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NOTE: What you see on the top is my CD player TT^TTJack Sparrow, as you can see (?)
I'm really practicing portraits nowadays- I'm also curious about the feedback I might get.
This is supposed to be Johnny Depp. I see the right eye might be a little.. uhh.. wrong. But the rest I am quite happy with. Expect the lips.
Hope you like~ (the drawing is too large to scan, so I had to take a picture, which made the lightning a little bit funny..)
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Other then the lighting and right eye thing. I saw this is a great drawing of Jack Sparrow
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Thank you. I see what you mean with the right eye thing ^^'
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First off, great job with the face and the shading. It works very well for the picture and the face looks like it's supposed to be. However, the perspective is off and the shading tends to be more scribbly than looking natural. With pencil, you should try to make your shading less visible, try blending the lead for a subtle effect. Good job over all, keep practicing (:
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thank you ^^ And I think I see what you mean by that the perspective is off. Thank you for the tip, I will really consider this the next time (shading, perspective.) It was overall a very good feedback
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No problem (: It's already pretty decent, just try practicing a little more
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A gentle critique:
My suggestion for getting better at drawing portraits from pictures is to draw what you see, not what you know. It's a tip that helped me a lot with my artwork. Another tip, and something I do for work I do, is to print out a low quality picture on a regular or cheap paper. Draw a grid on it. I usually do 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch squares. Then, on a larger paper and higher quality (if you have it), draw a grid to scale. So for 1/2 inch by 1/2 squares draw 1 inch or larger squares. Then work from the smaller piece, cover all the squares except for one and draw that into one square in the same place on the paper you're drawing on. Think of that square as a separate picture, and each square as pictures. Work from there and keep drawing squares, following the grid. This will help you with drawing to scale and keeping things accurate.
For something larger draw things in relation to each other. So for this figure out where his nose is in the original picture (if you're working from one). When you figure out where it will be, draw his eyes in relation to his nose. How are apart are they? How large? Then work outwards, keeping things in relation to each other. This will help you learn how to draw from life. It helped me out A LOT when I was drawing (now my hands shake too much to do this very often).
Here's some examples of the grid work: [link] Scroll through and you'll see my WIP of what I'm talking about. I used block coloring, and didn't remove the lines. You can remove the lines as you move through the picture, though.
I hope this is helpful!
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Yes, thanksalot
I will consider this the next time I draw a portrait. Drawing what I see and drawing in perspective are this I've already been trying, but practicing makes better.
And thanks again, for your time and advice
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