hey forget you it's an unwritten contest. there's plenty of criticism given on there.
and the way you're acting to opposing viewpoints sorta shows that even if we gave you constructive criticism you would ignore our negative viewpoints, but i'm going to forget my petty grudge and i'll give you some honest criticism
the shadows are very nice and high quality and it does actually look like skin. the shadows are very fluid and feel natural and the eyes are very nice looking- i especially like the light around the tear glands, looks very realistic. the shadow on the top of the forehead is a little jagged on the right side and doesn't translate well to the hair. the snow is a nice effect. my main complaint about it is the hair. it seems very low quality compared to the rest of it, and not necessary the structure of the hair, to say. it's definitely hair, it falls like hair and the strands feel like they have some life to them but they seem less out of focus compared to the rest of the body. a good example of it are the strands falling onto the face- they really clash. if the hair is supposed to be out of focus and draw attention to the face that would be all good but the strands falling onto the face should then not be out of focus. remember; hair is incredibly thin, so each strand should be done with the finest line.
i said the hair looked fine but i'm going to let it slide it's odd and unrealistic shape because it's an alien species. other than that add color and it'll be fine
there you go
Thanks, it took me a long time to do the pores and skin texture, I thought I could get away with being sloppy on the hair since the eyes and the crystal were the focal point. Most of it is because I'm bad with hair anyways, but I try lol. Right now I'm studying color because I have
never done serious colored work, so my color logic is really binary, it's like trying to learn a new language for me tbh. It comes easy for most though.
Off-Topic: Well, I'm going to be serious as forget right now. I do not think I'm good or bad, it's not up to me to make political evaluations of myself.
This is exactly why when applying to be a concept artist you must have a portfolio, you can't just say "I'm good" after showing him one picture. It's not for you to decide.
So, endpoint, I was not fishing for compliments I was genuinely asking for advice because I did struggle with it. Just because you think someone is a great artist it does not make them infallible and beyond mistakes. Which translates into me fishing for compliments, which I am most definitely not.
The most successful people have also failed the most in life.
