I don't know if it qualifies...
I made this image using GIMP, in my spare time. Feel free to criticise the picture and insult its author. :P
(http://img240.exs.cx/img240/9081/twarzdoforum5qs.png)
I like this - very creative. I like her sweater. Very nice use of texture. I wouldn't change much - back graonds a little stale though.
Your mother dresses you funny!
On to critiques:
1. She needs a nose, not just nostrils.
example of how to do this simply:
(http://www.eslkidstuff.com/images/nose.gif)
It's just three curved lines, but it plainly looks like a nose.
2. She has a teeny tiny neck. The neck is usually about a third of the width of the shoulders, and the head is just barely wider.
3. Turn down the opacity on your dodging. When a colour goes white, you're dodging too light. Hey, that rhymes!
Hey! I have a sweater like that. In fact, I'm wearing it right now!
Quote from: DragonRose on Sat 05/02/2005 04:53:231. She needs a nose, not just nostrils.
Not necessarily. Several French comic book artists tend to represent noses by just the nostrils. Check out this image (http://dugueta.club.fr/Images/Laureline/front1.JPG) by Jean-Claude Mezieres, and this one (http://www.tabaccheria21.net/RaccoltaImmagini/manara2.jpg) by Milo Manara.