I don't think the features are too small for the face, I just think they're all scrunched up together. And I didn't notice the man hands until you noticed them. :-P

Also, I'm jealous of your ability to draw hair. I think that's my current nemesis.

Oh, pretty!! The first thing that I saw were her beautiful eyes and that FANTASTIC hair--a HUGE WOW on those!! Gorgeous shading and tone, gorgeous depth! I actually don't think you need to do much to adjust this for proportion, Z: just pull her right cheek in a touch with some shading (the hair can stay as it is), and narrow out the jawline a little bit and that would pretty much take care of it (in other words, instead of changing the features, just put them onto a little smaller face!). Geez, what a great expression! This is Reese Witherspoon, right? I knew it right away, so great job with her likeness! As to the "man-hand," the only thing I would change would be her little finger--it's the only one I can see that's a little too large--the rest seem fine to me. I can't get over how fast your portraiture is progressing! Man, it's so great! Don't go overboard on changing this--there's very little that's wrong, and it really doesn't detract from the overall "wonderfulness" of this piece!

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Hair is tough just because it is so tedious. I got half way through this and just - lost interest. I was bored silly. If you look closely, you can see where I gave up the ghost.

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I am a terrible person for not replying to this sooner, esp when your comments encouraged me so much while I was bemoaning the faults in this piece. I came to the conclusion that your analysis was dead-on as soon as Sara colored it for me. A little color was all it took to 'fix' most of the faults! I think the best part was that you knew who it was right away.

I can't thank you enough for telling me about graphites and bristol board. I sat the entire evening I worked on this hopping up and down in my chair muttering and exclaiming about how well it blended! I was like a kid in a candy shop. Took my long enough to mess around on bristol in earnest, though, huh? Geez.

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Ha! We all get busy and put things off--no worries! And I'm so glad you like the Bristol (I'm working on some right now with some wonderful new 4B and 6B art pencils I just got... I lurve them!!)--it's been a boon to me since I heard about it from Aurelia over in the Fan Art forum! Blend away, and be sure to post up the results!

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Tch, your discription is hilarious! XD man-hands? I think they look just fine. At least you don't draw all your people with Woman fingers...including men..

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Haha. I used to, though! I swear, there has to be a happy medium somewhere! I'll find it someday...

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