Nice watercolour wash effect. I like how she's biting her lip. The only technical thing that bothers me is the bottom structure of her nose. You have a solid line going from the outside all the way to the middle on both sides. You only see a solid line across the bottom of the nose if you are unable to see the nostrils. The flesh from the upper lip continues on into the hole of the nostril, so there is no line there, just a slightly elevated area. It just makes her nose look a little too disconnected from her face. The shading on it is really nice otherwise.
This is wonderful, and I think the free-form style of it allows for a deviation from the "rules". It's okay to break them as long as you know what they are.
Thanks for all the C&C everyone.
I usually have problems drawing noses but I probably shouldn't have "outlined" it like I did - makes it pop out too much. Will try to develop more on this style on the next one.
DBA: At first I thought you meant the rules of this board but no...I was denied posting on some other board because I didn't do photorealism (rules were kind of unclear in that place)...
No, I meant the general "art rules" you learn as you go...the ones it's okay to break once you know them, :) not the rules here. I still think the whole thing is fine, it flows and the main attention is drawn to her beautiful eyes.. and, of course, the biting of her lip. I wouldn't have noticed anything about the nose at all if someone hadn't mentioned it. I wish I were capable of doing something well besides photorealism. It gets really tiring at times. I like your style.
Yeah that's pretty much what I thought you meant there! I just get annoyed when people think that an artwork is "good" only because it looks like a photo. I know it takes alot of work and is very difficult to achieve but in general it's something I don't particularly find interesting but there are always exceptions to that... I think that everyone is capable of forming their own style but style in itself is hard to define. If you are really getting tired of it, you might want to stray away from photorealism for awhile...
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I usually have problems drawing noses but I probably shouldn't have "outlined" it like I did - makes it pop out too much. Will try to develop more on this style on the next one.
DBA: At first I thought you meant the rules of this board but no...I was denied posting on some other board because I didn't do photorealism (rules were kind of unclear in that place)...