/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3368938
Just a quick 15 min study to warm up

>>2592719

Being able to work from photos is a fundamental skill. Hyperrealism isn't.
Ultimately what you are looking to do in all observational art is to capture the essence of what you're seeing without getting caught up in all the details. There is a difference in copying a photo slavishly with a grid and being able to interpret it and simplify it like pic related. I challenge anyone to tell me that pic related is easy to do.

I'd also really like to see your work. Chances are your life studies are weaker than you'd like to think they are.
If you can't accurately asses the shapes and values of a photo, why would you magically be able to do so from life?

This is def. my all time favorite photo study. Great shape design, gesture and brushwork

>>2428368
I think I know exactly what you're talking about, it's this really detailed drawing of some middle aged woman right?

While we're here I might as well ask for images that look like pic related

>Actually posting females