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Deviousness `ChewedKandi has certainly gone out of her way to keep the vector community on the right path. Always making sure that her talents are infinitely scalable, Sharon has put her bezier curves to excellent use, and firmly anchored herself as an inspirational leader. We're absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for June 2013 to `ChewedKandi. Congratulations, Sharon! Read More
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Here is her photo from facebook, if you can't open it I will upload it somewhere else.
The hair is just fabulous.
I would love to see a photo of her as well, to see how close to her appearance it actually is.
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Here is her photo from facebook, if you can't open it I will upload it somewhere else.
(I have accidentaly commented instead of replying)
But it seems as though you have not given as much care to the way you have shaded the negative space around the figure. The rough directional strokes and high texture draw the eye with their contrast and motion and distract from the figure. My suggestion would be to flatten this space by making another, smoother layer with a light pencil using gentle, controlled strokes going across (instead of with) the ones you have already made.
I don't personally like the look blending stumps create but it might perform a simelar task. As might a very gentle action with a putty eraser. Recreate this background texture on a spare sheet to test out a few methods to see if you like the way they look before applying them to your drawing.
When there is less going on back there she will "pop" more.
With the background I was going for the contrast of textures since there isn't much of it on the figure, but it seems it didn't work, I was probably watching the drawing too much at that time to notice it is distracting, thank you for pointing that out
Your suggestion is very helpful, I have tried it on paper and I will put it to use next time I'm drawing.
I won't be editing this since it's already put away in a binder and it's a measurement of my skill when it was complete, but I will definitivly use your advice next time.
I think the area around her right eye and cheek could be improved.
The background could be handled better -I don't really feels like it adds anything.
Those individual strands of hair on top of her head don't fade into this background or really stand out against it.
Overall, it is a very strong drawing and my favorite details are those tiny pale buttons.
"I think the area around her right eye and cheek could be improved."
Can you explain what you mean here? I don't see it
I see what you mean on other points, I will try to improve it next time.
Thank you again for commenting, and for a watch too
The eye that is closest to us (her right) is just a tiny bit smaller than the more distant eye (her left) and less of the upper eyelid is visible.
It is almost the exact same size but the distant eye is turned away from us and it doesn't read that way.
Sorry for being vague -Does this help?