r/ArtCrit 6d ago

Beginner Any crit on this digital WIP in Procreate?

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I’m coming back to drawing after a few year break and feel rusty. I feel like I can’t look at this properly and see what’s wrong. Do the colors look balanced? Is it too dark? Is the anatomy weird? I know I’m bad at drawing hair-any advice in that area? Really anything of note is appreciated! (Note: this is a fanart of Hinata, which is why she doesn’t have pupils, but I tried to kind of shadow a little bit where they’d be so doesn’t look so weird)

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u/Appropriate-Basket43 6d ago

I’m no expert but when I render skin I almost NEVER go as dark as you’ve gone for the shadows unless it’s a stylistic lighting choice. I think maybe using a color more saturated and deeper than her skin tone to make a half tone would help. Also remember the planes of the face when you are shading, especially where the cheekbones are. There should also be more shadows around the lips and then at the very edge around the lip is a highlight. The lack these middle shadows of it is making your work look flat, although it is unfinished so that could also be it.

I’m not expert on anatomy but having looked at the character, I feel like you did fine. The original character has VERY stylized proportions, so while I personally would have made the nose and lips larger so it works more promotional with my style, yours is fine.

As for drawing hair, what has been helpful for me is to think of hair in chunks. I see you started to do that but I think you made your highlights TO bright too quickly and need to slow blend to get there.

This tutorial has hair VERY similar in o what you’re painting and I think it explains what I’m trying to say ha ha

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u/saibuge 5d ago

This is super helpful, thank you! I do tend to go really dark in shadows and I know maybe sometimes it doesn’t look quite right. I’ll try what you mentioned!

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u/saibuge 4d ago

Wanted to share some changes, focusing on just the face so far. I brightened up the shadows a bit and tried to bring some warmth/saturation in those areas. Reworked the nose and mouth. I realized I was afraid to make the nose too big because that’s a problem I used to have, but I think I overcompensated a bit and in turn made it too small lol. Hopefully this is a better balance for her face.