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It's horrible, I know. Well, it was going rather well for the start, took some reference of a picture from Natalie Postman and decided to give her hair and a little other things. She looks like a man in a drag. =_=
Nah, I'm not redoing the pic or furthering it, 'cause I'm a lazy b*****d, but I'd appreciate some sort of critisism where I went wrong so I'd know next time to avoid it.

Atleast her right eye is too big and the eyes are too far apart? And I shouldn't do pictures at this resolution. =_=;;

Edit: If you think it's a waste of time to crit a pic I won't even change, I understand. in some cases I think so too.

edit#2: This is one of the face-reference practises I did today. So it's not a Real Work that should Take Time. But crits are very appreciated, as my eyes are doomed to be blind and can't find the obvious mistakes.
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If it's too suggestive, I can... umm. cut him a little bit. >:3

Actually, I enjoy cg sketches like this very much.

The only thing I'd like to see more in stuff like this is more detail in those lil' improved doodles on the outskirts of the main subject.

Like...you see how you've got her face all pretty 'n' defined 'n' stuff?

If you did way minor shadows and highlights on the diddly-winks on her head and the "typography," you could make a sketch like this into something magical and...um...cancer curing...or something.

It'd look hot, is all.

Hot 'n' bothered. And...touchable.

Hi.

The head size that Doc V pointed out could easily be fixed by just adding more hair to the sides and the top of the head and widening the shoulders a little - the face is indeed too large for the skull it's on.

To make her a little more effeminate I'd suggest raising the eyebrows a tiny little higher, and perhaps giving the chin area a bit more definition so that the neck doesn't give the impression of joining directly to the face (which in turn makes the neck look thicker than it actually is). I realise that in the reference pic her eyebrows probably are at that height, but exaggeration is sometimes needed in artwork to make it less "this is how it looks" and more "this is how it feels", if that makes any sense... sweatdrop But then again, I also think it looks great with the eyebrows as they are, I don't think she needs to look super-effeminate.

I really enjoy this piece, actually. The loose feel really makes it work better than I think it would look as a polished portrait, and the face has a Bjork-ish alien feeling to it.

I have to agree. I cannot see a woman in that picture. ninja

http://www.nic.fi/~shamppoo/sadsadmaninadrag.jpg

Wootwoot. xD;; Damn, he's corny. But looks better, ya?

I left the eyebrows like that, looked better I think.

I feel the urge to put him into my sig. Maybe with some tentacles.

Ah, true ture. Androgynous would be the right word. I should pick my words more carefully. n_n;

And well, I'm happy that it's atleast androgynous looking fella. Even if it was in accident. Usually my males look... women in male clothing. I've drawn women way too long and usually try to achieve prettyness, so it shows.

Yaa, I ended up with making him male. I wonder if I forgot to add that. n_n;

And I kind of liked the sharp eyes - soft skin, atleast for the idea. I think I'll have to practise more with the contrast of the lines.

(Also, I've been practising drawing snow, especially the lights and shadows. Thanks for your earlier crits. ^_~)

Haha, ya. I've admired her works ever since she sent me one pic with email around six years ago. (We used to be at the same rpg place, but didn't end up talking much).

Though I'm going for a different look for my drawings (= oil paintish, more boring and dull colors and realism), it's still enjoyable to see her drawings. 3nodding Thank you.