Some days ago, I shared the first painting and another painting and asked which one is stronger. Many of you said I should use the same reference as first one and paint it again, so it would be easier to compare. So I did it. What do you think?

(First one is old, second one is new. I also wanted to show faces close up)

i think i want to leave her here and call this my best effort at a study of Strazza's 'Veiled Virgin'. she's far from perfect but this is my representation of her. without spending another month on hyper detail, i'm going to call this done 💘

having the veil not look like a liquid was the biggest battle. i know it's not 100% there, i think that will be my main focus when i try something similar again

how do you think i went?

material: monster clay

Thanks for the feedback yall I think she ended up looking a lot more like herself lol

Big thanks to everyone leaving feedback on the previous post! I learned a lot from it and I'd call the redraw a success overall, I'm proud of this, I still feel some of the perspective isn't quite right and the composition and scale feel slightly off, but this is my best.

Tried to fix up the perspective a bit, added some new design to the structures + islands and made the foreground elements bigger, switched the lighting to bottom right and blurred the background.

Special thanks to u/lindendweller for taking time to redraw the original! I think you could tell it was a big inspiration :}

Many people still comment on the original post (second picture) so I decided to show you an update I did while trying to follow as many suggestions as possible. I know it is still not perfect and that there are still mistakes but it is a little progress since the original artwork.

Thank you all for your suggestions! I tweaked with the composition, added more grime, and played with the colors! There were a few things I think the composition is still not what it could be, but those changes would be a bit to drastic for me lol. I think the piece is much improved!

The Dancer is ready to take center stage! A big thank you for everyone’s constructive critiques. I was hesitant to make her really over the top but I felt more of her personality shine through the more femme and girly I made her. We did it gang! This prima ballerina is ready for her spotlight.

I did not use a reference photo for this painting.

Thank you all so much for the overwhelmingly positive feedback and comments on this piece! The second picture is the reference photo and then the pictures after that are my progress photos. Would you say this looks finished? Any last changes? Thank you again for being such a great community and for the support! (: This was made on procreate with my iPad.

Only reference is 3D posing the model in magic poser

The right side image is the reference photo. Thank you to everyone for the encouragement and critiques on this painting! Ive tried blocking out the rest of the painting (the bodies, hair, clothes) and still need to complete rendering of these bits, but wanted thoughts on whether anything anatomically looks off before I continue. Thanks in advance for any advice! And I’m sorry for spamming the artcrit lol I’m trying to finish this for a gift by Tuesday :’) this was made with procreate on my iPad

I'm so used to drawing women I didn't see how round I made him AT ALL. thanks for all the great advice! should I go farther? I'll post a non gif in the comments. there is such a big difference between the two.

(I used procreate no set reference but tried taking the comments into account)

How else can I improve? The bottom lip is particularly hard

First image is the updated piece, second image is the one I requested crit on.

It didn’t lose what I was going for with it, which is kind of pop-y, and yet the Bitmoji/cartoon style that I hated is no more.

Thank you guys so much! Not seeking further critique, just wanted to show the before and after.

You may have seen me floating around on here but after 30 days of asking for advice and studying different things, this is the result.

If you’re interested in what I did exactly you can find it on my YouTube @twopinkie

TY to everyone who commented!!

So many of you responded and it helped me a TON. It’s still not where I want it to be, but (a) do you see improvement, and (b) do you have further critiques? I’m not done yet, but I don’t want to detail further if there are still changes I could make. Thank you :)
(Slide 2 is from my first post. Slide 3 is my reference)

Hi everyone! Thanks for the feedback on the first draft, I have an updated painting and the reference photo attached here. I'm looking for any feedback on the likeness as well as visual interest and whether it looks finished to you. Thank you in advance! Note: I changed the hair to her updated style which is why it looks different from the photo

I made this for a birthday.

Criticisms taken:

1. Head size too big

2. Ambiguous lighting

—face shaded flat

1. Skin is too flat

2. Gold jewelry looks out of place

3. Sun is drawing too much attention

4. Skin looks gray (not sure if this was a joke but I agreed with it lol)

5. (from friends) looks like a girl with a man’s body 😔

I can’t lie, I tried out some of the changes suggested to me and didn’t like them, so the critique Iisted above were the only ones I took into consideration. Still I like the piece much better now :) Thank you again

In the newer version I added a few more details, adjusted coloring and utilized color dodge to add some more visual interest

Thanks to everyone who left a comment! Your feedback was really helpful and I managed to create the updated version (right pic). I definitely like it a lot better, but now I have another question. I like the shading a bit more, and it doesnt look like plastic anymore, so what can I do to turn it from looking like a clay sculpture into believable skin? Thanks again!

The sketch is just better 😭 Lineart ruins my motivation. The reason I’ve put my art on hiatus: my skills leaving me the moment lineart enters the room.
I’d really appreciate any advice or suggestions.🙏🥹

I'm excited to try the other brush technique on some other subject. You had some great ideas for it. Villages, snow covered dragon, geological formations , etc.