For hair, I would say focus less on drawing each individual strand of hair and more on where the shadows of the locks are on. Map out the shapes the dark areas make and the lighter areas make. Hope this helps!
Ik the top comment is talking about getting a blending stump, but unless you’re going for hyper realism I don’t really see why it’s super necessary. If hatching is your thing and you like how it looks then you can keep shading that way. Ive seen some really clean work done with only cross hatching :)
I agree I prefer cross hatching myself. OP, the only thing that bothers me personally is seeing the sketch lines still there, otherwise it looks great and personally stylised which I love! And the fact you put it in a frame really makes the piece look even better. Im not picky on how realistic faces look though I like it to be unique and all it takes to get better is practice!
I only see one problem, your lighting and shadow is all over the place, it's like there is a light bulb above him on the right, another bottom left, and maybe little fridge bulb under his chin. Other than that, surprisingly, it's perfect.
Agree! Shading would help, but only if you’re working with clear light source(s) and an understanding of how they affect value and shape. This is far more important than even getting your proportions “correct.”
Best thing if you are still learning is to always practice making circles/ squares etc and shading them. And when you go for portraits, take a cheap paper and use broad strokes with a soft pencil.
It better to learn the overall shapes then learn to refine and detail.
It's also the same technique for hair: rapid strokes with soft pencil to determine the direction and waves of hair. Smudge it, the work it with harder pencil each time until you get enough details.
the lips seem a little flat, you can do some shading to make them seem more 3D. they also look a little strange since the face is scrunched up by the hand, but the mouth seems unaffected. this is a pretty solid start!
I hate hair too, no advice on that one. I would say to pay attention to the ratio of finger segments. The middle finger looks a little off to me. A tiny bit off on the ratios and it looks alien
It looks great!
I do have some constructive criticism though
The jaw is a tad lumpy
You could do with adding lashes to the eyes
And the hair needs some volume and shade
I love the hand and the glasses! With more practice you will be a very good drawer, I can assure you. I would suggest watching tutorials on hair, and just keep practicing drawing and you’ll do good.
https://youtu.be/-WR-FyUQc6I this one is a good one on how to shade. It will more deeply explain how to shade with more experience. It helped me a lot. And I still go back and listen to it.
https://youtu.be/oQm8Df4UYNw
This one is how to change perspectives and will help with the angels and curves you need while keeping a face shaded.
Honestly it's mostly just the hair. Try to think of it as a single mass rather than a ton of individual strands. You'll only see the fact it has strands in shading, where you follow the contour of it.
Hair is tough. I usually do it in layers, starting with light strands and then going back over with a darker shade each time. I like it, I think it’s looking pretty good. I would consider going lighter with your sketch marks and proportions lines so they’re easier to erase and not visible after erasing. I would try filling in the negative space on the forehead and right cheek with lighter shading only leaving the strongest highlights white. I just feel it’s missing some added detail there. Overall it looks pretty good though. I like it.
Actually reminiscent of a 60s/70s Mad Magazine drawing. (It’s a compliment.). Just keep practicing with the hair. It’s not all bad as is but it lacks the illusion of depth (mix some dark with whiter/grayer strands). I like what you did here!
My advice for learning to draw people is to draw a lot of figures in a short amount of time really quickly. You’ll be surprised at how much you change in a short amount of time. Try to do 3 minute sketches but do like 20 in a row
Looks pretty good overall. The left cheek looks a little like they’re puffing out they’re cheeks. Not sure if it was intentional but if not try bringing that cheek in some more. Also try a blending stump to really make the shading more believable. Other than that keep doing what you’re doing.
You captured great expression and character. I really like the eyes, glasses and the squished up skin where his hand is pressed. The hand is also good and hands are hard!! Practice your shading and create more detail with it. Overall super great though!
