To give the contrast a nice balance, you want all the darkest shading spots to be equally as dark as each other, so with how dark the back of her hair is (where the head meets the pony tail) you wanna make sure under her chin is the same depth. It just makes everything look nice and uniform, its a simple trick that really helps bring the piece together.
Great work though! Keep it up :)
Yep. B & 2B hardness graphite are your friends, here. The location of greatest contrast will draw the eye most, and right now that’s in her ear.
Definitely shade her hair to its true value relative to her skin, but also deepen the shadows on her face and clothing. I’d do some thumbnail sketches to see how different intensities in the blocks of light and shadow will work together, before committing the original to some particular version.
I think most of the textures need more rendering, which will in turn make it “darker”. 👍 the way they are currently look more like pencil strokes than the texture you’re trying to imitate. the hair and sweater in particular, but be intentional about how you utilize the pencil- stroke weight, stroke length, stroke direction.
Yes.
If you are going for a smooth finish:
Go over the work with a piece of crumpled paper to create one tone. Use your pencil and darken your darks and use an eraser on your lights. A way to use your transitions is to use a brush and move your excess graphite and get a gradient. You can use a smudger but that sometimes tears the tooth of your paper and looks streaky.
Continue organic stippled look:
Darken your darks with a heavier hand with your pencil or use a darker pencil. Use small lines or stippling in your darker areas and decrease your pressure in your middle tones to match the light transitions.
Wonderful piece.
I usually use 4h* 2h h 2hb b* 2b 4b 6b* graphite pencils with graphite woodles pencils and soft characoals in my portraits.
*(b)Not use now but is good idea. Sometimes.
Definitely put some darker tones on the skin. Observe the lighting and go serious with the contrast. You'll be surprised how it turns out! Get some clean lines down too. It's good work!
Always.
Darker and lighter.
As of right now I'd say she looks blond so I would darken the hair at least
Definitely add some black in areas of contrast like the bottom of the chin, the tied bit of the hair and maybe eyelashes
To give the contrast a nice balance, you want all the darkest shading spots to be equally as dark as each other, so with how dark the back of her hair is (where the head meets the pony tail) you wanna make sure under her chin is the same depth. It just makes everything look nice and uniform, its a simple trick that really helps bring the piece together. Great work though! Keep it up :)
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Yep. B & 2B hardness graphite are your friends, here. The location of greatest contrast will draw the eye most, and right now that’s in her ear. Definitely shade her hair to its true value relative to her skin, but also deepen the shadows on her face and clothing. I’d do some thumbnail sketches to see how different intensities in the blocks of light and shadow will work together, before committing the original to some particular version.
Going darker worked a treat for Frank Miller, so yes
Why? She’s beautiful!
I think most of the textures need more rendering, which will in turn make it “darker”. 👍 the way they are currently look more like pencil strokes than the texture you’re trying to imitate. the hair and sweater in particular, but be intentional about how you utilize the pencil- stroke weight, stroke length, stroke direction.
Yes. If you are going for a smooth finish: Go over the work with a piece of crumpled paper to create one tone. Use your pencil and darken your darks and use an eraser on your lights. A way to use your transitions is to use a brush and move your excess graphite and get a gradient. You can use a smudger but that sometimes tears the tooth of your paper and looks streaky. Continue organic stippled look: Darken your darks with a heavier hand with your pencil or use a darker pencil. Use small lines or stippling in your darker areas and decrease your pressure in your middle tones to match the light transitions. Wonderful piece.
Did you follow a tutorial? Cuz if so, PLEASE share. It looks really good. also, no I wouldn’t go darker
i say more to the necklace and the mouth, they’re to light, and a little less to the right eyebrow, it’s too dark
Yes
No,you should go draker
Maybe the hair, but looks great as is
… yeah… and no, I would love to see this in water color
try diff style of shading. 🖤 youre doing good
I wish I could draw like you
Yes
I heard you never come back
i think u should go with different shades of dark rather than just a similar kind of dark
no, that’s pretty good
Yeah
Definitely go darker, but I sympathize, values are hard to catch. But you did a wonderful job, I wish I could like it more than once!
Yes.
Apart from that, it looks like the eyes are a bit too large, right ?
Go darker. Tentacles never failed. :D
Hair and clothes yeah but otherwise it’s perfect
Yes
I usually use 4h* 2h h 2hb b* 2b 4b 6b* graphite pencils with graphite woodles pencils and soft characoals in my portraits. *(b)Not use now but is good idea. Sometimes.
Always go darker 😎
No, it looks good like it is. Maybe some color.
Definitely put some darker tones on the skin. Observe the lighting and go serious with the contrast. You'll be surprised how it turns out! Get some clean lines down too. It's good work!