you build a sense of space, this will become easier.

Congrats on a convincing three quarter pose. It is quite an achievement! Looking forward to the next one.

skritch

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