portaits
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Printed Date: 12 September 2025 at 9:43pm
Topic: portaits
Posted By: Alex Pang
Subject: portaits
Date Posted: 19 August 2012 at 6:58am
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I want critique on this:
Its a self portrait in progress, and basicly there are more upcoming. 
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Replies:
Posted By: -
Date Posted: 19 August 2012 at 7:16am
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Either give a suitable background for the portraits or change the color of the outlines alone. It looks odd.
As for the faces, they look good although the face on the first row third column or in other words the one in the middle of the top looks like she has faded away or something fix that. |
Posted By: Alex Pang
Date Posted: 19 August 2012 at 7:51am
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She?
f**k, back to the drawing board. The face is faded away because I wanted to see how a low contrast version of my face would look like (And I'm a dude, btw.) And I dont see how the background looks odd, it looks perfectly fine to me! |
Posted By: -
Date Posted: 19 August 2012 at 8:00am
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Which is why I also suggested the outlines to be changed?
And apologies for not knowing that its a he. |
Posted By: Alex Pang
Date Posted: 19 August 2012 at 8:42am
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Tried another outline, but it doesn't look to good.
I feel like the lighter outline fits this kind of art much better! 
Btw, every single one of the drawings is a different version for me to compare so if any of you have any favorites let me know! |
Posted By: Yuran
Date Posted: 19 August 2012 at 8:59am
More contrast and in the image a lot of fatty pixels
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 19 August 2012 at 4:57pm
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It all seems good and I like using different palettes in a sheet for a final piece... ...its all about those palettes which ALL need polishing. ------------- |
Posted By: Damian
Date Posted: 20 August 2012 at 4:22am
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Hey Alex. Could you post a reference?, it would help us a lot seeing as this is a self portrait.
Out of the palettes you've posted, I like the last the most, but only because it fits my preferences :P I also like it because it has nice differences in value between colours, which is great and makes the image look like it has more volume. Which to me is essential when creating a palette. Someone here said "her" and its my worry that this looks very feminine. To break that mould, make the features of the face stronger, the angles more acute, and the hair with less volume and a different cut. The hair cut here probably looks nothing like your hair which is a reason why I'd like to see a reference of some sort. As you see below the hair looks more believable. It probably doesn't help that you haven't put in ears yet, they are important with long hair as they help determine the angle the hair flows. 
Its a quick edit and should give you more ideas to make it look more like yourself. Here are a few little pieces of advice when creating faces. -On most faces there are creases coming down either side the side of the nose and around the mouth. -A lot of artists make the hair way to large, when really it should be closer to the head. If you look at the edit, I actually brought the hair down and in a bit. -Most lips are only a small margin longer than the width of the nose. -Necks, they start just under the jaw and contrary to belief actually get slightly smaller as they go down 0_0 Seriously thats like the biggest gripe I have with a lot of portraits. Be aware, that's slightly different if we were speaking about a fat person. haha Anyway, I hope that helps. |
Posted By: Alex Pang
Date Posted: 20 August 2012 at 8:57am
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Hi
I have several references but this one is the only one i found with a calm face. (ignore the lips.) but basically its my latest wip (I made it before i saw your reply jim) 
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Posted By: Yuran
Date Posted: 20 August 2012 at 9:12am
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Important not to get carried away mimic wrinkles! This is a big mistake, especially in pixel art.
He was older by ten years. I do not believe that the portrait was like a female. For all proportions it could be identified with the male type of face |
Posted By: Yuran
Date Posted: 20 August 2012 at 10:10am
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When I see a real photo, I can tell you about your mistakes much more:
The eyes need are closer. In the beginning try to make the eyes smaller, if not help it will have to move them closer to each other. The nose may seem broad, but the problem in the light and shadow. Make a light edge of the nose is already, and the shadow on both sides of that light edge you must to make a lighter at the edges of the shdows. Need to add height of the forehead - lift hair up, plus it will correct the shape of the head. Thick black eyebrows that is not true, I'm not talking about form, but about their color. You need to add bright pixels. The width of the chin a little bit smaller than the width of the mouth (on the chin there is dimple, am I not mistaken? anyway it should not be so hard single out. ...Oh, how I imperceptible your last post? By the way pouches under the eyes |
Posted By: Mikebissle
Date Posted: 20 August 2012 at 1:30pm
In and of itself, I think this is great. As a portrait, the likeness is lacking. I have to more or less echo what Yuran wrote: making the eyes closer together and working on the nose would make it look more like you. I feel the bridge of the nose should be thinner and the tip rounder. Something like this, though you could do far better. Keep it up!  |
Posted By: Alex Pang
Date Posted: 21 August 2012 at 1:11pm
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Alright this is getting harder!!!!
But I do feel that it looks like me! 
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 21 August 2012 at 6:23pm
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Can't see the edit difference but the version on the right of the ref with the smaller eyes certainly has a much better likeness than all the others. The jawline I think needs to be 1-2 pixels lower. I have to totally agree that too much pixelling adds age to your very young and smooth flesh which that version is much better at. ------------- |
Posted By: Mikebissle
Date Posted: 23 August 2012 at 9:34am
The size and placing of the eyes made a difference; the likeness is much better. 
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Posted By: Alex Pang
Date Posted: 23 August 2012 at 11:09am
Here I think it might be even better now:
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