I realized the portrait was looking like the model but he was starting to look like an older incarnation of himself so I sent him off to the fountain of youth. Above right is the before picture and left is the after. I desaturated them so the differences in the color cast won't distract. I spent a lot of time rounding his face more from all sides. and unsquaring his jaw. I also enlarged his irises and even thinned out his neck a little bit. Now if I could make people look younger in real life.
If you like this post, I wrote a post a while back on how to drop 5-10 years in your reference photographs: http://nicolecaulfieldfineart.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-drop-5-10-years.html
3 comments:
Wow looking great .Great tips on making him look younger!
Really looking great..
This is looking really great! I remember seeing your last post and thinking he looked older in your drawing than in the reference photo but I assumed it was because the drawing was unfinished.I have this problem myself sometimes and I never know what to do about it...so I'm glad to have some ideas for fixing it now. :)
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