Self-Portrait

[Dr D]

So I've been working on this for a while now, needless to say; I like it enough to be posting it here for comm'n'crits.








Here's the ref I used:
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And here's a less craptastic, more recent pic of myself:
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Please drop some critique, thanks.

[NaCl]

Looking good! I think you did a real nice job around the mouth especially. The main problem I see is some star trek stuff going on where the nose meets the brow. It is much too thick in yours. Also, the brdige of your nose is pretty straight, in this it is highly curved. I made some edits on these topics, plus a few other things too.



Also, remember that the tips of the mouth, in a normal person, align vertically with the middle of the iris. I widened the mouth a bit to account for this, but it could probably stand to be a bit wider. One thing I didn't do, that I think you should, is enlarge the eyes a bit.

Keep up the good work!

[Sherman Gill]

Hi!
Time for an edit of an edit.

I think NaCl was right on most of his edit. The cheek bones were definitely an improvement; when you make them too dark it makes them look like deep indents, like you didn't eat enough or did too many drugs and your cheeks caved in.
The eyes in his have lots of dark areas your original is missing, but he also sacrificed all the light spots  requires balance! Besides that, my main issue was with the areas around the bridge of the nose. Outlining it in a dark area ain't good because around the middle portion it has a smoother connection to the face, breaking the 'outline' caused by the very top of the bridge and the tip of the nose.

[NaCl]

Damn thats a beautiful nose. I learn by seeing!

[had0c]

Damn thats a beautiful nose. I learn by seeing!

Gay..


but yeah it is

also made some changes for you to look at "might help might not"