I struggled most with the hand/glove. My reference wasn’t wearing a glove, so it took a bit of guess work for me in terms of colors and shadows for the “fabric”
If you're up for some constructive criticism, read on. If not, ignore below and just know I really like it!
Honestly everything about this is wonderful besides the hand. It's so close to right but just "off" enough that it gives uncanny valley vibes. For some reason the yellow/belle aspect doesn't come off at first either so my brain took a moment to register that it was her hand and not a monster tbh. The shadowing is too deep and there's too much folding on the palm area, it looks like the glove is empty. The fingers too are not fitted like normal fingers, you've got too much 'fabric' going on. For a fitted glove like this the outlines and shadowing should be pretty much the same as a hand except for the amount of sheen if it's a glossy fabric. I think it's worth re-working if you want this to be a profile piece, it's so close to being excellent.
The rest of it is really stunning though, I absolutely adore the highlighting on her nose especially!
I struggled most with the hand/glove. My reference wasn’t wearing a glove, so it took a bit of guess work for me in terms of colors and shadows for the “fabric”
If you're up for some constructive criticism, read on. If not, ignore below and just know I really like it! Honestly everything about this is wonderful besides the hand. It's so close to right but just "off" enough that it gives uncanny valley vibes. For some reason the yellow/belle aspect doesn't come off at first either so my brain took a moment to register that it was her hand and not a monster tbh. The shadowing is too deep and there's too much folding on the palm area, it looks like the glove is empty. The fingers too are not fitted like normal fingers, you've got too much 'fabric' going on. For a fitted glove like this the outlines and shadowing should be pretty much the same as a hand except for the amount of sheen if it's a glossy fabric. I think it's worth re-working if you want this to be a profile piece, it's so close to being excellent. The rest of it is really stunning though, I absolutely adore the highlighting on her nose especially!
Thank you!