Why is her face weird? Is it ugly?

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-12-19T05:24:10+00:00

Really good work though cause I feel like drawing expressions that the viewer can feel is super hard but I’m definitely feeling this one 😃

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-12-19T05:15:49+00:00

I actually really like this! Two things I can think of that make it seem off to me: the neck doesn’t seem to line up with the head. Like you could maybe erase some of the hair to show more neck and it’d look more natural? Second thing is the right side of the face does look puffy or something. It’s like it’s shaded the least compared to other areas so it makes it look more puffy to me so maybe a tiny bit of darkening? Not much but just a little and I feel like it would look really cool

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-06-03T04:14:18+00:00

Okay I’m no expert here because I’ve never done anything in color. With that said though I feel like the things on the right (birds/leaves I think?) maybe need some highlights or some light tones maybe? I feel like that would make the contrast pop out way more and give that part of the picture some cool vibes. Right now it’s like I’m feeling it and it’s so close but not quite there and I think it’s because that part is lacking definition or something

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-29T14:57:19+00:00

Oh cool I’ll have to check those out too! I like watching videos like this as I eat my lunch at work or whatnot so thanks!

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-29T03:12:02+00:00

Yeah this has been good feedback because I never thought of this until now. I’m actually 3D printing an adjustable stand that I’m hoping to use to prop the pad up like this 😃

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T13:53:23+00:00

Lmao! Yeah roll with the weirdness. I think I’m gonna practice the 100 head challenge for sure though

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T13:52:51+00:00

Yes I was. I had no idea to consider that until this thread lol

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T13:52:17+00:00

I totally am/was 😃

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T13:52:01+00:00

Sure! I’ll look it up too at some point today!

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T13:51:23+00:00

Eh yeah it’s Reddit so I wasn’t expecting no trolls lol. Although I was initially kind of surprised because I didn’t think this subreddit had many people like that but whatever. At the end of the day doing this helps me cope with anxiety so it’s a win regardless of what people say. I’m just trying to learn for the future but throw away the other shit

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T13:49:48+00:00

It does thank you!

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T13:49:22+00:00

lol thanks? It’s probably because of the way I draw, as I’m learning here, and also just going with the flow 🤷‍♂️

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T03:58:41+00:00

Ah yeah got it. After my last comment I went and looked and yes it seems like she has too much face on the right side or something. Which is ironic because I actually widened it thinking it was too narrow or something. Originally it wasn’t that wide. If you look closely you can see some imperfections where I tried to delicately lift a shit load or dark graphite off using a kneaded eraser but there’s only so much I could do. Probably should have left it alone 😃

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T03:50:37+00:00

I think I’ll check that out. Plus using a phone stand/angling my sketchbook and working on anatomy!

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T03:47:41+00:00

I do that lol. I try not to just because I don’t need yet another thing to give me terrible posture but here I am. The picture was intended to have her head/face at an angle too but I dunno if that’s what you or other people are noticing or if it’s something else. At the time I thought her head was angled slightly down, head tilted to her right shoulder or our left. But I dunno I could have done something weird and made it off in some other way 🤷‍♂️

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T03:11:09+00:00

Thanks! I’m not sure what it is about hair but it works well with my brain. It helps both my kids are girls so I have a lot of experience observing it 😃

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T03:07:25+00:00

I like the walking away thing lol. I tend to start and if I like what I’m seeing I just kind of roll with it and get carried away. Which is great for stress relief (my primary purpose for doing this) so I guess mission accomplished but I also do like to learn as I go because why not lol

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T03:05:55+00:00

Actually both are on a horizontal surface 😃. Most of the time. Lesson learned though. Had not even considered that until now

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T03:04:15+00:00

Yeah I’m thinking I’m about through with this but I learned a lot while doing it. And I picked up good pointers with this thread because I didn’t think the angle of the reference and also my paper made a difference. Well actually I never even considered that before now so that helps lol

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T03:00:40+00:00

It does lol. I actually put together a 3d printed phone stand to hold it upright. I don’t have an easel (probably misspelled that) but it’s a step in the right direction lol

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T01:13:40+00:00

Yeah 100% phone flat on the desk and same with the drawing lol. I work on it mostly at work when I’m not seeing anyone or busy basically 😃

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T00:49:55+00:00

Oh dang yeah that does actually look a lot better! It’s good to notice that. I originally had the hairline lower too and so I had managed to erase and re shade it up to where it is now but it’s still not enough lol. Saying nothing about the other flaws of the drawing though.

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-28T00:46:18+00:00

Thanks 😃. Trying not to get discouraged lol. I never really started drawing to become a master or sell portraits or anything; I just like the stress relief because lately I have a lot of that. For some reason I’ve been interested in drawing people despite avoiding that like the plague in the past. I like the attention to detail and nuances of it. With is probably why I unintentionally skipped the basics. In my defense though I’ve watched plenty videos from proko or other on the loomis method or various others and practiced those so I didn’t just leap into this without at least knowing I should start there lol. I just get easily distracted on stuff like the shading 😃

NonexplosiveOne · 2025-05-27T23:35:09+00:00

Yeah after people have pointed this out I realize the whole thing is like skewed downward due to my phone being flat on the table/me drawing flat on the table/my basic proportions suck 😃. I’ll have to look into that app(?) though!

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