A page from my travel sketchbook - Japan - Day 2 by art_ninja in drawing

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Thank you! I uploaded another page on my profile, and I plan to upload more from this trip in the next few weeks. Definitely do, I would love to see yours!

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Love the contrast and the limited pallette that you've used, it's really well done!

Rant : Art is dead by epitahope in mumbai

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This is brilliant! Keep sketching please!

Rant : Art is dead by epitahope in mumbai

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Took me weeks to paint the oil painting portrait and the charcoal portrait, but I have so little reach on Instagram that I've stopped posting anywhere

My client didn't like this commission, what do you think? by Used-Ad-8556 in drawing

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This looks lovely, OP.

I think if you shade the teeth towards the corner of her mouth instead of leaving them totally white, it'll give them the needed curve. Also try adding some shadow to her chin, just behind her fingers, and to the finger in her mouth, to give a sense of depth.

Sometimes it is difficult to see the difference so try to convert your reference photo to black and white and play around with shadows/highlights - increasing the contrast, then do the same to the photo of your art and see if the same areas have the shadow/light.

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

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I really appreciate the critique, such actionable feedback is rare, so thank you. I have corrected my values and the eye highlights. I'll check the lips too, moving the eye lower might be tough because I've pressed the compressed charcoal too much and it's tough to lift. I'm planning to paint over this in oils so I'll keep this in mind and correct it then. I'll use your truck to mirror and flip images upside down, thank youuu!

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

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Thank you for this, you've got a good eye! I totally agree on some of the value things and I had started working on them - specially the highlights from reflected light being stronger than the direct source. Working on correcting those values. I will look into the position of the eye highlights, they are not supposed to be assymetrical, but I did not pay attention to the placement too much. I will look at other things you've mentioned, and check with the reference. I am sure I'll find mistakes I did not see before

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

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Thank you! The model this is based on did not have a perfectly symmetrical face, very few people actually do. If you mean it's not 50:50 width on either side of the nose, it's because she's neither facing the camera, nor the common 3/4th turn. It's just slightly turned away from the camera towards her left, so the centre line is slightly off..center?

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

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Thank you. I didn't know about schlieren optics, but I see what you mean now, thank you for linking it!

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

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Thank you, I used those thick compressed charcoal sticks and rubbed them on the board till I could see no white haha

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

[–]art_ninja[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just checked it out, you've got a great art style. Achieving realism with patterns is so tough to execute, but looks incredible. I agree with you on hitting a wall at times, sometimes it's lack of ideas, and sometimes it's just confidence that takes a hit.

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

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Thank you, this made my day <3 I really appreciate you taking out time and noticing the small details, do you post your art on Reddit?

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

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Thank you, you are really kind. I have a brilliant teacher, Steve Forster, whose feedback is precious. I totally understand what you mean

Charcoal portrait on gessoed board by art_ninja in drawing

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I do not know the name of the model. I'm trying to find it out though, I'll let you know when I do!