/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2075016
work solidy. try not to blend too much. The edgework is one of the beautiful aspects of this portrait. Near the tear duct of the eyes is a really great hard edge, make sure you get that. don't worry too much about the complicated drawing in the collar, it's a pain in the ass to draw, just simplify the rhythym and you can spend time on it in the end if you want.

It's hard to see but the hair is not that black. Lighten it a little. What's going to make it look dark is the lighter value of the background, which you need to put in.

Flip your canvas a lot. What's making the eyes look off is their relationship. They're nearly horizontal or maybe even slightly on a down-right tilt.

Your horizontal-vertical relationships are key to really doing justice to this portrait. One of them that I fixed is the ear, it's really much lower in comparison to the nose.

Really focus in on the angles of the collar, and try to simplify the shape as best you can.

If I say more it'll be too late, haha.