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Reviews for "Kris' Self Portrait"

Pretty good!

It's obviously not traced. The eyes are too big and the hair is pretty different from the picture. It's fairly solid, though, which is the important part. People aren't generally going to compare a photograph to your work.

One thing, though, if you do any self portraits in the future, use a mirror! Self portrait is a perfect way to do life drawing without a model. It's a waste of time to mechanically copy a photograph; you aren't going to learn anything! A photograph flattens everything into shapes, so instead of finding shapes from masses (which is the best way to learn to draw from memory) you're just tracing with your eyes. That's how you end up with stuff like the wonky chin PixelPanda mentioned.

If you do insist on using pictures, though, try flipping them upside down and drawing, then do a mirror image on your drawing and the photo and keep drawing, then flip it right side up, etc. This will make any incorrect shapes stand out like a sore thumb.

itsKris responds:

I guess you're right on the mechanical drawing, it didn't feel totally robotic, but there were times that it did. Drawing from real life is so much harder though, lol, I can't get the same accuracy when the object's moving.
I understand what you mean though by how I'm drawing with my eyes and such :P I've done some gesture drawing before and used the upside down technique, but i didn't think to try either with this work.

I'll definitely take your suggestions into consideration, though in doing so my next piece might not be up to standards (my own), but it'll be a step in the right direction. Thanks for the review :)

looks traced

i'll go 8 since i'm a nice guy, but yeah this really looks traced

itsKris responds:

Don't judge without knowing. It's not traced.

Reference photo: http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=4AtXI6JI7G8kQAHJl68ODYh4l5k2TGxc

If you have a good eye, you can see the differences in shape and proportion.
To be honest, I would never try to ruin my reputation as an artist by cheating like that. I guess I should be quite flattered that you think it's traced though :P

so what exactly did you do?

you obviously used a reference but did you draw this by eye or simply trace over an image?

itsKris responds:

I wrote this in News on my profile, there was absolutely NO tracing. I printed out the reference picture, took a pencil and drew the basic lines to my liking, then scanned the drawing in and went to work in photoshop with my tablet :)

woah

epic drawing if i didnt know this was a drawing i might have mistaken it for a picture at first glance

itsKris responds:

im glad you think so :) I've actually had a couple friends who've done the same thing, lol

Get a hair cut

I kid I kid... nice work

itsKris responds:

lol, I did the day before I finished it. I like my hair wild though :D