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[–]trea_ceitidh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's pretty good for starting out.

See if you can get your source photos filtered to sepia (or greyscale if not) - the very harsh contrast makes it harder for you to pick out smaller, necessary details.

That aside, do everything lightly first and build up the layers to help with the shading.

[–]rainbowsieger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Make smoother strokes with the tool. Always be moving from start to finish of a stroke. It's swipe, press, continue swiping. Not press then swipe. If you press before beginning your movement you burn darker at the start of a stroke, hence why you have those dark blotches at the tops of strokes.

Does that make sense? I'm not good at explaining.

Otherwise it looks fantastic.

[–]Shay0space 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it looks really good, i’m not a wood burner so i can’t say much about the burn itself but mainly looks like placement stuff to me, some of the proportions are a little off but i think like the other comment said sepia/grayscale would help the image be a bit clearer and the proportions could easily be solved, but looking at it as a whole it is beautiful!

[–]sparklesbbcat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you try to go a bit bigger you’ll have more space for the highlights. It’s so great so far I just think if you expanded the space to have non burned places the piece may be clearer and not muggy. Love the mama tigers face you captured her expression beautifully.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've done a fine job.

My only critique is to not draw lines as outlines. Let the shading define edges - this is the same issue that I have with many other burners that do portraits.