• Lips - Another try at graphite
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I'm going to make a graphite drawing every night so I can get better, I'll only post the ones which I actually like so I can get opinions on them, that way I won't spam the forum. So, this time I tried to draw some lips, I'm kind of practicing all the parts of the face so I can get better at portraits. [img]http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7862/lipsres.png[/img] I used this [url=http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2110/lipsl.png]reference[/url]. It will be on my [url=http://d4rkspirit.deviantart.com]deviantArt[/url] as soon as it's uploaded there. Constructive criticism people!
It looks good. A few small proportion mistakes, but it's hardly noticable.
Wow, that is really nice.
Thanks a lot guys!
Awesome speculars. Don't be afraid to use more darks. great step up. [b]do not be afraid....trust in yourself......[i]trust...in the force[/i][/b]
It needed to be just slightly darker on the bottom half of the lower lip, but overall I liked the outcome. Artistic++;
Looks really nice but the theet are too small.
Not entirely sure about proportions but the 'colouring' (or what you could call it, shading maybe) is pretty nice.
Thanks everyone! Also, k00lwhip, I'm always afraid to darken the drawings a bit more, because I think I might ruin it and I need a kneaded eraser to take the layers out if I do. Need to buy one. [editline]08:42AM[/editline] [QUOTE=ddrl46;17426420]Looks really nice but the theet are too small.[/QUOTE] Funny, when I was drawing I thought they were too big. :v:
Teeth need to be a tad wider, but great job!
You aren't hitting the dark and all of your edges are too soft. Keep on going though, you're improving.
Thanks! Also, sebbonaparta, I shaded a bit more the lower part of the lower lip and it looks better now, and I didn't want to hit on the edges too much or they would stand out, I don't like the idea of the edges standing out like that. Unless I misunderstood what you said.
[QUOTE=DarkSpirit05er;17428158]Thanks! Also, sebbonaparta, I shaded a bit more the lower part of the lower lip and it looks better now, and I didn't want to hit on the edges too much or they would stand out, I don't like the idea of the edges standing out like that. Unless I misunderstood what you said.[/QUOTE] When I say edges, I don't mean lines. There are soft edges and then there are hard edges. A soft edge would be something like you have on the top right of your lip. The point where the lip turns to skin is blended and blurred. A hard edge would be on the left side of the top of the lip, where it's quite defined how the lip touches the skin... you could trace a line across it without any ambiguity of where to run your pencil. It's important that you make distinctions between these two types of edges. Don't put them in arbitrarily... think about why it would be a soft or hard edge. Form shadows (areas in the dark because they are turned away from the light source) have soft edges, cast shadows (shadows cast by other objects upon the subject... like an arm in front of a body, or even the nose blocking light to cast a shadow on the face) have hard edges, make the distinction. [editline]12:34PM[/editline] Also if you want to get better at portraits don't just do studies of the features. While it certainly helps to do that, you should also make sure to do studies of the whole face so that you can learn the proportions of the face and most importantly the structure/planes of the face. Keep it up. [editline]12:36PM[/editline] And one more thing... try and map out your shadow shapes better... just adding in values here and there can make the lighting confusing. It's important that you group shadows separate from lights, and make sure to keep even the lightest shadows darker than the darkest lights, otherwise you'll lose the illusion of form.
[QUOTE=sebbonaparta;17428833]When I say edges, I don't mean lines. There are soft edges and then there are hard edges. A soft edge would be something like you have on the top right of your lip. The point where the lip turns to skin is blended and blurred. A hard edge would be on the left side of the top of the lip, where it's quite defined how the lip touches the skin... you could trace a line across it without any ambiguity of where to run your pencil. It's important that you make distinctions between these two types of edges. Don't put them in arbitrarily... think about why it would be a soft or hard edge. Form shadows (areas in the dark because they are turned away from the light source) have soft edges, cast shadows (shadows cast by other objects upon the subject... like an arm in front of a body, or even the nose blocking light to cast a shadow on the face) have hard edges, make the distinction. [editline]12:34PM[/editline] Also if you want to get better at portraits don't just do studies of the features. While it certainly helps to do that, you should also make sure to do studies of the whole face so that you can learn the proportions of the face and most importantly the structure/planes of the face. Keep it up. [editline]12:36PM[/editline] And one more thing... try and map out your shadow shapes better... just adding in values here and there can make the lighting confusing. It's important that you group shadows separate from lights, and make sure to keep even the lightest shadows darker than the darkest lights, otherwise you'll lose the illusion of form.[/QUOTE] Great advice, thank you a lot!
You got a purdy mouth.
I hope you realize it isn't me.
Your lady friend's got a purdy mouf
[QUOTE=Perfumly;17429211]Your lady friend's got a purdy mouf[/QUOTE] It's from google.
someone on google's got a purdy mouf
Looking at the shadow, it looks like the lower lip juts out way too much. Try to make that shadow smoother.
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