need some critiques with these wip furballs

>>3119984
Very neat idea, I need to practice hair I think.

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>>3119984
You're not giving the impression with either value or perspective that it's a sphere. It just looks like you painted hairs that fill in a circle.

Determine a light source and adjust values. To give the illusion of a sphere you also need to make the fur recede into space as they curve around the form of the sphere. Pic related. Look at his jaw, do you see the outline of it because of his beard hair? The hair wraps around the form of his chin and at the jaw, we get a look of density because it's layer after layer of hair as -- through perspective -- they seem to be condensing as they reach further into space. Now this mostly applies to the shortness of a beard stubble but the same rule applies for longer hair and fur.

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>>3120085

>>3120085
Man, you are a genius.

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>>3120085
is this actual helpful advice on ic?

This was a standard exercise here. Instead of spheres, cylinders were used. Couple of dozen cylinders with disparate material families; ie: nature, fabrics, organics etc.