Need help with a picture I'm referencing!

[mighty coyote]

Heyaaa, I need some advice on the colouring and shading 😦 I feel like my drawing is lacking something but I don't know what is it

[thorny burrow]

Contrast is what its missing. Create a layer „linear darkening” (or something like that, depends on the program) and make the shadows

Its going to force your colors to be dark and you can always lower it by reducing opacity

I would also make a big, blurred dot behind her to show depth behing her

Great drawing overall

🫶

@mighty coyote

Can I redline over it?

[mighty coyote]

Of course!!

[thorny burrow]

You dont need to follow the right one, cause you didn’t make her hand position exactly like the ref, but they still look properly

But her right one needs to move closer to the face

[mighty coyote]

THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH no wonder she looks so off 😭 🙏

[thorny burrow]

Ur welcome, byeeee

[terse prairie]

hey just came to say i freaking love flash lighting in artwork i think it always looks surreal and i love it so much ok byeee

[mighty coyote]

Update: I've tried adding some contrast and blurring the background so her face would be more focused! And I think it does look better thank you again for the tips!!

[mighty coyote]

AWW THANK YOUUU

[thorny burrow]

Much better!!! I love it 😍

[mighty coyote]

Yippeeee

[silent seal]

were you trying to recreate the ref one for one?

[mighty coyote]

That's the plan but I just can't seem to get the pose right

[silent seal]

u mind i use the image u sent to help?

[mighty coyote]

Omg yes plsss be my guess

[silent seal]

alright uh

corrected quite a bit

but i do think it looks more like the ref now

gottta give me a sec to type ts out

• shifted right side elbow to match the angle of the ref
• notice that the face is actually not facing the cam, but slightly skewed to the right, so just reduce the rightside eye size by a little, and make her look at the camera, and shift nose and mouth to match the skewed face angle
• when you're laying down and resting on your elbows, your shoulder will always be raised more than usual (to compensate for weight)
• after seeing the elbow angle, you can now use that to see how the body would rest (2nd image)
• lastly, tilt the bg/whole piece to match the energy and tilt of the ref image

@mighty coyote

[mighty coyote]

OH MY GOD THIS LOOKS SO GOOD IN FACT IN LOOK SO MUCH BETTER thank you so muchhhh I've learned a lot!!!

Omg seriously thank you

[silent seal]

i think the one thing that affected it the most is u gotta pay more attention to the ref fam

50% of my correction was just me painting according to the ref image LMAO

stuff like where the hand is placed in relation to her face

always compare the location of a thing to another, like how her body (in the ref) starts at the shoulders

didnt see that didnt ya

this stuff may not always be important for loose refs, but are VERY impt when your doing a difficlt angle or a study

good luck in future endeavors op

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