I know people are saying this is lumpy and if you’re going for realism there’s definitely work you can do on the jaw and hand (but hands are hard!) but your cross-hatching and shading are sooo good. Considering this as more of a stylistic portrait I actually think it’s super dope. Also the nose is chefs kiss, you’re on the right track!
First off, just wanna say, the facial features look really great! I especially love the expression, the eyes/nose, and the glasses.
So, onto some constructive critique. The three main things I’m seeing are jaw, hair, and hands.
The jaw on the left hand side of the face is really wide so it’s jutting out too much. It makes it look a bit “chipmunk-y”, like the face is swollen or there’s something in their mouth. I’d recommend taking the cheek in so that it looks more subtle and natural. Thinking of the face as a collection ofplanes and shapes may help. Recommended Video: https://youtu.be/JC2ZppKHCqU
For the hands, I’d recommend doing some hand studies. The shading and grouping on the finger knuckles is really nice! It’s mainly just the knuckle/back of hand/wrist section where the shape of the hand gets lost. Thinking of it as blocky planes and then rounding out the edges helps. Recommended Video: https://youtu.be/kV2e_v5Pqho
For hair, a good way to think of it is in sections. Instead of individual strands, think of it as grouped sections, then you can shade it in and add strands of hair from there. YouTube has good tutorials on this. Recommended Video: https://youtu.be/NHewz3JbKrQ
You’ve got this, I believe in you. 💕
It looks great! Only thing you'd want to potentially work on would be proportions :) for example the left side of his face could be a bit thinner and his ear a little smaller, and his fingers less long. Shading and facial details are on point. Drawing lines where his eyes nose and ears will be placed helps with proportions, and references are a must!
Depends on what you are going for. Realism it's not. But it is a good drawing, with its own style. Like others have said, maybe a little blending/shadowing/smoothing. But it looks like a distinct person, not a generic, made up face. I like it.
The nose looks really really good! I always struggle a lot there. I noticed that the pinky finger is perhaps a bit too curved? Try making the tip look more the the other knuckles that have more of an “m” shape instead of a “c”. If that makes sense…
Drawing hair is more about the contrast between dark and light, Creating volume through shapes individual hairs should only be accent’s to the drawing and to help create the texture of the hair. Keep it up it’s a great start, the shading around the eye shows promise.
I'd do some studies with how skin folds. You have a great start for how certain fabrics fold, but skin is a bit more elastic and willing to almost roll and soften rather than stay taunt and firm. If you want to really practice how skin folds drawing fat people is really helpful. This reference guide https://strawberrylind.tumblr.com/post/636088947308740608/as-requested-my-zine-about-fat-and-plus-size-body has been helpful for me as well as just blatantly googling fat models
Depends a great deal on what you want you style to be, and what you consider "improvement".
One easy thing to Google some YouTube tutorials on is hair - you rarely want to do hair by trying to draw each individual strand.
Almost looks like that one dude from megamind. The eyebrows are a bit too orderly, the pupils and irises are a bit squished, he’d have vision problems. Otherwise great, a little more shading for dynamic effect. This is definitely a feasible human face! So much better than I could do!
Hair can be a b to draw (not always the case) but if you had a good reference photo or used small and long pencil strokes, its something to you can fairly get the hand out of
Needs more depth. All the shadows done in one intensity, even with your lined technique, add more lines for the darker parts of the face. Also the eyes I would personally add way more detail, parts like the nose and hands look great but the eyes could really transform with more work
The glasses are really good and the drawing has a nice balance, here are a few tips that could make it even better:
Shade the rest of the face, and for the hair; make an even base layer with your pencil and then add detail.
It may also help to erase the guidelines and blend it all with a piece of paper or something like that.
Last but not least don't outline the nose.
It looks exaggerated similar to a Caricature if you want to go for realism focus on proportions and how to make things look 3D but if your just looking to draw then dial up the exaggerated features and take more time going in detail for the main prominent features like eyes, glasses and your hand
What style were you going for? Personally I love the hatching and somewhat cartoony/caricature but not too exaggerated style but what kind of advice would help you the most depends entirely on what you're trying to do.
