Feeling stumped with commission work...Help please

[Coreyartus]

@Karine-Beaumier I threw this into Procreate on my iPad and used the Liquefy tool to pinch in the face, and push the sides of the shawl closer together.

The angle of the line of the shawl as it goes over her shoulder is too wide. Pushing them back toward the middle makes her body seem thinner instead of angling outward.

The scale of the face is to big and broad. Shrinking it but retaining the fullness of her hair (and thus not modifying the silhouette and any of the rendering around her figure) makes her seem slimmer.

You should be able to do all of this in Photoshop using the Warp tools and Liquefy tools without having to redraw anything...

[Karine Beaumier]

@gavpartridge no worries, it was deleted already when I got here. Thanks!

[Karine Beaumier]

@Coreyartus I see what you mean, thank you so much!! For both the feedback and the taking the time to modify the drawing to show what it would look like. I will tackle these points in photoshop now. I have seen this image for weeks- a fresh outlook helps and is appreciated. Let's see now what happens!

[carlianne]

@Karine-Beaumier I really like what @Coreyartus did in the paint over and I would just add that the shirt is also making her look larger because if the width of the neckline on it. If you give it a smaller v shape I think it'll also thin her out. Good luck!

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Coreyartus Just move all face features (eyes, nose, mouth)toward the chin and probably the it will better.

[Karine Beaumier]

@carlianne and @Dima-Eichhorn thank you! I started last week with the new fixes and giving it another go today, I can share the results when done. The version published will probably display only half of her though - taking that in consideration when choosing the shapes...ha! Back to work

[Karine Beaumier]

Here is the final look for those interested to see (only a sneak peek has the album art has not been released yet) Finally having procreate has helped a lot with changing the lines- versus re-drawing everything manually each time. Gamechanger. It was big lesson (I thought I knew lol) To really have a strong structure before going forward. And to save so MUCH time (got it the hard way this time) There are things I would change starting from the start but the client was really happy with the results. I started using the tips from @Will-Terry class, Mixed media Watercolor & Digital which has been awesome ( yay color dodge and separating watercolor from background!! Thank you) @Coreyartus

[Coreyartus]

Lovely piece!!! Congrats!

[Karine Beaumier]

@Coreyartus Cheers!

[carlianne]

turned out great! love it!

[sandra_jessop]

Very nice!

[Karine Beaumier]

Thank you @carlianne and @sandra_jessop ! I think I had saved over 50 different versions... lol Feels good to have it done

[Neha Rawat]

Very cool! Congratulations!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Karine-Beaumier BEAUTIFUL!

[Carolyn Williams]

What a beautiful finished piece. Love the concept, style, and lighting. Please post the full image when you can.

[Karine Beaumier]

Thank you so much @Neha-Rawat @Nyrryl-Cadiz and @Carolyn-Williams ! I might be a couple of months before it comes out but will do as soon as I can