/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>6666789
Anon, oh my god, do not listen to the people in this thread they are LEADING YOU ASTRAY. Your makeup needs a lot of work.

1. Are you using a pencil to fill in your eyebrows? Do light, thin strokes to simulate having thicker eyebrow hair, don't just fill your eyebrows in with it completely. I highly recommend looking into eyebrow powder as an alternative.

I also think you should try to shape your eyebrows more, give them some arch. Vriska is usually given a sort of judgmental or superior look for good reason; you look bored or even a little bit scared. Obviously some of that has to do with posing, but some of it has to do with your makeup too.

2. Your eyeliner. Practice it. A lot. The bottom lines look too thick and kind of shaky, and the top line doesn't accentuate the inside of your eyes so they lose definition. I would recommend tapering off the bottom lines around the middle of your eyes and bringing the top lines down to the tearduct. You might even want to line around the tearduct to give it a defined point.

Makeup is hard to describe so here's a tutorial that might help you visualize what I'm saying... It's for a softer look but it's a starting point to try experimenting with and build off of. I strongly recommend lurking the makeup thread to get more eyeliner inspiration.

3. It looks like you sort of smudged on a bit of blue eyeshadow above your eyelid on the inside corners of your eyes? Don't do that. A better idea might be taking inspiration from "smokey eyes" looks, putting some blue long where you put your eyeliner and fading it up and out. And blend, blend, blend!

4. Your lipstick is crooked. It's possible your lips are a little asymmetrical - that's normal, and mine are too - but it's worth correcting. Use a little bit of lipstick on a brush or better yet use some lip pencil to shape your lips evenly. It's ok to draw "outside the lines" a little bit to even it up.