[Maxmike]

Hey guys, been forever since I've been around here.

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Anyhow, if you have any comments or critiques, I'd love to hear them.
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[chaplin]

i like the posture of the face but just remember you are drawing that image and not any image previously saved in your mind. What I mean is look at the crests of his left shoulder, the light creates little triangles whose bottoms turn towards him -- but in your rendition the curvature on the clothes goes the other way.

Or the reflection of light on his glases, they touch the upper right of the frame, but in your image they are in the middle.

I really like the concentration on the image you drew -- render it a tad more and it would look even better. My two cents...
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Chaplin

[CwStone]

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What he said

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look at the length of his shoulder area (the end of it on the left to his chin) if u measure that and measure the width of his face, u'll realize that the shoulder area is longer than the face area. but in urs, its quite a bit shorter than the face area. IMHO, i think that enlargening the shoulder on ur pic would greatly increase the...uh...dynamicness of it. or just the proportioness of it. either way, i think u should do that.

but, other than those crits i think its hella tight and really captures the likeness of ur friend. which, IMHO, is the [img]hardest[/img] thing to do in making a portrait.
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-Chase

[Capt. Fred]

the first thing that stuckout to me was the mouth. i'd say you could study that a little closer. try snd match the subtle curvature anfd softness. someone once told me that the mouth was among the most defining features of an individuals likeness. And then i'd say in grneral that if you were so inclined, you could study the ref a bit harder just to in crease the accuracy and softness of shapes in general.

having said all that i definately think what you've produced is great, and is most of the way 'there'. hope your friend likes it. i'm sure he will

(cool tip which you may or may not already know: try flipping the image horizontally to see it afresh.)

[Maxmike]

wow, thanks for the tips guys, I've heard that flipping thing before, but it's been a while, thanks for refreshing my memory.

I've read all your comments, and they make alot of sense, I did some re-touching of the proportions (namely moved the ear closer and made the eyes nicer as well as shifting them down a tad) but I think I'll leave it at that and call it a learning experience. Thanks again!


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