Will Smith portrait

[CrazyHarij]

I'm struggling to get a grip on painting, and I've heard that painting off photos is a good way to learn, and I find it much better than painting of your imagination when you have such little understanding of color and lightning.

Here is a try with Will Smith, please let me know what you think of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/CrazyHarij/willsmith.jpg

Here is the original photo: http://www2.filmweb.no/multimedia/archive/00021/Will_Smith_Wallpaper_21945k.jpg

 

[Garfield_]

ohh man, it really looks like him
great job

 

[CREMATOR666]

Very cool, I love the wiggly lines :thumbs:

 

[SupremePain]

pretty good :thumbs: , needs a wider nose though.

 

[Recoil]

and I find it much better than painting of your imagination when you have such little understanding of color and lightning.

All great artist paint off a model! That's no bad thing

 

[St. Vegas]

Its good. Just fix the eyes.

 

[Druckles]

Wow, if I remove the wiggly lines I can see him! Tis so cool!

 

[Ames]

I thought you meant FictiousWill.

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/member.php?userid=2731

 

[Sui]

I love the use of light and shade; the sketchy look really helps to blend in the colours. My only real criticism is the eyes, they look a bit too "tired"... Like when you get out of bed in the morning and you find yourself staring at a wall for a couple of minutes

 

[`unreal]

Its really good, colours and shading seem excellent - its just the eyes. The eyes hold the strongest essence of characteristics and recognition (its a natural human thing) of a person, so when I draw I usually put my upmost effort into perfection of them. Seriously though man, thats a wicked picture, good job

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

I've noticed that you advance a lot more if you draw from life rather than photos.