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Artists as a collective should all know that giving up is a terrible thing... Though the choich is completely yours, After looking deeper into your portrait I see that it lacks contrast, AA and many other things, just about every section is a gradient and I can take you through this logically try to make it less confusing.
(whew thank god your pic lines up well)
[img]http://i.imgur.com/7zbBE7m.png[/img]
You can tell alot from these lines I made. Ears end at the bottom of the eyes as you can see by the lower horizontal line. Then the two inside ends of the eyes are also where the nose ends. There is a slight angle to your head in this picture but it is nothing that should be worrysome.
These four lines are the base of all my portraits (I don't typically do pixel portraits) there are other lines but these are the most important. Now I see your nose is kindo've weird to work with because it comes in on the sides and is actually pretty big. I can leave you with this four lines example you can ask me more about portraiture in PM if you wish.
EDIT:
Another thing I am just noticing is that the lighting in the image is sadly not ideal. You could probably line draw your face then make your own lighting because the lighting you have is rather flat.
Let me move this to a WIP post. There I can get more feedback.
Never mind. it's fine as it is.
Actually pretty damn good with exeption of the eyes.
his nostrils don't really make sense either... Are you by any chance made of clay?
Shading is good, Mouth has lipstick. When drawing a mouth try not to think of it as being a different color just shade it and it will pop. I usually draw mouth last. Screwing up the mouth is reaaaally bad it can make a good portrait look funny and unright.
TLDR
shading is good anatomy has potential.
Thank you so much for this advice! I'll certainly use the line technique when drawing other portraits in the future. I actually paid a good bit of attention to the positioning of the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth in relation with each other, and the lines would help quite a bit. Next time I try a portrait, I'll try to manufacture my own light source. The reason why I chose to use such an eccentric light source is becuase it intrigued me, and I thought it would give an eerie feel to the piece (which I feel it accomplished.)