/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1768855
Holy shit.

Anyway, to paint small boys, girls, or young woman for that matter, you should probably use less contrast. Their features are usually 'softer' in terms of feel, and doesn't feature much sharp and hard defined shapes. These groups of people I mentioned earlier, you don't need to try to show your face anatomy skills since it will ruin it completely, unless you've done an exceptional amount of studies on the human face, like Norman Rockwell. Use less contrast, and don't try too much to define their features. To play it safe, make it more on the flat side.

For children, it's important to notice that they have under developed skulls, still growing, so the head will be slightly smaller, with larger eyes (skull grows, eyes don't, so that's why they appear bigger on kids or babies). Use that knowledge. Since they have not yet reached puberty, boys don't have hard and chiseled faces. You should probably aim for something like this >>1768881

Well, unless it's a style thing, then it should be consistent across the board for all your other drawings. But it does not read as 12 year old boy for me on first look.