Comment 84110

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Jan 25, 2011, 1:32:21 AM UTC
That actually makes things easier Smile

OK, lets see how I go here-

:snrmod: Firstly, if you're going to draw realistically and you normally draw in a manga-ish style, I suggest drawing off a preexisiting photo you like. You'll inherently put your own style in no matter how much you try till you've done a hundred of them, but atleast you're learning off an accurate source. This will help you get the form of everything. To make a hybrid realistic picture, you need to understand the composition and shape the face makes. You may have done it, but I'm not sure (just throwing it out there)

:snrmod: When you're drawing the eye, it's not a perfect oval. I'm not going to explain it because there's so many tutorials out there which explain it, but if you look at the tutorials on eye construction, it'll help alot Smile If you imagine a trapezoid, their shape is closer to one of those than an oval.

:snrmod: Your lips feel a bit low to me, but that's up to you. Just nose that the longer you make the face, the older they seem.

:snrmod: Expression. The BIGGEST (or one of the biggest)thing with all art is expression. When you know how to pull an expression off, alot of mistakes you may have will be forgiven. People actually don't care much about style despite what you think. If you can make them feel the character in thier mind, then you can have a stick figure and they'll love it. Give a determined character a smirk, a happy character an honest smile, a villian a dark grin, a goofy person a silly face.

:snrmod: Hair is a tricky thing to colour, but when you do it, make sure that your strokes are long unless you're wanting to make it look shaggy. start from the root of the hair, and finish at the tip. It'll give it the appearance of long strands of hair Smile

:snrmod: Last thing with realism, is that using shading to create depth if done correctly will give even a cartoonish face a sense of 3D. It'll always me mistaken for realism if it's rendered further than cell colour level.

Don't panic though! You've gotten to a good start Smile I see that you're trying for alot of the things I've meantioned here, and that's why I'm giving the crit- cause I can see you're trying. You have alot of basics down like the eye lid covering the eye which alot don't do when they start out, and alot of the features are definitely there. It's not easy trying out realism when you primarily do an art style completely different. Keep practicing, and it'll get easier Smile

I hope I was of help to you Yes

Comment ID 84110

[Art] Realism practice - IY ladies
Jan 25, 2011, 2:53:20 PM UTC on [Art] Realism practice - IY ladies
Thanks a lot; that was very informative and helpful. Smile

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