Realism really isn't my cup of tea (and sure maybe that's because I don't even like tea), but every time I have to be realistic , it's like I'm on a tightrope. I keep trying to make it to the realistic side but usually I fall off into the uncanny valley. All metaphors aside, what I learned from this is that realistic proportions are REALLY difficult to get right. The head and neck are huge, the arms are really skinny and Matt (the person unfortunately in this picture) is not that bulky. The face is definitely a downgrade from the self portrait I did (and no, that's not a vanity thing). This was the first full body, realistic picture that I've done, so technically I did improve from nothing. The charcoal definitely helped with the shading because this would have taken forever if I had used pencil, although, I probably could have pushed the darks. Overall, this could have been a lot better. But hey, it could have been a lot worse.
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