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Hehe. I tried the whole copying thing too - and ended up being a Yoshitoshi Abe wannabe (a lot of people point it out. >_> ). Now I'm aiming for a more distinct style. It's a weird path, but a worthy one! :D

And I think you're pretty awesome with details now ('pretty awesome'=='what-the-fuck-how-cool-are-those-highlights-and-coloring'). Maybe it's time for more experiments? Hee. I'd loooove to see what you come up with, B. :)

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It looks a little bit like Catherine Zeta Jones...
But...what do I know?
Lol al I know is that this is great!
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I think part of the issue with the face is the nose: it's shifted a little too far to the right - in particular, the white spot at the "point", or whatever you want to call that part at the bottom between the nostrils, could be reshaped a little so that there's more of it to the left. Also, the left nostril (her right one, that is) looks a bit too large compared to the other one; I think part of that is the shading effect, but using a softer grey instead of the black to shade it in would fit better with the rest of the drawing.

As for who it is... Ehh, I fail... If it's a celebrity, well, I rarely watch television... ;>_>
waw i liked the nose it look perfect
(you know ? i think you can learn how to draw both anime and realistic )
hey your drawing is good

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Is it...you? *wink*

Anyhoo, the picture looks good. I don't know if replicating someone verbatim is a good yardstick for awesomeness, since you pulled this off pretty good.

I still don't mind knowing who it is, though. :D

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lol. nope. I'M prettier XD Totally agree with you, being able to copy something isn't the talent of a great artist, though I used to think it was. Looking back at my old art, I can see that I was able to copy animals and Disney characters with pretty high precision, but when it came to drawing from my own imagination, I fell pretty short. That's still often the case, which really rams the point home to me that I haven't improved as much as I would like.

Still, I'm hoping that by copying from real life, I'm forcing myself to examine details that I would otherwise miss. Then maybe I'll be able to transfer what I've learned to my comic and other artwork.

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Usually I hate noses (which is why cartoons are so nice because they rarely have "actual" noses) ... but I'm proud with how this one turned out. Had to tweak it quite a bit.

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Yeah...I noticed that about the nose positioning early on, but when I tried to rectify it, I had a bit of trouble because I wanted to maintain that straight curve of her nose - which is really what makes or breaks the perspective of the head (straight on and slightly chin up). I had some trouble with the placement of everything on her face ... her head's a bit too wide for the relative size of her features, I think.

As for the shading, the original pic was interesting in that the right side of her face was nearly completely in shadow. So I wanted to see how well I could replicate that without it seeming too bizarre.

Gotta keep fiddling.

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Isn't she blonde? No wait. ... I'm thinking Diane Keaton. *imdb's Diane Lane* Never seen her before :P But she's also blonde. I'm surprised no one has guessed Elisha Cuthbert yet (even though she's blonde too, cuz I totally thought it looked like her ... even though it isn't :P

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