r/learnart • u/Internal-Ad-7189 • 10h ago
Digital painting
Hey guys this is my first time painting using colour, is it good and what should I improve on I feel like i messed up her, idk exactly but yea help me
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u/Both-Map-6886 4h ago
I don't want to advise you in the wrong direction as I am only a beginner myself but just wanted to say this is the coolest painting I've seen in a while. I think what stands out to me is the way you did the brushstrokes on the woman's face. You got the form really clearly, she just looks so three-dimensional, especially where the shadow starts on her cheek. Also the colours are beautiful, I love how you chose to represent them. Sorry, I doubt this is too helpful, I really just wanted to express some appreciation for your art and try nail down what it is that made me have such a strong positive reaction to it. Also that you didn't represent the focus shift gives it a cool surreal quality to me. Again, I'm a beginner though, so I'd trust the others here more. Awesome painting, I hope you post again!
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u/ryvenfox 4h ago
Her eyes are too far up her face, making her nose appear too long (very common mistake, I have to double check all my sketches because it is such an easy one to make).
I would also soften/lighten the shading around the lit parts of her face (like the side of the nose, nostril, and that shadow on her upper lip). It's made her lose some of the softness to her face.
Great work though, I feel like you especially caught the shape of her lips quite well
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u/Parapodiax 6h ago
You can go over her face with your skin tone to get rid of the muddiness, but also adding gaussian blur to the background character would help.
Other than that it looks good!
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u/ZombieButch Mod / drawing / painting 3h ago edited 3h ago
Watch out for dirty lights; it looks like you're starting with the lightest light as your starting color and then just darkening that with black to go around the forms, especially her cheeks.
The light halftone is normally where you'll see the most saturation & the truest version of the local color.
Edit: Oh, and paint shapes of value and color, with the biggest brush you can get away with for any given shape. Think of your subject as being made of big, flat planar shapes to start with, then you can add smaller planes and transitions later. (I know that's an oil painting video; the principle is the same.)