Hey! Just to my personal taste, there aren’t quite enough shadow levels, but it really depends on your style. If you’re going for a style with just a single level of shadow, that’s totally fine, you just need to redistribute it across the face a bit. I think a great exercise would be to take a reference photo and try to simplify the lighting. Find the mid-value shadow and compare all the other shadows to it. If a shadow is much lighter, you can omit it о: if it’s much darker, do the same. But if it's close to that mid-value, draw it. This is a great way to train your eye to see where these shadows usually sit on the face. Right now there is a large shadow on the left side of the face. In the case of such a shadow on the left, there would typically be a bit more shadow on the right side as well, particularly around the eye and mouth

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Sibs LastName · 2026-07-05T12:17:35.937Z

im guessing the shadow placements and im not sure if im overdoing it or am i doing less

@mireysHace 2 meses

I’ve also put together a version with more shadow values in this one, just in case you’d like to see where the shadows from the simpler example actually originate. And what shadows is to weak or to strong to be in a graphic's shadow version.

@mireysHace 2 meses

Sorry, I actually made a version that was closer to your original style, but for some reason, it disappeared. I probably messed up and accidentally overwrote one feedback with the other.

@sibsHace 2 meses

Hi, mireys! Thank you for the feedback!! I'll try to apply what it on this same piece. This helps a lot cause i felt like i was just guessing and not actively adding anything. As for the other version, I thunk it bugged out cause I can see the thumbnail view of it when I look jnto your profile but this enough is already a big help. Thank you!!

@mireysHace 2 meses

Hey! Just to my personal taste, there aren’t quite enough shadow levels, but it really depends on your style. If you’re going for a style with just a single level of shadow, that’s totally fine, you just need to redistribute it across the face a bit. I think a great exercise would be to take a reference photo and try to simplify the lighting. Find the mid-value shadow and compare all the other shadows to it. If a shadow is much lighter, you can omit it о: if it’s much darker, do the same. But if it's close to that mid-value, draw it. This is a great way to train your eye to see where these shadows usually sit on the face. Right now there is a large shadow on the left side of the face. In the case of such a shadow on the left, there would typically be a bit more shadow on the right side as well, particularly around the eye and mouth

@mireysHace 2 meses

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