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While his eye could be turned a little more towards his nose, I think it looks fine. If you ever need to check this in the future though, you can always hold the drawing up to a mirror. I hope this helps!
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Thank you for your suggestion using the mirror.
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May I please have some feedback on this piece? I always make sure to look for feedback on my artwork so I always know what to work on and where I can improve 
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Thank you thank you! This was super great help! And thanks for the advice for how to set up my work area, im sure there is an easel i can find online. In the meantime I have a bunch of left over college textbooks i can work with. This is fantastic feedback 
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Hi
For a quick reply: yes, indeed the small preview shows a nice volumous face that looks neat, while it does look a bit more messy at close-up. Still a nice work, especially for the first realistic attempt.
I noticed the slight inconsistency in light/shadow direction: chin suggests light from the left, but left eye is in deep shadow,and forehead is brighter on the right as well. It can happen if you used photo ref and some falling shadows from other objects were cast on the face, but since this here is a separate portrait this can cause some subconscious doubt.
The chin, mouth and under nose area are most nicely done. I also like how you use lots of hues here.
Nose could use a little bit more contrast, now it looks a bit flat and blurry, the shape doesn't read well. Again, if you checked yourself on a photo, it sometimes happensΒ that things become too close in values on photos, but with paintings it's sometimes better to exaggerate a bit, to make shapes more clear.
The eyes need more tone variation to stand out more, I think. You can check the tutorials like this one:
In realism the important step is learning to make eyeballs darkened and volumous, treating them like glossy spheres shaded by eyelids and eyebrows (when we have deeply set eyes). I see that you used darker color for eyeballs, and didn't forget the pink area in the corner, and the shape of iris, all this makes it a valid attempt. But shadows and maybe some glossy highlights will make them draw more attention (they say, eyes are first thing we focus on when seeing a portrait, mirror of the soul and all that
As for the texture that looks rough from closeup - I can say that I like rough paintings with visible brush strokes that look smooth only from a distance. I think it doesn't have to be fixed - it can be a style. But with such drawings it works better if you are more brave with contrast and hue variation, to make it more "artsy", then the roughness will only add it some charm. The area I like on this drawing (lips, chin and such) look just fine to me with this kind of blending. I think if you add contrast to eyes, nose and maybe a bit more color to the skin, it will look great this way
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Hi there, this is my goal piece for 2020, I want to get it the best I can possibly get it by the end of the year. I'm stalled out though and need a little help. I think I need texture? but I am not sure. I know the clothing still needs work, this is a living work in progress
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Howdy! I just joined this group and wanted to see if I could get any critique/crit. on my art!
Any art in my gallery really, but hereβs one piece if you want. (10 minute sketch)
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Hi
This is a pretty high quality art here! So I shall be picky and point out all the lesser issues cause you look like an artist who can pull through and make their work look perfect
First, the pink highlight you use has some issues as of now. The color is bold and makes a stylish color palette. Yet, when using such a saturated hue, you are bound to work with light that is not actually very bright (compared to white light). So, when you put reflexes on the skin you make the mistake of highlight being darker than the lit area, that makes the rendering look dirty in these areas. Best way to avoid this mistake is to check yourself in grayscale - the highlights should remain lighter than the main tone.
Another issue about this pink highlight is that it's not fully clear where this light comes from, judging by light direction - if left hand is the source, then why is the right arm lit from above? If not, then why is the area next to left hand the brightest one compared to all other places? Also, the highlight on the leggins looks flat on top (compared to how you shade this material in all other places) - it lacks soft edge on the border between shade and light, and the border itself goes as a straight line, not follows the volumous shape of the leg. I really like how you render this leggins material in other places - the light/dark border on the left thigh, and the way you show muscle through the fabric, it all works together nicely, so this bright pink part needs to match this quality
Another thing I would like to point out as possible improvement - with your drawing level you should start looking into global illumination, reflections and ambient light. All these give your art a more rich look. With this you can add hue variations to your objects, based on their surroundings, to both make them look more interesting and rich, and to make the painting more unified.
