critique

[fervent hedge]

Trying to get my comm sheets ready, can I have some critique for this

[rain seal]

this is beautiful, it feels very reminiscent of a renaissance portrait to me. if you feel up for a challenge, i’d recommend playing around with lighting and shading, using shadows and highlights to really highlight the planes and forms of the face, and even to add texture to the clothing

[fervent hedge]

Yeah, I've been trying to play around with it but its hard to get the colours right for vintage paintings

This is what I got but I prefer the one I sent better.

The chin is still a wip on this little play around sketch

[rain seal]

no no i love this so much!! i think you just need to play around with the values and make the colours warmer, with more contrast between the dark tones and lighter tones. but the chin and lips are looking fantastic so far!

[fervent hedge]

This is how it is so far, I don't really like it but if anything, I'd like some critique

The eyes are so difficult

I don't draw pupils since it's my art style btw

The eyes look so weird

And idk how to fix it aghhhh

[fervent hedge]

This is what I have so far but I'll still work on the left eye

I adjusted the lighting by looking at the values, is it better?

Added texture and fixed a Lil bit of lighting

So far so good, just the left eye and lips

[celest flare]

ayo bro this looks so much better than what you had at the beginning. i would go darker on the shirt shadows. the values are slightly off

[fervent hedge]

Yeah, I'll probably darken the clothes

I can see what you mean for values there

[fervent hedge]

@celest flare
Added more contrast

[opaque fractal]

So the left eye is sortof wrong, at the way left of the eye, the eyelids should cover it more.

The flower guy at the top who replied to you drew the shape of the eyes easier, try and refrence what he did

[fervent hedge]

I know and already have a reference in mind, I was just updating them about the contrast

[opaque fractal]

Oh ok

[fervent hedge]

But I'll take it in mind :)

[fervent hedge]

Procrastinated a lot, mostly art block but I tried to match the shape of the eyes in comparison to the reference like you guys said and it helped a lot

I didn't exactly match the position of the pupils since it seemed off like he was looking 2 different directions but is there anything I can improve, because I finally feel like it's finished

[fervent hedge]

Thanks for the tip btw, helped a ton :)