Wonderful job! The only thing I have to say, and it isnt even necessarily a bad thing, is that the hands look like they were done in charcoal. The face is phenomenal, and I love the contrast in this peice.
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hey, very nice job with the shadows and the shapes. i guess to add to the realism you can make his features look less smooth, but i'm no expert on that so good luck
but beee-yuuu-ti-ful picture. Nice work as always.
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Wonderful job! The only thing I have to say, and it isnt even necessarily a bad thing, is that the hands look like they were done in charcoal. The face is phenomenal, and I love the contrast in this peice.
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The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.
Not quite as good as Peter Jackson, I think. I love it. The only thing I'll critque is that the skin on the knuckles looks fake. Otherwise this just blows me away.
Thanks for your honesty. I respect that a lot. And you're quite right. I think the hands are my least favourite part of the image. I was kind of hoping the detail and high contrast of the face might distract people from the hands, but since they're so dominant in the image it clearly didn't work. I may actually go back and retouch them at a later date.
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