I've Created This Portrait Drawing Tutorial [Not for beginners]

[Bracer]

I've Created Yet Another Portrait Drawing Tutorial, Only This Time, It's Not Created For The Beginner.
It's Best To Be Honest About This.
http://www.bracercom.com/Gallery/Drawing/37_files/SelfPortrait.jpg
Here's The Link: "Portrait Drawing Tutorial (http://www.bracercom.com/Tutorial/PortraitDrawingTutorial/PortraitDrawingTutorial.html)".

[Demon Saint]

Whoa very nice man, shading is good and I like the sheen of the hair. Good job!

[Bloodstar]

Your shading is pretty good but you used too many outlines and some of your edges are too strong. Also the hair looks really fake and anime-like.

I didn't actually read the tut...

[Bracer]

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Demon Saint:
Whoa very nice man, shading is good and I like the sheen of the hair. Good job!
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Thank You Demon Saint, I Hope The Tutorial Had Been Useful To You.

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Bloodstar6078:
Your edges are too strong and the hair looks really fake and anime-like.
I didn't actually read the tut...
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Well.
OK.
Good For You.

[erq]

I like the finished product, but like bloodstar said, if youre going for realism, try to use as little line as possible. Let your shadow shapes define the form. Right now I cant see any readable cast shadows besides the hair and under the chin. This may be due to washed out lighting. Fashion magazines have very washed out faces and are really hard to render right. And when rendering hair, imagine it wrapping around the head, so it will follow the light/shadow of the head. Right now there doesnt seem to be a single lightsource for the hair. I dont agree with your comment about drawing hair strand by strand, because you need to understand form before you get to the texture.

bad lighting: http://www.pavilionhoteluk.com/phone_queen.jpg

good lighting: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~san/ferrier7.jpg

In the second one you can even get away with just putting down a dark tone as the shadow side and leaving it at that.

Good luck =]

[Bracer]

Cast Shadow Is Too Harsh A Subject For Portraying Face Unless You Want The Effect That It Will Give, Example Dramatic, Mysterious, Movie...etc.

I Prefer A More Neutral Type For This Particular Drawing, But I Can See Your Stand Point From A "Form" Perspective. I Appreciate Your Insights :D

I'm Still Trying To Get To Terms With Rendering Hair, When I Try The "Form" Approach, My Hair Turns Out Blocky And Well....Blocks.
Draw It Leaves Like And It Turns Out Well...Sheets Of Paper, Formless And Volume less.

I'm Still Learning To Find A Compromise Of These Two Techniques And It Is Hopeful That There Are Other Techniques Which I'm Sure There Is.

As For The Two Photos That You've Shown Me, I Don't Agree On Your Universal Concept Of Good And Bad Lighting, You Are Looking From A Form Perspective And If That's What You Want To Emphasize Then Yes This Is The Way To Go, But Magazines Are More Concerns With What The Average Humans Including Me Are Concern About,...Beauty, And To Portray That Kind Of Face, Form Is Not The Prime Concern, The "Flatness" Or To Put It More Accurately, The Colour Distribution On The Face Should Be Subtle And Many Other Factors.

Thank You For Your Feedback erq :)

[Bracer]

I have also updated the URL for those who had trouble accessing this tutorial lately :D