Self-Portrait [WIP]

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  1. Whisper

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    Kind of scary with the white eyes... but really nice otherwise.
    (p.s that was sarcasm, I know the eyes are white because you haven't finished them)
     
  3. Frag Man

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    Put those colored pencils away before you become lethal with them!

    Learn proportions.

    (Hint: The ends of a mouth always match up with the pupils of the eyes. Unless you cut your mouth.)

    Then read this tutorial:
    Colored Pencil Tutorial by *vantid on deviantART
     
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  4. Whisper

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    What do you have against the way I draw with my colored pencils?
     
  5. Phenomenal

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    Judging from the rotating pic of you in your sig, this looks really good so far in my opinion. My favorite part are the sideburns. Those actually looks really realistic. I'll be looking forward to the finished product of this because I've really liked the other ones you have posted so far.
     
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    The fact that it's poor. Just learn some basic black pencil shading or something. Look up proportions on a human.

    Then draw.
     
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    Also note that hair isn't one flat colour with line variation, hair has a shine to it. I was taught that where hair visibly comes out, is always lighter, and where it goes in, (roots, and waves in the hair, etc) it is darker.

    Maybe try to change that a bit.
    Looks good so far though.
     
  8. Whisper

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    There is shading but it's hard to see on this just because it's a shitty photo I took. And my proportions are correct to me, so too bad. Also, the lips don't take up that whole white space; that's just what I apportioned for making the lips in the beginning.
     
  9. pinohkio

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    ..... and yet you can still draw better than me :(
    it looks a little odd, like your head is vertically streched out, and the white eyes make it allthemoreso it looks good otherwise though keep it up!
     
  10. FrankFries

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    He looks like the luv of my lif- ESTHER!
     
  11. Whisper

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    ****, how'd you know my name was Esther :(
     
  12. M.Jelleh

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    The hair is done like a pro man. Just work on the shape of the lips some more. Obviously they are less symmetrical than they should be. Also work on the nostrils some more. They should be less like dark holes than they are. Look at some nostrils and pay special attention to the value.

    EDIT: My recent Self portrait
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  13. pinohkio

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    i hate to be off topic but i just couldnt resist...
    -...is your nose REALLY that big?
    i mean, it looks like you belong in a zelda game or somthing.
     
  14. M.Jelleh

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    lawl
    1. I'm Jewish.
    2. The angle that the picture was taken at really made it look bigger.
    3. I drew it a bit too big still.

    Compared to a lot of the Jewish people I know, my nose isn't really that huge. But yes it definitely is in that picture.
     
  15. Whisper

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    Reporting you for anti-semitism.

    And yeah, the hair isn't bad but it still needs to be adjusted for the actual lighting of the image.
     

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