Originally Posted by BenDover

Great stuff
really good shading, camera could do with a bit more black, i know you had to lighten it up a bit cus the photo was so dark, but a softer pencil and some sharper contrast might lend itself well to the overall piece.

you use the same pencil for the whole piece except the nails and the dark spot on the camera lense?

great work on the shading of the hand. nails are the business, got them nice and smooth.

my only criticism on the piece is your shapes, you lost a bit on the thumb, hand looks square and boxxy, the joint of the thumb sticks out a bit more than you drew it and you tightened in the hem of the sleave around it, looks tight and unnatural.
in those cases i find its a time to use your artistic license and exxagerate the anatomy a bit

same goes for the hand bit on the bottom of the camera, looks awefully skinny.

overall, its definately a great piece, will get you great marks, definately an 80 percetner.
interesting angle, the scuffed nail polish makes for an interesting subject, great shading.
do you guys have to do visual diarys or document motivations for your pieces?

Originally Posted by Ulthus

I love the first picture; a lot of detail and shading! Keep drawing your amazing at this.

Originally Posted by Zus

I think camera should have more colours.Do you?

Originally Posted by pal

I use the same pencil to shade, unless it is something really really light.

Originally Posted by pal

I had some trouble with the hands and the sleaves; the hands looked ok after some tries, the sleaves were improvised, I didn't even care about the sizes/shapes of it.
We have our own visual diaries, yes.

Originally Posted by hazelbud

your an good strong drawer mate, likes the naturalism best tho.

wt u like the most to draw yourself then ?

Originally Posted by BenDover

mix it up, 2b 4b and 8b pencils are the business
that 8b would have made those nails and darker areas really look hot



hands are notoriously difficult, next time you find yourself drawing them, do yourself favour and spend an hour or 2 doing a study for your visual diary. try doing it in a 3D type manner, starting with a line sketch of the bones and drawing circle type shapes to fill in the muscles. then again in a few other poses, concentrating on how the muscles change and affect the overall shape.
if you do it properly, it should be worth an extra 10% on your total mark