[WIP] Second attempt at pixel art (portrait)

[Zigmat]

Hello again! You might or might not have seen my first attempt (It's located HERE).
I decided to try something different this time, a portrait (using a picture as a reference, of course).

I kinda like where this is going, but i'm having a few problems
*Can't get the teeth right
*The general feel of the face is kind of... funny
*I'm not sure how to shade the intersection of the face with the hair
*Haven't even began to shade the hair... It seems rather difficult

ORIGINAL:


2x


Well, any comments/critics/suggestions/paintovers are greatly appreciated by this newcomer.
Thanks for your time!

PS: Yes, the drawing kinda suck 

[ManicMatt]

Might I suggest a lighter shade of colour for their nose and chin outline? This colour is too dark and looks like you've drawn "over" the original nose with a pen, it's so darker.

Make that arm more round, it's too straight.

Also the outline of her chin has lines and not enough curves.

[Khris]

Why don't you post the reference, taking a look at it will help us helping you.

And you don't need to create a 2x-version, you can specify width and height using the parameters of the image tag:

Code: ags

[img width=www height=hhh]url of pic[/img]

[Zigmat]

Ok, small update here...
2x


3x

*Changed the outline colors of the nose and chin area
*Reworked the nose
*Slightly changed chin shape
*Made arm not so straight

Thanks for all the pointers! Any more help would be great!

Oh and the reference image is not so important since i barely used it to have an idea of the basic proportions and shape of the face.

[ManicMatt]

Suggested paintover changes:

Matched outline for skin on nose with eyes, arm and lips.

Reshaped her chin.

Reshaped her nose. (It looked too big to me, on a white woman, although I'm hardly a great nose drawer myself)

Made her right eye bigger.

Made her top so it's not perfectly straight. (The bit under her chin)

Had a go at shading her forehead.

EDIT: Also, maybe move her mouth a pixel to the left?