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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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Recently I compiled a collection of "Self portraits done by female digital artists" published on a blog Naldz Graphic.
Click here to see the article.
You've really improved in comparison to the other two. I like the coloring on this much better, and I think this style is more flattering because it's what you actually look like. What I mean is, it's a whole lot closer to your actual appearance than the other links you provided. I always take cartoon-ish self portraits with a grain of salt, since it's inevitable that some features will be stylised. The eyes in this picture, however, look a little flat. I'm not the best person to answer how to improve it - I don't consider myself educated enough or experienced enough to really identify exactly what needs improvement and how to go about doing so. Also, I personally think a little stronger highlighting on the glasses would make them seem more "glassy" and reflective. (yes, I use wonderfully technical terms XD). I love the dynamic shading! The touches of green on the cheek and chin really do a wonderful job of showing the light reflecting off your enviroment, which really shows how well thought out this piece is (ie you didn't slap on a BG last minute). I think it also shows a level of elegance and expertise since keeping that lighting in consideration is often neglected (I believe this mostly because I always forget it myself). Overall, a splendid improvement, and I think you've done a great job.
I should really redo this piece..
But I think it's very important to rely on what you see! It's not necessarily always a good thing to throw in some knowledge if that knowledge doesn't suit the situation. Like, it would be a mistake to make your glasses super-shiny if the glasses being observed were actually dirty/in dim lighting/other factors that would decrease glossiness. In general, though, I definitely agree that knowledge + observation = ultimate powa in figure painting.
I think this piece is nice as it is - redoing it would be like beating a dead horse. Maybe doing another self-portrait to show improvement would be a good idea, like this one is in comparison to your previous ones?