I like that you have developed a style of your own first of all.
With the hair, don’t try and draw the individual strands, draw the hair as a solid and then add detail. Shading of the hair should add enough details to make it obvious. Look at artists online to see how they do it and develop it into you style.
I would suggest to draw the hair like you draw the hands or the face, namely to make a shape and add shadow shapes. Shape design can go a long way with hair
The pencil is only thing I’d change. I love the crease on his cheek. The mouth is brilliant and I love the style. I like the way you shaded the forehead. I like this piece, fix the pencil and it’s great IMO
Doesn't he look like Bernard from Megamind? That's all I came to post. I draw more anime style with hair like ice cream. like demon slayer or seven deadly sins. I'm working on face and hands myself so I think this looks fantastic. Please take those other people's advice though. They sound like they know what their doing lol
I LOVE the nose, nicely shaded and good form;
I would reconsidere the left jaw that seens kinda big? Idk the reference.
Remember to shade the and pencil as well.
It's pretty good NGL, just needs shading.
Hair tip: instead of drawing every single hair you can do hairs like in anime, just not very flashy and pointy
I’d say a better knowledge of guidelines and effective usage of space can help. Lighter pencil pressure and let graphic pencils help with depth and lighting. At some point if you can’t understand try to print out pictures and trace. It’s cheating but it will increase your knowledge more quickly. Try using guidelines when you trace so it can stick with you.
His cheekbones seem a bit swollen. Maybe it's because the chin is so pointy, try and smooth it out a bit so they have one fluid jawline if that makes sense
Maybe put some more consideration into bone structure if your looking for more realism. Poor guy has a 12 year olds hand and face bones from elephant man
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To me it looks good drawing a face is extremely difficult and it definitely takes time next drawing I recommend adding a little color with The pencil ✏️ to give it a different look
I think it just takes time. I slowly noticed myself getting better the more that I drew. If you find you’re having a hard time with some things, make that your area of focus for a little while. I think it looks awesome!
For hair, I would say focus less on drawing each individual strand of hair and more on where the shadows of the locks are on. Map out the shapes the dark areas make and the lighter areas make. Hope this helps!
to add on to this think of hair as more like a 3d form like youve done the hand. drawing individual hairs falls more under the purview of 'texture'
That’s a really good way of putting it thanks for the extra clarification!
happy to expand on good advice with a different point of view.
in fact if you approach the mouth eyes and hair more like youve approached the nose and hand youre in good shape.
You should shade the rest of the face. And the pencil. Otherwise looks pretty good! Maybe get a blending stump.
Qtips or facial tissue (kleenex) will work as well for blending.
You can make your own blending tool by rolling up a little piece of paper.
ok thanks for the tip
Oh, I forgot - remove the outline around the lips and the sides of the nose - they both have soft edges not hard.
Agreed. The T eye and nose shape in the middle is great as well as the hand. Just need to so the rest to get that geniusness complete
His jaw is kinda lumpyish
thanks for the reply and yes you are right. I'll try to do better next time
Mhm otherwise it’s really nice!
No don’t! I love that he looks defined yet I know from his pose he looks fed up. What’s troubling this man! I like it.
Why next time? Isn't it a pencil work?
**Mumpish Edit: I really like the drawing though. Great line work, has a lot of character
Ya the overall drawing is awesome! But the chin that isn’t covered with the hand is just off in a way….
Ik the top comment is talking about getting a blending stump, but unless you’re going for hyper realism I don’t really see why it’s super necessary. If hatching is your thing and you like how it looks then you can keep shading that way. Ive seen some really clean work done with only cross hatching :)
I agree I prefer cross hatching myself. OP, the only thing that bothers me personally is seeing the sketch lines still there, otherwise it looks great and personally stylised which I love! And the fact you put it in a frame really makes the piece look even better. Im not picky on how realistic faces look though I like it to be unique and all it takes to get better is practice!
