Author's Comments
"Self Portrait- Fear"
Compressed and vine charcoal
April 2009
www.laurakerger.com
- 1 of 4 of a series of self portraits I created for my life drawing final.
The People Have Spoken
Average Score: 9.2 / 10
I think the proportion problem stems mainly from the length of the neck, if that was a tiny bit shorter the picture would be... picture perfect :)
I absolutely love the expression and the hair is beautifully drawn. Keep up the good work (Y)
Also even if he sounds like a pretentious little shit, I think omnigon must be being ironic. I really hope he is.
Something about the size of the head compared to the rest of the body. Don't get me wrong, this blows any thing I draw way out of the water, but I just can't help but notice the proportions are just a little off.
Also, shading. I'm not sure how many time's I've heard and continue to hear that "there needs to be more shading." However, after hearing it so much, now I finally see what my teachers were saying...and it's hard to enjoy anything I draw beacuse that's all I notice. :/
Again, this makes what I and most people on NGs draw look like crap, but these little things need to addressed. Once they are you could be an absolute Goddess of portraits! Or whatever else it is you plan to peruse in life.
It's great to see people with serious potential putting their skills to work.
Now all I ask is: Draw me? :P
O, and to Omnigon: You are full of so much fail it's painful (and I'm not even talking about your...er, artwork?).
Author's Response:
lol yeah I find that Omnigon guy hilarious-
I totally agree that I need to push the values a little darker- create more contrast and all that. And the head is a little too big. You have a good eye! These were the things my professor said when reviewing this piece- wtg :)
The expression, position of the hand and the tones pretty much blow my mind. I never could work well with charcoal myself.
Author's Response:
Yeah i sucked at drawing with charcoal at first because I wasn't used to it. But after a couple months I actually enjoyed it. And now after years of working with it I would never go back to graphite!
My my, this piece is wonderful. I really enjoy the detail and shading in the hair, very realistic. The depth perception of the arm is great too. I also like the mood of the portrait, it certainly made me agree with the title of the piece. I'm glad you did this in gray scale too. there's just something about black and white that really works with things based in horror and suspense. If it was in color, I would not have liked it as much.
I really enjoy this piece, and I've become a fan. I'm going to keep my eyes open for more from you.
- Arron -
PS - What scared you so much?! :P
Author's Response:
Interesting observations about the black and white. I honestly didn't think about that since the assignment required that it be in black and white. I agree, color would change the mood :0
i even thouth it was a photo but it is even better!
i n love with this Portrait the expression is soo strong ammm ok you can translate this i hope you do its on Spanish ....
(este dibujo me hypnotize cada ves que lo veo .... me encanta la expresion, la forma como esta la mano tapando la boca
sobre todo el ojo
me facina esto, podria durar horas viendo esto )
sorry for doing that but i can barely express with words what i think of this extraordinarily drawing
Man, I haven't seen that pose since 3 minutes ago. Maybe it doesn't matter, anyway, because it's not like your line values did it justice. You could have potential in your shading. Maybe, that is, if you black the whole thing out. I have some spectacular examples on my art portal. See it. Learn it. Envy it. In particular, maybe you should do a study on Free Thought, my finest work.
Author's Response:
well someone's full of them self... 0_0
pretty nice but the head is a tad to big a side from that wondful work i find your art amazing :P
So far, you are my favorite artist on this site, your art is so realistic, good job!
all the details-PERFECT! Well done!
it was the chick from paramore!
Great job on this!
keep going :)
It's pretty cool. From the picture in the portal it looks like a photo. The same happens from far away.
At first i thought it was a blacknwhite photo.
this is a really good portrait!
ive seen a few of your pieces, and so far, this is my favorite [I also really liked the sheet over the chair]
