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does my face look good?

Lol @ the thread title.

It surely has potential, but there are a few notable things with how it stands now. The biggest concern would be the egg-face syndrome, although I'm not sure if that's intended for the style. The hair shadings make it look like plastic or other solid object a bit, since it makes it seem to be flat-faced polygons. Those are my main concerns with this.

Good luck! c: You're getting there.
 
I agree, the face needs shading, and in my opinion, the eyes need a little more something.
The back of the hair needs to be brought out a little bit more, a little of a thinner neck. The nose, it kinda seems like it was carved into the face, a shading under the mouth a slight bit, to make it look like a little lip is there. The eyebrows are a little thick, you might want to bring them a bit thinnner, and he needs ears, anything else I can think of, I'll tell you.

Hope this helps, if not, tell me.

Keep on drawing!
 

mawk

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First, you should read up on basic face shape. Barring physical manifestations of trisomy,  people's faces are not that round. The face generally tapers to the chin and all that. In a 3/4ths view (which is what you seem to be going for,) there should be a visible brow, a slight drawing-in of the skull where the eye sockets are, and visible cheekbones. In addition, the nose doesn't generally go past the brow unless you're a space monster -- the nose merges with the brow. Look at yourself in the mirror and try to memorize just how your skull is shaped -- try to create a 3D picture in your mind, and that'll come in handy when you try profiles and other angles.

Secondly, his hair is ridiculous. It looks vaguely like what might happen if some spoiled white kid tried to give himself dreadlocks with only a vague description of what they look like, but I don't think that hair like that is possible by any means. Aim for less ridiculous styles and I'm sure you'll be a little better off.

Third, where are his ears?

Fourth, the nose and the eyes seem strange in proportion to the rest of the face. Eyes generally don't taper like that -- again, look at your eyes. Notice how they taper slightly on the inner side, and are rounder on the outer side. The nose is just a perspective problem -- the way you have it drawn and shaded, it looks like the nose is facing to the left side of his face, and is closer to his right eye than his left.

Fifth, make your shading gentler and more gradual. This sort of two-tone shading looks pretty bad. Remember, you can make practically any shade from black to white so long as you don't smoosh your pencil right into the paper.

Oh, and sixth, turn up the contrast on your scanned drawings a little. It's really tough to see the fine lines.

Oh, that reminds me! Drawing lines! I'm not sure if you're doing this already, but I usually find it easier to draw by making a series of strokes instead of just pressing the pencil in for the entire line length. But then, I'm sure that it's just a technical choice, and that other people might have different methods. Just stick with whatever gives you a good result.
 
well if thats your real face, and I have to lie, then yes, your face looks good.

lol.

jk.

anyway, your drawing is good.
It's head seems big.
if it's anime style your going for then, point the chin, and make it less round, and make it's nose smaller, and hiar, it's CRAZZY!!!
give it some curve and make it match the head, that way it does not make the head look like it's fat, but then shrinks. It reminds me when you/I go to a HUGE store, but then when you get inside it, it's just a small corner. Right now thats what the hair looks like it's doing to the face. If you just bring down the big flop at the top, then it should be ok.
If your not going for anime style. Then still do what I said, only fix the eyes, and don't point the chin, and make the head smaller.....

anyway, if you fix the head a little bit, then walla it's good!

thats it from me...
 
That wasn't nice, its the kid's FACE !:mad:

Its.. *Cranks up* Be-Haha-*Rhm*Beautiful..

But seriously though, I agree with everyone else, it needs .. "Better".. Shading.. Also I don't like his/your eyes.. They.. Scare me.. *Hides behind her chair* Turn it off!!
 
@ Sic Semper Tyranosaurus - well.... first, you should not be in here if you arent going to help me out, which is what i posted the picture for... second... maybe someone should burn you, and send you to hell..

@CherryWolf - lol thanx, but awww.... im 21, not a kid anymore.. so i guess i should be kinda ashamed of the drawing lol... but at least im willing to learn so theres a plus lol.

@everyone else - im redrawing it, i'll have my redrawn face posted once i figure out how to mess with the contrast on my scanner...

thanks everyone.
 
Lost_in_Exsistance":3nl5p9bm said:
@ Sic Semper Tyranosaurus - well.... maybe someone should burn you, and send you to hell..

Haha, good one! I'm pretty sure he was joking though.

Keep trying, though. The other people gave you some good advice, try fixing up the proportion and the shading. Good luck.
 
It's an improvement, but know your character looks like a homosexual female, or an emo male, they both look the same these days!

Anyway just a tip on necks, they never go straight down in a cylinder. Add a bit of muscle to it!

Secondly that is one big ass chin! make it thinner and more prominent!

Thirdly the hair is still a bit too unrealistic with the shading as it contridicts itself. Sometimes the lightsource is comming from below right while other parts look like the light source is from the top left.

Fourth..ly those jaw lines are warped! The way they are positioned looks like you tried to create the illusion of cheeck except that it would be very straight edged, try using some curves!

Fifth try wearing a tad less eye-shadow!
 

mawk

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Eyes aren't made of nothing but straight lines, either. I told you to look at your own in the mirror -- are your eyes perfect polygons? o.o;;
 
ultimaodin":1qmeores said:
It's an improvement, but know your character looks like a homosexual female, or an emo male, they both look the same these days!
Best post of 2008 by a mentally deficient middle schooler.  :hercule:

Anyway, OP, the face is a little... long. And I don't think he has ears.
 
Make the head/face Smaller!
=)
and bring down your hiar tip, people don't have weird hiar in real life....
go on google and search 'how to draw manga/or anime online'.
Or maybe some how to draw books, thats what I used when I just started out drawing.
that might help you.
or look for some pic that looks like your charecter, and trace it thones of times. Then after that, try drawing it without tracing it. Then come back to drawing your character.

eventualy you should becme better!
=)
I can post a tutorial link if you want?
O.o

Anyway, nice point but not really what I was talking about...
Is it okay if I try drawing your character?
=)
 
cactus":1irsdxo9 said:
Not that i like that style of eye personally, but i would like to point out that there is a very famous artist who does eyes in that sort of style.

<omgdbz4evr>
Yes, but Toriyama himself has admitted that he doesn't like to draw a curved line unless he absolutely has to The angular look is his thing, and it looks fine when everything's that style and it's coherent. However, the OP's style is not so consistent, which makes the eyes look rather out of place.

And I wasn't serious earlier about burning it and sending it to Hell. If I'm serious about being an asshole, it's always much longer than that.
 

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