Portrait finishing

[CheshireLyon]

These are some portraits for my color theory class, which have already been turned in, but i'd like to add some more detail to them, and would like some suggestions on improvements

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Chesire_Lyon/QueenofHeartsprint.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Chesire_Lyon/winter.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/Chesire_Lyon/Shodan.jpg

[koroshiya001]

3rd one is my favorite one. The bodies are really disproportioned in the other 2, and it really detracts from the pieces. The first one isnt that off (her body looks too small to me), but the second one looks like her head is huge. Way huge. Enlarging and sharpening up the body on the second one would really help it out IMO. The eyes(and to some degree, the rest of the face) are really detailed and sharp but everything else is really muddy looking.

[CheshireLyon]

Yeah, i really wasn't using time management very well as far as the backgrounds are concerned, the time split was likely 80% on the face and 20% on everything else, when i get some time i'll likely sharpen them up(and for at least the first change it from split-complement to double-split complement). As for the proportions, you're right, I didn't really notice that about the first one(without a reference), but it bothered me about the second, she was bent and leaning in towards the camera, but i didn't really pull that off, so i'll likley redo it from scratch.

[Inkfish]

1st and 2nd piece look ok to me, I like how you hinted at the chesire cat with the blue line, looks good :)

Generally when painting digitally it's usually a good idea to start with a larger brush and go down to smaller ones when you are adding detail. Try toning down your mid-tones and let shadow areas build the form.

[markwagner]

Look at your first piece, notice where the background and the figure meet. Wonder about how to make one go back and the other move forward. Your trying to create the illusion that there really is space behind her (which on a 2D plane there is no dimension). It's about dark and light, it's about line, it's about soft and hard. Best thing to do is to begin to look at the real world and see how nature does it, then look at how the old masters did it, then how your heros do it. (in that order).

Space, the last frontier.

Like her chest, it's sexy plus a big heart, and she has moles, sweet.

~M

[Ruinangel]

The last one is my personal favorite, the detailing is really nice.

[SamiJo46168]

Through me for a loop. Those pictures are hanging out in the hallway...strange seeing them in a thread and in class also. It's sweet are artworks hanging up together. Great job. Blows mine out of the water.I'm bout sick of painting in gouche. Im switchin over to digital,too.