No one irl has the balls to give me an actual critique,

>>2276261
amateur photocopy/10

Get a book on anatomy and construction and start studying.

>>2276261
Nose appears to be facing a different direction from the face, which we appear to be seeing from two angles at once or something? The left side of the face looks way to wide relative to the right side, and the nose looks like it's been smushed to the right. Forehead looks pretty small, too. Shoulders look small, could just be the way the hair makes them appear to end. The collar bone looks wrong though - the collar bone meets those muscles from the neck down below the chin, and right now it doesn't look like that's going to happen. Hair looks pretty bad overall; google Gurney Journey Ribbon Method.

Can you show us what you're working from, or was this from life?

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>>2276319

>>2276261
>>2276342
The shapes are way off man. Try to compare verticals and horizontals and general proportions. You squished her head hardcore.

>>2276342
The forehead does not look like that. The glasses are tilted. The rhythm of the soldiers is slanted not flat.

>>2276349
> soldiers
*Shoulders

>>2276343
>>2276349
>what is abstraction?

>>2276342
its a nice drawing with nice use of pencil work but those proportions are off in the drawing your head is way small like someone dropped an anvil on your head

>>2276428
>using abstraction as an excuse for lack of basic observational skills

>>2276428
Definitely not that

Poorly refrenced, imagine if you saw a person that looks like your drawing, it wouldnt look human.

illstrat?

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Looks great

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>>2276261

>>2276261
symbol drawing as fuck
loomis

>>2276681
im actually reading one of his books right now.

That drawing was the first face ive ever drawn.

>>2276699
okay wait

you draw your first face ever and then claim "abstraction" when getting critique?

also if you were drawing a face for the first time, wouldn't you, you know, try to draw an actual face first? to get an idea how faces work? without huge sunglasses in the way?

what am i not getting here

>>2276428
>what is loomis?

>>2276753
did not claim abstraction ever.

>everything has to look exactly like the reference and have perfect anatomy or its shit.
>oh my god senpai. How could you slightly misdraw this thing that i have no idea how to draw. Let me tell you how i would draw it if i could art
>post my work? Me? Dont be ridiculous.

Every reply in this thread.

>>2278339
There's a difference between something not looking like the ref because of intention/stylization and because of ineptness/lack of skill.

>>2276428
uh
>>2276779

>>2278342
>what is an anonymous image board?

>>2276261
What the uck happened to her jaw senpai, it's all wonky, try to watch the next time. Yes, it does overshoot the neck line, however there's a curve at the end, not an angle. Also those glasses look like someone else drew them, doesn't quite mesh.

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Have you tried to break down the original photo into a grid? It'll make drawing your self-portrait much easier.

>>2278548
>or portrait, whatever it is. I'm doing the same thing with pastels