/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2338100

>Not sure how to deal with the cheeks and dimples and such.

It's an interesting problem, isn't it? Deciding what to draw and what not to draw.
At the end of the day, a pencil stroke in a certain spot isn't a real representation of the lighting or color of a source image. It's just there to imply the idea of something. It's very abstract.

Even though the eyes in your image are almost a one-to-one reproduction of all the curves that the eye has, the idea of the eye can be represented so much more simply.
Look at the threshold image. This might be what you see in extreme sunlight or something. But the shape of the eye is so beautifully simple in stark black and white. And you can instantly see that it's an eye as well.

I modified your image at the bottom (crudely). Even though it took a lot of work, look at how much you can take away from the eyes and still have it be meaningful. But maybe you chose to detail the eyes, because you want to draw attention to them. That's what personal style is.

As for the cheeks, it would be a shame not to highlight them somehow, since the cheeks in the source are so prominent. A small line near the mouth seems to highlight it well.
Again, even though it isn't a true representation of the clear, dark line from her mouth to her nose, the point is to convey the idea of a protrusion in the face. And it can be conveyed that simply.