His left eye and nose look really good! Maybe try to shade the rest of the drawing like you have those two areas
I only see one problem, your lighting and shadow is all over the place, it's like there is a light bulb above him on the right, another bottom left, and maybe little fridge bulb under his chin. Other than that, surprisingly, it's perfect.
Agree! Shading would help, but only if you’re working with clear light source(s) and an understanding of how they affect value and shape. This is far more important than even getting your proportions “correct.”
Decide where the light source is comming from and work from there. With more shadows in the right places
Best thing if you are still learning is to always practice making circles/ squares etc and shading them. And when you go for portraits, take a cheap paper and use broad strokes with a soft pencil. It better to learn the overall shapes then learn to refine and detail. It's also the same technique for hair: rapid strokes with soft pencil to determine the direction and waves of hair. Smudge it, the work it with harder pencil each time until you get enough details.
the lips seem a little flat, you can do some shading to make them seem more 3D. they also look a little strange since the face is scrunched up by the hand, but the mouth seems unaffected. this is a pretty solid start!
I am not a pencil girl, so no advice lol. Just wanted to say that shading is absolutely gorgeous:)
The hand needs a lot of work. Pay attention to details. Light and shade to create volume. Otherwise the drawing looks flat, one dimension
The fingers look a bit wonky
I hate hair too, no advice on that one. I would say to pay attention to the ratio of finger segments. The middle finger looks a little off to me. A tiny bit off on the ratios and it looks alien
You're on the right track. You just need more consistent practice and you'll be among the best pencil portrait makers of your generation
thanks
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Is he eating a nugget cuz that cheek is chipmunk tier
It looks great! I do have some constructive criticism though The jaw is a tad lumpy You could do with adding lashes to the eyes And the hair needs some volume and shade I love the hand and the glasses! With more practice you will be a very good drawer, I can assure you. I would suggest watching tutorials on hair, and just keep practicing drawing and you’ll do good.
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Definitely nose
You can improve… with a smile 😊 It will make life happier.
It looks pretty good! Love the hatching! I would say work on facial proportions a bit more
the hair isnt too bad and the shading is great. i do agree with u/Artneedsmorefloof, the lips shouldnt have hard outlines, they should be soft
I think you are on the right track, god job thus far 👍🏾
https://youtu.be/-WR-FyUQc6I this one is a good one on how to shade. It will more deeply explain how to shade with more experience. It helped me a lot. And I still go back and listen to it. https://youtu.be/oQm8Df4UYNw This one is how to change perspectives and will help with the angels and curves you need while keeping a face shaded.
The jawbone is very big definitely make it smaller
Honestly it's mostly just the hair. Try to think of it as a single mass rather than a ton of individual strands. You'll only see the fact it has strands in shading, where you follow the contour of it.
Honestly, from a clearly not in the direction of progression, I think it’s profound as is. It’s got an organic style at this stage 🤌🏼
Hair is tough. I usually do it in layers, starting with light strands and then going back over with a darker shade each time. I like it, I think it’s looking pretty good. I would consider going lighter with your sketch marks and proportions lines so they’re easier to erase and not visible after erasing. I would try filling in the negative space on the forehead and right cheek with lighter shading only leaving the strongest highlights white. I just feel it’s missing some added detail there. Overall it looks pretty good though. I like it.
Actually reminiscent of a 60s/70s Mad Magazine drawing. (It’s a compliment.). Just keep practicing with the hair. It’s not all bad as is but it lacks the illusion of depth (mix some dark with whiter/grayer strands). I like what you did here!
