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I'll be applying to art school in a few short months, and after having my portfolio reviewed by a MassArt professor a few weeks ago, it was made clear that I need to work on portrait drawing.

I'm currently taking a class on the topic every Friday evening, but the instruction isn't as intensive as I had hoped. sweatdrop

But anyways, since I'm building my portfolio and trying to make it the very best it can be, I WANT CRITICISM!!! I WANT INSULTS!!! I WANT TO KNOW OF EVERY TINY FLAW IN THESE PICTURES!!!

I've also updated my gallery, and would LOVE to have SUPER-HARSH criticism there as well. I made a whole new topic for my portraits, because I really need help.

For the record, these were all drawn in mt first and second class for portrait drawing, except for the skull (which was tossed in because it relates to the portrait drawing stuff...)











Thanks a bunch!

~Dreamer

have you taken any life drawing classes?
at first i thought it was a style of drawing you were trying to show
but if those are trying to be actual portraits it lacks a lot of distinct features

for example the one of the man

everything seems to blend together too much
it is hard to see the different side of his face which makes it look like his face is a big lumpy potato
however do you notice how the eyebrow area is well defined though, that is how it should look like to define the rest of the facial features

first two also have the same problem
you can see how the cheeks bones are poorly defined
and where the nose to forehead looks like a caveman

use more contrast to define these features and less blending
you really want to avoid blending smudging with your fingers or hand because that leaves a muddy gray look that you don't want

the last piece looks like you used pastel which i was never good at
i would avoid mixing colors that looks muddy unless if you really wanted it to look that way, like the blue background color that turns muddy on the left side distracts me for some odd reason

It's a good thing you have it all well and thought out, planning back up colleges is a very good idea too but I'm sure you will do well. Good luck to you and hope you make the right choices. heart

Oh! also work on your proportion more. if you look closely at your drawings you will notice that you are loosing the eyes, nose and mouth.

^^;

if you want I can get my hands on some amazing tutorials.

http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs11/i/2006/241/d/1/Love__Dad_by_shimoda7.jpg

check out this guy's work.

It's amazing. I'm working to become this good someday.

Good luck and keep practicing