Wow I love the hair & the subtle reflection of the girl

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Um, her ear looks displaced and weird...as if it's not finished...

other than that...

WOW!

Where to start? Hair is fantastic, your attention to lips and eyes paid off 110%. Everything is so smooth, subtle and...um...silky! The pose and the whole expression gives away how troubled she is, yet she has that determined look...and at the same time looks so fragile...

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you must have been lurking! your comment showed up 20 minutes after I posted this!

I'm glad you liked it! Thank you for the

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you gave me a !

As I said on Art is Murder, I could not pin down what was off about the ear. I guess that means it's unfinished...


As for the rest, I love the way you worded your comment! "...so smooth, subtle and...um...silky!" As always, thank you for sharing your thoughts! Thank you for the !

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No problem, you're welcome. As for the whole ear thingie...i gmailed you, and I hope that you'll figure it out (and fix it if you find me being right).

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I took a look at it, and I see what you're getting at... I don't agree completely, but I definately see your point. So, I appreciate the effort! Before I change anything, however, I intended to find and study some photos of girls' profiles to get a better sense of proportions. At this stage, it's going to take a lot of effort to fix and have it fit seamlessly into the existing picture... fortunately I saved the working layers to a different file, so I still have them to work with.

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Well, I'm sure your disagreement has more to do with smudging on a touchpad and less with my point. lol. Piece of advice...if you change something (reduce size, relocate ear...anything like that...) use liquify tool...it's easy to "move things around" and they remain sharp...and most important, it's easy to fix any side effects and you don't have to redraw everything...give it a go, it might work

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Life for you, has been less than kind
So take a number, stand in line
We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt
But how we survive, is what makes us who we are

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Sorry but I think the hair is crappy.
The eyes and lips, and everything else is very beautiful.
Ad the background rocks

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No need to be sorry. You're entitled to your own opinion. There are problems with the technique I used to do the hair, which I am still trying to find ways to overcome.

I am happy you liked everything else, though!

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oh, well definately, the quality of your work was a little... um... rough, ahem, but now that you've seen the original drawing, my real issue is trying to figure out how I could have screwed the ear up in the first place!

I'll play with the liquify tool and see what it does, but my main concern was dealing with the hair changes you suggested. Originally, I tried putting hair over the ear, but I did not like the way it looked... it seemed too much of a departure from the drawing. I do think that the way the hair falls on her back is off. It doesn't fall naturally... since I'm not perfectly happy with the hair, that's something I might be able to fix later. The ear might be an easier fix. Just nudging it in a bit closer to the face, maybe adjusting the angle slightly, could make a huge difference.

Jeremy's example wasn't quite perfect, since the pose he found was not a true, full profile... you don't often see pictures where people have their heads tilted that far back, so it's a shame I no longer have the original clipping.


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