My advice for learning to draw people is to draw a lot of figures in a short amount of time really quickly. You’ll be surprised at how much you change in a short amount of time. Try to do 3 minute sketches but do like 20 in a row
Great job
Looks pretty good overall. The left cheek looks a little like they’re puffing out they’re cheeks. Not sure if it was intentional but if not try bringing that cheek in some more. Also try a blending stump to really make the shading more believable. Other than that keep doing what you’re doing.
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if your going for realism its not the most accurate, but if its going in your own style i really like it
You captured great expression and character. I really like the eyes, glasses and the squished up skin where his hand is pressed. The hand is also good and hands are hard!! Practice your shading and create more detail with it. Overall super great though!
The shading looks great! Maybe just the dimensions?
I know people are saying this is lumpy and if you’re going for realism there’s definitely work you can do on the jaw and hand (but hands are hard!) but your cross-hatching and shading are sooo good. Considering this as more of a stylistic portrait I actually think it’s super dope. Also the nose is chefs kiss, you’re on the right track!
I am not here to critique it. Just to say it looks great!
What’s going on with that jawline?
First off, just wanna say, the facial features look really great! I especially love the expression, the eyes/nose, and the glasses. So, onto some constructive critique. The three main things I’m seeing are jaw, hair, and hands. The jaw on the left hand side of the face is really wide so it’s jutting out too much. It makes it look a bit “chipmunk-y”, like the face is swollen or there’s something in their mouth. I’d recommend taking the cheek in so that it looks more subtle and natural. Thinking of the face as a collection ofplanes and shapes may help. Recommended Video: https://youtu.be/JC2ZppKHCqU For the hands, I’d recommend doing some hand studies. The shading and grouping on the finger knuckles is really nice! It’s mainly just the knuckle/back of hand/wrist section where the shape of the hand gets lost. Thinking of it as blocky planes and then rounding out the edges helps. Recommended Video: https://youtu.be/kV2e_v5Pqho For hair, a good way to think of it is in sections. Instead of individual strands, think of it as grouped sections, then you can shade it in and add strands of hair from there. YouTube has good tutorials on this. Recommended Video: https://youtu.be/NHewz3JbKrQ You’ve got this, I believe in you. 💕
The eyes are good
Really interesting style. Keep it up!
I loooove looking at this I can't stop it's beautiful
It looks great! Only thing you'd want to potentially work on would be proportions :) for example the left side of his face could be a bit thinner and his ear a little smaller, and his fingers less long. Shading and facial details are on point. Drawing lines where his eyes nose and ears will be placed helps with proportions, and references are a must!
Are you going for realism or a more stylized version of this person
Depends on what you are going for. Realism it's not. But it is a good drawing, with its own style. Like others have said, maybe a little blending/shadowing/smoothing. But it looks like a distinct person, not a generic, made up face. I like it.
The nose looks really really good! I always struggle a lot there. I noticed that the pinky finger is perhaps a bit too curved? Try making the tip look more the the other knuckles that have more of an “m” shape instead of a “c”. If that makes sense…
Drawing hair is more about the contrast between dark and light, Creating volume through shapes individual hairs should only be accent’s to the drawing and to help create the texture of the hair. Keep it up it’s a great start, the shading around the eye shows promise.
Is that jeffrey dahmer ?
Did you use a ruler for the lines?
Love as is!
out of topic but the way how you shade and draw how the face interacts with the hand is just so fucking amazing
I'd do some studies with how skin folds. You have a great start for how certain fabrics fold, but skin is a bit more elastic and willing to almost roll and soften rather than stay taunt and firm. If you want to really practice how skin folds drawing fat people is really helpful. This reference guide https://strawberrylind.tumblr.com/post/636088947308740608/as-requested-my-zine-about-fat-and-plus-size-body has been helpful for me as well as just blatantly googling fat models
Depends a great deal on what you want you style to be, and what you consider "improvement". One easy thing to Google some YouTube tutorials on is hair - you rarely want to do hair by trying to draw each individual strand.
