/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>5097174
Seems kinda stiff maybe try some gesture, i recommend using some soft and hard shading of different, darker hues to make it pop, try soft shading for rounded forms and hard edges for cast shadows (shadows brought about by something blocking a light source).

Also try a more saturated lighter color for the highlights, it's hard to see.

I'm not sure if this applies to all anime or more realistic ones but skin isn't opaque and the colors behind it shines through.
Add a green-ish color round the lips for women since they don't have stubble but do have de-oxygenated blood, this also helps bring out reddish lips. Men have blue/grey here for stubble.
Red for the region between the eyebrows and bottom of the nose for oxygenated blood and gold for forehead since it's more free-er of muscles (there are still muscles in the center bottom there like the procerus and corrugator). The face isn't one tone make sure to keep these colors very low in opacity because they're not that noticeable in real life but still noticeable in people.

That said observe more anime and do more studies of anime to know what colors to use.

Good luck