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shiny23
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Ok folks been practicing dots and lines and the dreaded dagger stroke for hours apon hours, finally thought I would try " the eye" so here it is! All criticism welcome!
Thanks @Madbrush u are right the eye lashes did intimidate me hence why they are missing , the texture in the iris was just me trying to get it to stand out! What I would do differently is build the dark areas up A lot slower rather than trying to get it black in one pass, the one thing that I would change is the edge of the iris to me it's to dark and too thick same with the lower eyelid line! The biggest question i have is how to get more depth and shape in to a piece? I will look in to the paint pals and If I decide to take part I will definitely pm u!
Ps what would u change with the image?
Mark
So I read in the paint pals post man I'm in on it too so it could be me frying ur brain with pm s that is providing ur not the one picked for me to post it to .
I have always been creative tho it was more fabrication and building things, it was only recently I have decided to try my hand at any form of drawing or painting and have to say I wish I had started long a go cause it is my peace and stress reliever just even doing the pratice is enough to calm me down!
As MB says, one of the greatest things about this place is the fact that we're all here to help each other out, share our knowledge and encourage each other to do [ or in my case, attempt to do! ] whatever it is that we want to try.
We have all come from the same humble beginings, so we understand what the frustrations and the triumphs are all about.
My advice is, NEVER be afraid to ASK about anything that gives you grief.
Someone here has been through it as well, and can get you over it.
Believe it or not just knowing that I can always turn to this forum for help, advice and feedback is giving me more confidence in my abilities ( limited as they are at the minute) to push my self and step outside my comfort zone and actually open a bottle of paint other than black haha!
Ur right about the grainy ness it's not the photo thining my paint is a problem I just can't find that sweet spot, tho i recently bought an iwata eclipse so it's a new learning curve finding all its quirks!
I'm using auto air paints, thinned 1 part paint to 3 parts reducer usually shooting around 10 to 15 psi, only had time to play with the eclipse for about an hour but from the second I started using it I could feel the difference from my Chinese copy ! Looking back I wish I had just got it from the start