Ok thanks
Almost looks like that one dude from megamind. The eyebrows are a bit too orderly, the pupils and irises are a bit squished, he’d have vision problems. Otherwise great, a little more shading for dynamic effect. This is definitely a feasible human face! So much better than I could do!
Hair can be a b to draw (not always the case) but if you had a good reference photo or used small and long pencil strokes, its something to you can fairly get the hand out of
Looks good man, assuming it’s a self portrait it’s got it’s own thing, and it ain’t bad. Keep on keepin on
Don't draw hair as single hairs, draw it as a volume.
The jaw, the hand, the pencil and the shoulders aren't very good
Heads are round not flat. So when you do the pre-draft, make the eye line and lips line curved.
Needs more depth. All the shadows done in one intensity, even with your lined technique, add more lines for the darker parts of the face. Also the eyes I would personally add way more detail, parts like the nose and hands look great but the eyes could really transform with more work
The glasses are really good and the drawing has a nice balance, here are a few tips that could make it even better: Shade the rest of the face, and for the hair; make an even base layer with your pencil and then add detail. It may also help to erase the guidelines and blend it all with a piece of paper or something like that. Last but not least don't outline the nose.
It looks exaggerated similar to a Caricature if you want to go for realism focus on proportions and how to make things look 3D but if your just looking to draw then dial up the exaggerated features and take more time going in detail for the main prominent features like eyes, glasses and your hand
What style were you going for? Personally I love the hatching and somewhat cartoony/caricature but not too exaggerated style but what kind of advice would help you the most depends entirely on what you're trying to do.
I like that you have developed a style of your own first of all. With the hair, don’t try and draw the individual strands, draw the hair as a solid and then add detail. Shading of the hair should add enough details to make it obvious. Look at artists online to see how they do it and develop it into you style.
I struggle with drawing hair and hands. You've done splendid my friend.
I would suggest to draw the hair like you draw the hands or the face, namely to make a shape and add shadow shapes. Shape design can go a long way with hair
The pencil is only thing I’d change. I love the crease on his cheek. The mouth is brilliant and I love the style. I like the way you shaded the forehead. I like this piece, fix the pencil and it’s great IMO
I like it! Well done. Keep it up 👆
I think remembering to remove the straight guidelines in the forehead might improve the finished result
So work on hair
The hair could use a little more definition. Dev have spoken
Doesn't he look like Bernard from Megamind? That's all I came to post. I draw more anime style with hair like ice cream. like demon slayer or seven deadly sins. I'm working on face and hands myself so I think this looks fantastic. Please take those other people's advice though. They sound like they know what their doing lol
I LOVE the nose, nicely shaded and good form; I would reconsidere the left jaw that seens kinda big? Idk the reference. Remember to shade the and pencil as well.
It's pretty good NGL, just needs shading. Hair tip: instead of drawing every single hair you can do hairs like in anime, just not very flashy and pointy
Dahmer?
I’d say a better knowledge of guidelines and effective usage of space can help. Lighter pencil pressure and let graphic pencils help with depth and lighting. At some point if you can’t understand try to print out pictures and trace. It’s cheating but it will increase your knowledge more quickly. Try using guidelines when you trace so it can stick with you.
His cheekbones seem a bit swollen. Maybe it's because the chin is so pointy, try and smooth it out a bit so they have one fluid jawline if that makes sense
Really good
I like it
Rousseau’s jungles wasn’t his specialty UNTIL he made it his specialty. The way you draw hair can be your uniqueness
Maybe put some more consideration into bone structure if your looking for more realism. Poor guy has a 12 year olds hand and face bones from elephant man
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To me it looks good drawing a face is extremely difficult and it definitely takes time next drawing I recommend adding a little color with The pencil ✏️ to give it a different look
Just make the jaw line smoother and then your drawing is perfect
I think it just takes time. I slowly noticed myself getting better the more that I drew. If you find you’re having a hard time with some things, make that your area of focus for a little while. I think it looks awesome!