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Old 09-29-2002, 11:41 AM   #4
Michele Rushworth Michele Rushworth is offline
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Having been thoroughly immersed in digital technology in my formative years as an artist, I think it's absolutely a legitimate medium and worthy of a critique. I also think that the issues of drawing, lighting and color are the same whether you're using a broom and a bucket or a megabucks computer program to do it.

That said, you've made a nice start. It would be helpful if you could post your reference photos.

I don't know if you plan to complete the right side of the image, but I like it in its "unfinished" state. I always enjoy seeing the mind of the artist at work when parts of a painting or drawing are left undone.

As for the next steps, you should check your reference and look very closely for warm and cool variation in the skintone. That will give it much more life.

The mouth and nose are very nice but the eye looks a bit flat. The thickly drawn eyelashes contribute to that feeling but also having the whites this bright makes the eye seem artificial, too.

The hair is nicely done but doesn't fit the lighting on the rest of the form. In order to have those two shiny areas above and below the ear there would have had to be a light on that side of the face. Since the face itself doesn't show any influence from light coming from over there, there's a conflict.

Good start, and don't worry about your choice of medium!
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