Shading a close up

[Dave Gilbert]

Better than my usual work, but still... ugh.  Going for a noirish tough-guy shading look.

Any help appreciated.

[Kweepa]

Not bad, but you need to pay more attention to the form of the face.
There was a great thread, I think started by Squinky, where Helm or loominous sketched out lines on the face as if it was a 3d model, then lit it from there.
Here's my rough stab, lit from above, then from the sides, and finally both together which works better than I thought it would.

[ildu]

The second one is awesome.

[Dave Gilbert]

Greetings!

Thanks for the help, Steve.  I realized that the picture I drew was too big for what i had in mind, so I shrunk it down and applied your shading advice:

[Kweepa]

It looked a bit rough, particularly the cheek and upper lip shapes.



I also
* centred the widow's peak
* evened out the beard
* brought the eyes closer together
* enlarged the irises

The main problem I see now is the height of the upper lip - it's about the height of his nose - but it's disguised by the moustache, so perhaps it's ok.

[sergiocornaga]

The lighting is very good, but the face itself could use more detail.