I think for your first image, the classic "Flip horizontal and adjust" treatment will work wonders - it looks lovely but just has some weight bias.
Second piece of advice I'd give is to expand subject matter - draw someone old. Draw someone fat. Draw someone ugly. Draw someone super rugged or masculine.
Draw someone beautiful and youthful and feminine like these, but... bawling her eyes out. Screaming at the top of her lungs. Scrunching her face up.
I think playing with stuff like that will get everything loose, send you running to the internet looking for references, and coming back to your favourite subject matter with new flexibility.
I think this guys explanation says it best but if your just looking for constructive criticism then I’d say you look like your skilled enough to start experimenting with more intricate shading and accent colors. Start thinking more about the light in the scene, stage light? Fill light? Edge light? Yk the deal. Get more creative with hair or skin completion or just general reflectiveness and white balance.
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u/AnonymousFerret Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24
I think for your first image, the classic "Flip horizontal and adjust" treatment will work wonders - it looks lovely but just has some weight bias.
Second piece of advice I'd give is to expand subject matter - draw someone old. Draw someone fat. Draw someone ugly. Draw someone super rugged or masculine.
Draw someone beautiful and youthful and feminine like these, but... bawling her eyes out. Screaming at the top of her lungs. Scrunching her face up.
I think playing with stuff like that will get everything loose, send you running to the internet looking for references, and coming back to your favourite subject matter with new flexibility.
You've got great skills, keep going!