Here, I would suggest first of all to add blue reflexes from the dress on the white belt, and, more subtly, on the skin. Red leggins can give a little bit of reflexes too, but less bright than the blue, cause the color is less saturated. The way you made reflexes on the golden line along her skirt is very nice, you can try same with other objects. Also, you made a beautiful orange reflex on the golden S-thing on her back, but it looked subtly off to me while I was looking more closely at your drawing, and when I asked myself why I realized that there's no warm color nearby to give such a reflex. Since there's a lot of blue instead, it could actually work to switch to more green than orange colors on that gold.
Also, it would add a nice touch to give some hue variation on the areas that are filled with single color - yellow fan, blue dress, white headdress.
To sum it up, the rendering looks pretty cool, except for the pink highlights on the lightest objects and highlight shape on the thigh. And the rendering can become even more cool, if you play more with color reflexes from saturated objects on all nearby surfaces.
Keep up the good work!Β
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Glad to know this was helpful
(Want to point out once again that your skill looks quite impressive already, which is why I've been throwing all the improvement suggestions at you
Good luck on your way towards perfection!
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Hello!
I'm just wanting to know if the colours look off on this piece,
something just looks off and I'm not sure 100% what:
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It needs more shading with the colours and some parts are way too dark. Also not much light. Good luck!
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Cheers, mate.
I'll try to work on it.Β
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Youβre welcome
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Cheers, mate!
I'll try to work on that.Β
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Can you help me see if I need to improve my design for Ominous, please?
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I don't want to be annoying or anything, but I would like to know what can be improved as a whole, what am I doing wrong? I receive a few favorites, then nothing, I don't get comments or feedback, making me think I'm doing stuff not worth commenting on, or if it's just not good enough.
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...I uh, I would love to write out something for you but, all I can really say is, Thank you.
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Aye guys!Β I have been here in a year but doesn't do much here... Since I'm about the to do with my very OC for the first. That one? Well...? I use it a "mascot" of works for the future? Yes. Here's the Initial Draw. I named here Gleah and going to work with atleast a month. My initial colouring is ranges to Cream, Light Cream and White as for her fur and hair while the The others are ranges to Gray, White, Black, Turquoise, Cyan, Magenta, and Light Blue as you see in her Glasses. It's pretty obvious that was "inspired of" my works so far here in DA so that's why?! Any suggestion? Feel free to wander around in my DA if you like too~? *smile nervously*
And Happy New Year!
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Hi
So, what question do you have about the work?
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I would lean towards lack of content, and the fact that you haven't been here for very long. In fact, you are doing great for someone who has been here close to two months. There are always people who will fav (some) works in your gallery and not watch you, and it will happen regardless of how skilled you are, and with a small gallery it is easy to fav most of the artworks.
When it comes to your gallery I would say you are fine. You have a consistent style and the artwork is of high quality. In the beginning you posted quite a lot of portraits - most of your gallery does consist of female portraits - but the artworks are still easily distinguishable, and the newer artworks also have fullbodies and some different subjects (as "the Knight" and "Daughter of the Valiant"). If you continue to have a mix like that I would say you are just fine. This will generally mean switching between subjects (different females works fine, a long as there are noticeable differences on the hair, clothes, etc.), portraits vs. halfbodies vs. fullbodies, having different color schemes, etc.
In short: a lot of people fav work without watching the artist, and this is not in any way your fault. Continue what you're doing, as you are doing just fine.
And, of course, happy new year to you too!
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I always go by the "quality over quantity" rule. Your gallery will naturally become larger over time, and there is no reason to post things you don't want to post just for the sake of getting a larger gallery.
I see you have already posted some traditional works, and those fit right into the other works as the style is the same.
You can also post sketches and not have them in the featured gallery folder, but instead move them to some subfolder like you did with the baby Yodas. That way you can keep the featured folder more "clean" and colorful.
And trust me, you get even more confused when they like 60+ artworks without watching... 
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