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Published: 2007-09-30 17:28:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 57; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 0
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Okay, so this is my first time doing a portrait in color pencil....I'm scared. *meep*
I tried really hard on this, but I just can't get comfortable with the feeling of layering colors. At first Sasuke (I know, I drew him again... but he's really easy for me to draw...) looked all yellow (jaundice, anyone?) so I added lots of brown and then... well, I don't know. I'm starting to think I should just stick to graphite.
And I like praise as much as the next person, but for this one I'd really really appreciate some advanced critique... or anything you can throw at me, for that matter.
Don't full view. Save yourself.
(Done with 12 Prismacolors and a mechanical pencil on crap paper. Around 3 hours time.)
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The skintone looks pretty normal to me? I mean, it depends on what his skintone actually is. He could possibly be a little pinker. A little pink never hurt anybody. XD You could also maybe darken the shadow under his chin, so he doesn't look like he's drawing back so much. Nice job with the highlights in the hair! Very shiny. The hair in the middle/back needs to be pushed back in space, however. Perhaps make it rounder. And darker. And get the hair going in less awkward directions. The rest of the picture is wonderful. But the hair is really throwing me off and hogging my attention.
The nose is awesome, I am just noticing (I keep scrolling back up to refer to it). Somewhat crooked (which could be on purpose...I don't actually know anything about that show). But I am in awe of your nose-drawing abilities. Especially from the front. Darn foreshortening kills me dead every time. XD
You could also make the indent under the nose (I know it has a name, but I forget what it is) a little more pronounced. And I am going to recommend you use more red. Because now that I take a good look at the colors, he is in fact a little yellow. So, more red. Not so much with the orange. Perhaps some purple for the shadows? I mean technically green works best. But I feel like green is the wrong direction to go in. And now that I think about it orange might work. And yellow, really. Just not a dark yellow. Make it a warm yellow.
Actually, it's probably a bad idea to listen to me. I really know pretty much nothing about color theory. My classes this semester are teaching me this. Fresco painting is kicking my asssssssss. That whole thing with the mixing dry pigments with water and painting with them and blending them appropriately before they dry in .046 seconds on the plaster, and in .07 seconds on the palette.... >_<
Boy, this turned into a huuuuge reply. Oops.
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Thanks for the (really helpful) comment! I get what you're trying to say about the skintone, but what I don't understand is what base color I should put down... I guess I'll just have to experiment some, eh?
Yeah, the hair just kills me every time. But Sasuke's hair is all over the place anime style and its just so hard to try and cross over to realism... guh.
Purple!! 0.0 I can't believe I forgot the shadows. Ugh, I'm so stupid. Well, on the next one I'll remember for sure!!
Thanks again for all your help!
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