Dude, she's totally winking at you! [sketch]

Al_Ninio · Fri 27/08/2004 09:57:15

Well.
This is more of a doodle than a sketch, 10-15 minutes.
It's kind of crappy, but it's 12pm, I've been up for 24 hours, and um, I can't draw

I should really work on anatomy, figure drawing etc., but whenever I try to, my proportions get funky and I get discouraged, and stick to head drawing.
Which I'm also not that good at.
So crit it, please.
Be harsh.

(And yes, I did make her wink because I couldn't get the other eye to look right [still doesn't look right, but meh]).

Ozwalled · Fri 27/08/2004 10:09:01

Well, one of the eyes does look a little slantier than the other... All around, it's pretty nice, though.

Daz · Fri 27/08/2004 11:29:58

:O winking! at me!

Very nice Highwagal.

But one thing i have notived that myart teacher always bugged me about is the bones under the skin. On this picture you haven't made them very pronounced. Another thing is that, even though this is a picture of a youthful lady, she still get wrinkles where the skin has compressed like where she is winking! at me! so add some more wrinkles there (not to many).

I think thats about all i can pick out at the moment. Nice

. I love the hair for some reason.

-Daz

TheSaint · Fri 27/08/2004 11:31:47

hehe u cheated a bit by making an angle between head and image sides but still if u make an axis u will notice that her right part of head is bigger than left(wider). there is another thing - eyebrow is in not very natural position coz its raised on wrong eye. when u wink other eye raises brow and its lowered on winking eye. plus eye is just closed and not winking on ur picture.

Al_Ninio · Fri 27/08/2004 11:39:34

Quote from: TheSaint on Fri 27/08/2004 11:31:47
hehe you cheated a bit by making an angle between head and image sides

I don't really understand what you mean here.

Quoteif you make an axis you will notice that her right part of head is bigger than left(wider).

Actually, if you look closer, you see that what makes it wider on the right side is the hair. Both sides are approximately the same size.

Quotethere is another thing - eyebrow is in not very natural position coz its raised on wrong eye. when you wink other eye raises brow and its lowered on winking eye.

Ah yes. I notice that now. It looks... awkward.

Quoteplus eye is just closed and not winking on your picture.

Yup, I noticed that too.
Problem is I don't really know how to make it look like she's winking.

Gord10 · Fri 27/08/2004 15:41:36

Hey, nice picture

I've edited it a bit:

loominous · Fri 27/08/2004 18:33:52

Some pretty sloppy modifications:

I removed the rings simply because I don t like jewelry.

(and yes, the hair looks crap).

Edit:

Some things to consider:

(i) A nose that is too small will just look weird, not make it cuter.
(ii) Eyes that are so large that the distance between them is less than an eye s width will make the model uglier.
(iii) The ears should be roughly the size of the distance between the eyebrosw and the ears.
(iv) The upper gap in the upper lip should correspond to the size of the lowest part of the center of the nose.
(v) The pupil is rarely larger than about half of the iris size.
(vi) The eyewhites are rarely larger vertically than about 75% of the iris. (if the whole iris is visable, the character will look scared or surprised).

Al_Ninio · Fri 27/08/2004 18:52:34

Man, Loominous, as usual, you've made my day.
I'm going to go study your modifications a bit.
So damn helpful.

TheSaint · Fri 27/08/2004 19:11:58

Quote from: Highwaygal on Fri 27/08/2004 11:39:34
Quote from: TheSaint on Fri 27/08/2004 11:31:47
hehe you cheated a bit by making an angle between head and image sides
I don't really understand what you mean here.
Quoteif you make an axis you will notice that her right part of head is bigger than left(wider).
Actually, if you look closer, you see that what makes it wider on the right side is the hair. Both sides are approximately the same size.
Quotethere is another thing - eyebrow is in not very natural position coz its raised on wrong eye. when you wink other eye raises brow and its lowered on winking eye.
Ah yes. I notice that now. It looks... awkward.
Quoteplus eye is just closed and not winking on your picture.
Yup, I noticed that too.
Problem is I don't really know how to make it look like she's winking.

hair cant make head wider at one side in that particular way my friend, its just not propotional, if i grab some time i will try to edit it to make my point.

cheers

Al_Ninio · Fri 27/08/2004 19:14:08

Would you like to see a picture of me as proof?

Chronos · Fri 27/08/2004 19:36:27

She looks cute, nice work!
Btw Loominous, how have you done to make the lines that clean, i have gimp and i'd like to do the same.

Al_Ninio · Fri 27/08/2004 20:05:40

Say, Loominous, would you mind sharing your edit with construction lines and all?
Unless you didn't use any.
Also a non-animated version would be much appreciated.

loominous · Sat 28/08/2004 00:56:31

Glad you found it helpful.

Didn t use any constructionlines when I did it, but they re easily added.

Here s the cel shaded frame (somewhat cleaned up):

Quotehow have you done to make the lines that clean,

Not sure if they re very clean, but I would guess it s a matter of doing single strokes instead of multiple (I stink at them though so I have to redo the longer ones about 10 times (just keep your hand on ctrl-z and keep going until it looks decent)). The varying thickness can be difficult do achieve without a tablet, but is fairly easy when using curves.