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[Value Study - Lucy Liu Portrai]

So is this traced or painted over top the original...?
It's hard for me to tell cause it's low res.

The values are nice and I hope you did get something out of it :)

BugsAndBooks responds:

Hello there
and thank you for having a look.

This was made with one reference photo (in colour). I used a Program called "Pure Ref" so I wouldn't be tempted to colourpick and/or trace certain parts because that would refute the purpose of the value practice.
I did however have to tweak quite a lot during and after painting, because I messed up certain parts of the first sketch and haven't been able to fix everything. So her eyes and parts of her neck still aren't exactly right but oh well, close enough. Because of that tweaking I chose to downsize the resolution, so the marks from the "liquify Filter" aren't as obvious.

But yes, I do think I did get something out of it even if it was just a bit of frustration-tolerance and the realisation that I really need to spend more time to perfect the first sketch ;)

Best wishes to you and have a wonderful day
Rahel

[RED MEANS]

I see what you're trying to show by having his feet up behind him, but really it makes it look goofy. I'd say, if you take that part out, we'd still get what's going on. I mean, it's safe to assume he has legs, why wouldn't it.

[hank]

Really cool composition. Though i can see you're having some issues on foreshortening. Best thing to do would be to gather good reference and see how it all works. Also, clean up and sharpen up the areas you want us to focus on. The brushy brush work is fun, but not all over.

[Sci-Fi Ice Mage]

Very cool effects. Although, you need to work on painting soft and hard surfaces.
What looks like her arm behind her (I could be wrong) is looking a bit stiff and shapeless. Study dat anatomy homeboy!

[Oh Captain, My Captain!]

This is awesome man!
I love Robin Williams, so my critique is obviously not towards the content.
I respect that you wanted to do a tribute and that's very nice. The line work you do is usually pretty clean, in this piece, areas like the hands could be cleaned up a bit. Also the way you chose to crop certain areas is awkward. For example the Robin Hood's feet or the center figure's hands. I can assume maybe you did this quickly and on purpose due to some areas having line-weight, but I can't know for sure :/
I've seen your process and it can definitely get meticulous and detail oriented, so it's just a bit ironic that you chose to make it look like this on content you seem to care a lot about.

Out side on that little bit, this definitely deserves Front Page and honestly would love to see a bit more art n here attributed to him.

[Riverend]

This is really cool to look at and it's obvious you put a lot of time into it. My only critique would be that her left arm (our right) is pretty short.

Luciaea responds:

Thanks for the tip! Much appreciated!

[Infected Mushroom]

you should send this to them, they'd probably really dig it!

[The Damned]

You've definitly got ths colors going in this one. I'd say that's my favorite part.
The main focal point is the chick but her pose is boring, aliong with the hardsh rim lighting, it hides her full figure making it really hard to see where her arms are and what she is doing. I can't tell if she is sitting or standing....or floating? Pretty much everything from the face, which has the most attention to detail, (guessing because it's the most interesting to you or you used reference) outwards the painting gets more questionable and "painterly."

zephyo responds:

thank you yeah sometimes I get a bit carried away with the face, thank you for the advice!! I will try to use it for future artworks.

[sanctuary]

This is awesome! I have that bird brush too, haha!
My only crit would be that, there doesn't seem, to be a focal point in the comp. There are like 2-3 things i wanna look at, and they're all competing.