The Path to Photorealism

ViolenceMan

Don't put too much faith into the title, it only me. I guess I'll just post my portraits, self portraits, and still lifes as I make'em in here, enjoy.


Starting off with the best, my self portrait.


although still done in ink, I did my best to keep some sort of realism. I love the jacket in this one,


I'm so dissapointed with this, some I'm looking for some real teeth clenching critques on this one.


And finaly, this trud flusher. I guess it could still go in here. Still has many problems. Done with a mirror.

MagicToaster

No critiques, just ass pats... cuz you're getting pretty good!

Greatnation

Your going somewhere, but if you really want to get these portraits to the next step you need to seriously study the skull. The proportions are all slightly skewed in these, a solid handle on the skull would help that alot.

Also, you may want to try a backwords approach to your features. In the last one, the black outline around the lips is hurting the peice. What you might try, it using tone, light lines, and knowledge of the skull is create all of the structure around the lips first. Then, when you draw the lips, you will realize that they are infact conected and a part of the rest of the form and not just pasted over top.

DaMoonRulz

I like them. I don't know if it's the shadows or the expression, but it looks like something awful's about to happen to that animal.

Godfather

That first one and last one are on completely different levels. It's almost like they were done by different artists altogether. Your life stuff currently kicks the crap out of your other works, which is a complement considering that i've seen your other works on another forum, and it's not bad at all. I find it odd how i'm having the opposite problem, where it's extremely difficult for me to create realistic pieces rather than made-up work.

But yeah, best get crackin on studying the skull; Just doing one bone, muscle, and face study (at least an hour on each section) does wonders for the artists. Try doing this at least three times a week and you'll really be seeing some results.