Students learn basic anatomy and will begin to develop an understanding of the way a figure inhabits space; thus able to successfully reproduce this space in two dimensions. The goal of the course is to learn academic, realistic representation of the figure: Emphasis will be on accurately rendering the figure on the page in proper proportion. Students work up to developing a personal style within the confines of academic figurative art.
I wish your hair wasn't so flat/flush with head - too 2-D. Your 'shocked' facial expression lends a lot to the piece; it give a very striking quality, grabs the viewer's attention. Really nice use of watercolors - I'm impressed.
Very nice tonal gradation from one color to another. Eyebrows might be the same color tone as the darkest streaks in your hair shadows. Fifth element, no, too green. Zombie Elfen princess, yes. Orc goddess of (insert something about sacred hearts here), yes. Replace tat with ragged white stripe, zombie Lilu. Only crit I have is carefully pay attention to throat musculature, I think the sternocleidomastoid looks bowed out.
The rendering is incredible. However, I think the dark eyebrows compared to the light hair all the way around (without apparent shadows) is throwing me off and it looks a little flat.
Looks stylized with large eyes and forehead and small chin Color is very smooth Great tonal variation Shading on tattoo is just right Amazing composition
Quite effectively ethereal--with its slight stylization of features and hues. Excellent blending, though it seems preferable that the figure would fade out altogether rather than be enveloped by the same violet of the background.
Rendering is very nice. I really love the colors. You did really well on the tattoo but is seems to sit on the picture instead of being part of your body. Love the facial expression and how you did the hair.
I like the fact that you decided to delve into a medium that you are not so comfortable with and I think you have been successful with watercolor so far! I can see that your style shows through with the 'realistic' rendering but combined with graphic qualities such as hard lines on the features of your face. I think my only crit would be that the shoulders appear to be broader than how they really are but that could have been due to the angle you were drawing yourself in? Anyway, awesome job and I really think you nailed that tattoo-on-flesh quality on your chest.
The rendering of the skin and face were done very well and I would like to see more of that in the hair as well as the teeth. I love you color choice and medium. (p.s. "I'm Old Gregg!" lol)
You have great use of color,it really gives personality to your piece. Well done on the tattoo, it looked as if it were part of you and not on a different plain, which is hard to do! Great job!
This is a beautiful interpretive rendering of yourself; I am not sure about the neck as was pointed out above; it looks more like bones protruding, making your neck look much more gaunt and skeletal. The purple background is just right, there is somehting that could be added to the facial expression to humanize yourself even more, fitting rightly with photorealism.
Michelle does well with watercolor as her medium in this project. Her portrait is well rendered and has crisp lines. The expression is almost comical because of the lack of detail in her face and hair. This approach worked for her. The secondary color scheme is smart.
I wish your hair wasn't so flat/flush with head - too 2-D. Your 'shocked' facial expression lends a lot to the piece; it give a very striking quality, grabs the viewer's attention. Really nice use of watercolors - I'm impressed.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors. I love the stylistic colors and shades (purple and orange). The rendering of the tattoo is phenomenal. Great job!
ReplyDeleteVery nice tonal gradation from one color to another. Eyebrows might be the same color tone as the darkest streaks in your hair shadows. Fifth element, no, too green. Zombie Elfen princess, yes. Orc goddess of (insert something about sacred hearts here), yes. Replace tat with ragged white stripe, zombie Lilu.
ReplyDeleteOnly crit I have is carefully pay attention to throat musculature, I think the sternocleidomastoid looks bowed out.
Love the graphic element. The mouth and eyes are very expressive. Good use of color and shadows are beleivable.
ReplyDeleteThe rendering is incredible. However, I think the dark eyebrows compared to the light hair all the way around (without apparent shadows) is throwing me off and it looks a little flat.
ReplyDeleteLooks stylized with large eyes and forehead and small chin
ReplyDeleteColor is very smooth
Great tonal variation
Shading on tattoo is just right
Amazing composition
Quite effectively ethereal--with its slight stylization of features and hues. Excellent blending, though it seems preferable that the figure would fade out altogether rather than be enveloped by the same violet of the background.
ReplyDeleteRendering is very nice. I really love the colors. You did really well on the tattoo but is seems to sit on the picture instead of being part of your body. Love the facial expression and how you did the hair.
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that you decided to delve into a medium that you are not so comfortable with and I think you have been successful with watercolor so far! I can see that your style shows through with the 'realistic' rendering but combined with graphic qualities such as hard lines on the features of your face. I think my only crit would be that the shoulders appear to be broader than how they really are but that could have been due to the angle you were drawing yourself in? Anyway, awesome job and I really think you nailed that tattoo-on-flesh quality on your chest.
ReplyDeleteThe rendering of the skin and face were done very well and I would like to see more of that in the hair as well as the teeth. I love you color choice and medium. (p.s. "I'm Old Gregg!" lol)
ReplyDeleteYou have great use of color,it really gives personality to your piece. Well done on the tattoo, it looked as if it were part of you and not on a different plain, which is hard to do! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful interpretive rendering of yourself; I am not sure about the neck as was pointed out above; it looks more like bones protruding, making your neck look much more gaunt and skeletal. The purple background is just right, there is somehting that could be added to the facial expression to humanize yourself even more, fitting rightly with photorealism.
ReplyDeleteMichelle does well with watercolor as her medium in this project. Her portrait is well rendered and has crisp lines. The expression is almost comical because of the lack of detail in her face and hair. This approach worked for her. The secondary color scheme is smart.
ReplyDeleteTattoo looks perfect. Shadows on the face could be a bit less simplified. Hair and body shadowing looks great.
ReplyDeleteNice use of color. Very clean. Nice proportions. Contains realism.
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