OMG! This is an excellent drawing! I was browsing pictures then this one came up and I was blown away. Shit, this FrankinFritz has better facial features than I do. :O

this is very charming, i like the blotchy colouring.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Since there are still some unfinished pieces I'm not going to judge the contest today. I'm going to extend it to one more day so those who can may finiahs their pices. If however by Monday the pieces aren't finished they won't be judged. I hope people take the opportunity to finish their entries. I'll have Shanghai start his contest today so he won't lose a day.

I hope this wins, great work.

Welcome to 2draw! ^^
You first oekaki? It looks promising enough :3
Keep drawing and you'll get the hang of it~

My advice is to try more contrast and colours. Take a close look at skin, there are all sorts of colours in it, depending on where the light is coming from, oranges, pinks, purpley and reddy colours. Try really exaggerating these to start, and then gradually toning them down until they look natural. Also, make your shadows and highlights really stand out! This will help to give your drawing the feel of being a real object, with form and mass. Try working from a mirror or photo reference, but instead of drawing wht you expect the shapes to look like, really LOOK at it, try to understand WHY the shadows are here, highlights there. Touching an actual face can help, feel up your own face, poke around to find where the bones are, where the slopes are, what moves where when you smile or frown. If you can find a willing volunteer, feel their face as they make different expressions and watch how the shadows move. This sounds kind of awkward, but I find it's one of the most helpful things when I'm stuck with a painting. Also, it seems you've chosen really grey colours for your shadows and highlights. This makes your lady look a bit dead, I would try some more saturated colours to give her a little more life.

This is pretty good :)
I would have liked to see a bit more contrast in the skin tones, but I think you did a good job.

Aww sweet!

i laughed. You know how people are all like, LOL!, but they don't actually laugh? well i totally did. laugh, I mean. out loud.

The faint blush and the shapes of her face are great, not too smooth and not too messy. Her bottom lip and chin are especially nice.

the thick black lines around the eyes work really well.

Well..... geeze. I keep hearing in the back of my mind "Come get me big boy." Strange. I likes it though.