that's awesome! i love it!

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your face could last forever,
if only i could inhale for sure .

jessica

that's awesome! i love it!

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your face could last forever,
if only i could inhale for sure .

jessica

i love it...its great...she is so pritty...

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i hate myself for loving you cant break free from the things that you do. i want to walk but i run back to you. thats why i hate myself for loving you.
--Joan Jett (i hate myself)

Well, As far as I can see, I see only little problems with the shadows

And not with the technique, but with the depth.

All shadows have more or less the same size, and this makes its feel like a 2 layer of paper collage.

I'd change the shadows of the column and the shadows of the head over the hair,

Hope it helps

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That's awesome, seriously! Since you asked, I'll donate my two cents... There are only two things which come to mind. The first one is just personal a case of personal taste and, after clicking on your link, I can see is easily undo-able (I think) if you wish to un-do so! It's the border... It just seems a bit, I don't know, cheap? It's a nice pattern and alls, I just don't think it goes with this particular picture too well IMO.
The second thing is the ear... I don't know if this is what you were going for or not but it looks like it's dropped a good couple of inches down her face and landed on her jaw line!
Other than that, I love it and probably wouldn't have cared about the ear thing if you hadn't asked! Keep up the good work!
...Khufu!

Thank you! The border was definitely thrown on with a brush as last minute effort to give it a slightly more finished look. So the description of cheap definitely applies. I'm thinking of maybe a spider/spider-web motif as a design; I'm not quite sure yet.

The ear: Ack! You're right. Her head/jawbone has been bugging me for a while now; it's always looked too... short? (for lack of a better description) I couldn't figure out why until you mentioned the ear. I think I can fix it a bit; everything is on a separate layer. Or maybe I'll just blame it on the bad sketch/laziness. Either way, thanks!

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The eye ball, it needs to darken a bit on the left up tilt corner, cuz right now it looks really freaky.. like it's gonna fall out of the eye socket. The lower eyeline.. it's too shiny all the way, unless she put on brilliant white eyeliner and has direct light shine on it.
And I agree on the ear part. I don't remember drows have ears right on the jaw, at least not according to R.A.Salvatore descriptions.
Ok, I can't get meaner than that. :sigh: since I can't even paint that good.

Oh one more thing, it's the hair.. I wonder how it looks like without the curtain blocking it.

Heh...be mean, eh? All right, I don't like the border either. The space behind her head could stand to be a bit darker to give the whole piece a less flat look. Umm...I think that is all my amateur eyes can pick out. Overall, I love it. Her expression is priceless, and the skin tones are absolutely delicious!

Awesome detail. I wish I could draw that well. Keep up the good work. I can't wait to see more.

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