Pixel Joint Forum: female portrait

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   Recently I've been working on this portrait and I'm kind of stuck. 

non dither

dither

not sure which is better I think I'm leaning towards non dither. Also there's something going on with the neck but I'm not sure how to fix it. Any critiques are highly appreciated. 

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Adcrusher Commander Joined: 04 January 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 148	Topic: female portrait Posted: 18 August 2010 at 6:50pm
	Recently I've been working on this portrait and I'm kind of stuck. non dither dither not sure which is better I think I'm leaning towards non dither. Also there's something going on with the neck but I'm not sure how to fix it. Any critiques are highly appreciated.
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ultimaodin Commander Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:20pm
	Do you have a referance image? Right now they look like their made out of clay? Is that purposeful? It may just be me but the angle of the face looks odd compared with the hair? Fells like it should e a 3/4 view rather than near on side view. Which might I add the eye and the mouth look like they have two different perspectives. I'm not one to quote on anatomy though.
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:20pm
	neck and head seem to be at different angles, with the neck at 3/4ths and the head in profile. nose and mouth are in profile, eyes are skewed toward 3/4ths. ear is quite large and a strange shape. i'd recommend shading the hair is chunks/blobs and getting the lightsource down before carving out locks. shoulder/body very small for how large the neck/head are. also lightsource for head and lightsource for hair appear to be opposite.
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Adcrusher Commander Joined: 04 January 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 148	Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:29pm
	http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/93178/93178,1246303856,2/stock-photo-beautiful-young-female-face-with-long-beauty-hair-as-background-32866621.jpg thats my refrence. update on shoulder placement. i tried to make it more like the refrence, even though the body is straight on and the face is profile i guess turning the neck. Thanks for the crits so far keep them comming Edited by Adcrusher524 - 18 August 2010 at 8:29pm
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My lil Pwny Seaman Joined: 18 August 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:13pm
	when you polish it up, make the hair cast a bit of a shadow. and as it is the head looks kind of flat and kind of 3d I'm not quite sure how to go about fixing it though. maybe it's because your not done shading?
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Manupix Commander Joined: 05 November 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 771	Posted: 19 August 2010 at 2:05am
	The ref you use is not very helpful. Being cropped on the left doesn't allow you to understand the structure of the body in these regions; even if you plan to crop your own image similarly you need to know what is left out as well as if you didn't crop it; also the photo's light is ~~lousy~~ undefined on the neck area so you can't guess volumes properly. Find others with similar poses. It's better to work from several refs anyway. Even if you follow one more closely, having other angles / shadings in mind can provide helpful hints.
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