Critique my drawing?

Question: Critique my drawing!?

http://warmelody!.deviantart!.com/art/a-pr!.!.!.

i'm 15, male, and love to draw (Y)
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It's a good start, but the face, hair, and glasses need more detail and texture!.

Even though I can see that she is wearing glasses, they simply look like rectangles around her eyes!.

Her hair looks very flat in some places, try to show more highlights!.

Her left cheekbone sticks out far too much, you should try doing a basic sketch first, comparing it with your subject multiple times before thinking about adding more detail!.

Her mouth also appears just to be a hole in her face!. I can barely see any lips!. Where are her teeth!?

Her eyes are a bit football shaped too, giving her a more cartoony look!. Do an eye study to understand how eyelids fold and what tear ducts and irises look like!.

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also, FYI with the whole medium use!.!.!. Intentional smearing does not look very professional!. Try to shade her face with crosshatches, stippling, scribbling, whatever!.

Keep practicing!! This is a great start!! Constantly look back and forth at your subject and your drawing, while a little tedious, the results are obvious and you'll improve much, Much, MUCH more rather than if you drew a picture looking at your subject once or twice!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think you do have talent!. It is a good try =]

But to be honest if you want to bring out the picture more I suggest you to put more into the shading!. When shading look for 5 different tones of gray!. You got the black and the white parts of the face and then 3 other colors of grey (black and white are considered 2 of the 5 greys) Drawing faces are challenging and that it takes alot of practice, your 15 so there is still time for you to improve!.

I suggest you look at the tones carefully if your drawing from a picture!. The lines of the face is good but to bring it out more I think you can emphasize more on the shading and grapple the 3D shape of the face!. Think of the face as a sphere, if you can imagine that then it will help you with shading!. Take care in shading and don't just do black and white it will bring out your picture but it will still look flat!.

The picture does depict emotion but it does not show depth!. Im not trying to be harsh or too critical >< but i think if you add more detail on the hair then it will make it look detail and emphasize each strand!.

The proportion is okay, i think you need to fix up the cheek bone and the proportion of the eyes, they shouldn't be this close!.

Try and add some more shading to bring out the 3D - ness of the face!. I hope this help!. But over all good work!. I think you are willing to practice i can feel your enthusiasm and your commitment for art and thats the attitude for a good artist!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You need to add in a background!. Right now its just a floating head, which is not good!. If you add a background it will create more depth!.
also you need to make sure there is a light source, for instance, one side of the face is darker than the other because the light is coming from one side!. So add in more shadows to make the face look more rounded!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Brilliant!. I like it!. I'd hang it up in my room!. I know I've said that before but I'd hang a lot of things in my room!.!.!.!. ladies!.

Lol!. Trying out an idea!. If you pause a little while and then add ladies to the end of a sentence you can make it sound kind of creepy most of the time!.!.!.!. ladies!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's pretty good!. It kind of looks slightly unfinished though!. It could just be the picture from the camera to the computer though!. I had scanned one of my pictures before, and it didn't look as good on the computer as it did on the paper!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you definately have talent, i would work on the cheek bones a bit though, they go out to far and are maybe a bit too high!. Keep practicing, you can only get better!Www@QuestionHome@Com

ppl should never say nything bad about others talents!.!.!. boy or girl! im a girl, 10 and i love to draw! i want to become a childrens book illustrator (and writer)Www@QuestionHome@Com

You have some good talent I personally think just the person is scaryWww@QuestionHome@Com

Looks good!. Definitely better than I can draw!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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(edit) it's really nice!. wish i could draw like that!Www@QuestionHome@Com

ur amazing!Www@QuestionHome@Com

On a scale from 1-10 I say its a 7 !.Www@QuestionHome@Com

That's really good keep it up man and you could become an artist,animator,w/e u want man ur good!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i love it!. you have a great future in art ahead of you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

very plain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i think its ok you have some talentWww@QuestionHome@Com

get a new link bro!Www@QuestionHome@Com

umm!.!.!.!. and what is that suppose to be!?Www@QuestionHome@Com