I'm apparently a glutton for punishment, because I'm still here. Here's a WIP of my next "people facing left" portraits -- Yuuka.
http://alcoraiden.deviantart.com/art/PFL-Yuuka-WIP-409155643Don't comment on the fail that is the hair or the shape of the head. That's left over from before this picture was fixed up some. While I'm at it, I'll go ahead and mention some of the things I already know is wrong with this:
- the head is misshapen because I haven't retouched the hair
- the hair shading is flat right now
- she's kind of staring into the ether, which is intentional, because I wanted to get the look right and not bother with complicated things here
- the right eye is too long, which is why the far corner is funny-looking
- obviously not all the shading is done
- the shadows around the nose are a little too sharp and look like outlines
- the hair locks around her neck don't have shadows yet
- the center of the hair part is done wrong
- ...just all the hair
- I think I'll make her a little more tanned
Things I have fixed up before posting
- The face was reproportioned to be a little more feminine and shorter than my old pictures (and this one was one of the old ones)
- The nose was adjusted to be at the right angle
- The lips were fixed to "wrap" around the face -- really, I drew alignment rings and everything
- The lighting was adjusted based on a "face planes" sketch I overlaid with the picture
Speak now or forever hold your peace if you see something so egregious that I can't change it later. Also, if you like it at all, I'd also like to know
I figured I'd give people a whack at it now before I get done, get all happy about it, and then have the hammer fall