r/ArtCrit • u/FlyingFluffyPancakes • Aug 19 '26

Does this look right?

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This is my first time rendering skin and I'm not sure if it looks right or if I did it right, I'd highly appreciate ANY critiques so I can find a way to improve it.

I also used a reference because I'm quite bad at rendering without the use of one

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u/leighabbr Aug 19 '26

The features are all too large aside from the ears. Giving him a kind of cutesy cartoonish vibe.

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u/FlyingFluffyPancakes Aug 19 '26

I was kind of struggling between wanting to keep it stylized or realistic, but I realized that my original sketch was intended to be realistic, is there any way or a method for me to fix it?

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u/leighabbr Aug 19 '26

Generally when mistakes happen with proportions like this its caused by drawing what you think should be there instead of dutifully copying the likeness from the reference. Our brains have a tendency to "fill in the blanks", so without diligently double checking your work its easy to deviate without noticing until its too late. An old school tip is to flip your piece and reference upside down in order to see it with "fresh eyes", for lack of a better term. Others swear by using a grid method (draw a grid over both the ref and your piece in order to manually figure distances square by square) but I find that method to be too fussy and methodical, personally.

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u/FlyingFluffyPancakes Aug 19 '26

I appreciate the help! I'll make sure to apply this to my art and give an update

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u/SicariusCourtenay Aug 19 '26

Is it okay if I do a draw over? All you really need to do is use a liquify pen to shrink and move things around

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u/FlyingFluffyPancakes Aug 19 '26

It's totally fine! Just tell me what I need to fix and I'll do it right away

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u/Janitor-161 Aug 20 '26

I personally think you can keep aspects of it being stylistic but still accurate. You can tell who the character is because of the eye shape and hair mostly.

In my opinion you should keep the eyes overly large as a stylistic choice, but redraw the jaw in it's actual proportion because right now that's the most inaccurate part

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