Samurai Female Warrior bust 250 mm

Landrotten Highlander said:

very lovely painting.

One minor remark regarding the sculpting: I think the nose is too sharp for a Japanese lady, it is more caucasian in nature.
I cannot find it , but there is a comparitive picture on the internet regarding the facial features of the 3 major races - caucasion, african and asian. The asian people have a rather flat profile (i.e. the nose does not 'stick out' so far).

Having said this, I by no means mean do diminish your accomplishments - be it sculpting or painting.

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zernina said:

No, this bust is not for sale, but only for myself, because the bust is not of high quality - I'm a beginner sculptor and caster - if you look at it in the mirror - it will be seen that the face is not symmetrical

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zernina said:

No, this bust is not for sale, but only for myself, because the bust is not of high quality - I'm a beginner sculptor and caster - if you look at it in the mirror - it will be seen that the face is not symmetrical

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Nap said:

Totally agree the fleshtones are amazing and as for the pattern...WOW !!

Can you share your flesh mixess if possible ?

Thanks for sharing

Nap

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Landrotten Highlander said:

Many faces in real life are not symmetrical, but the general concensus is the more symmetrical a face is, the more it is considered to be pleasing to the eye (and this is based on worldwide research, this fact was consistent across the globe).
I tried this on myself: I took a face-on picture of myself and using powerpoint I created 2 artificial pictures - one where the left side of my face was flipped and glued on to the (normal) left hand side half, the other where the right hand side of my face was used as basis. What I ended up with was a picture of 3 very different people.

I have attached 2 pictures sent to me by my Japanese PenPal to help you find a face that works for you. You will find that with the maiko the faces are much more symmetrical than the one were they are all eating. Also look at their noses (as mentioned in another post) - even though they all have differently shaped noses, none of them are as sharp as the one you sculpted.

Hope this helps

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Landrotten Highlander said:

Many faces in real life are not symmetrical, but the general concensus is the more symmetrical a face is, the more it is considered to be pleasing to the eye (and this is based on worldwide research, this fact was consistent across the globe).
I tried this on myself: I took a face-on picture of myself and using powerpoint I created 2 artificial pictures - one where the left side of my face was flipped and glued on to the (normal) left hand side half, the other where the right hand side of my face was used as basis. What I ended up with was a picture of 3 very different people.

I have attached 2 pictures sent to me by my Japanese PenPal to help you find a face that works for you. You will find that with the maiko the faces are much more symmetrical than the one were they are all eating. Also look at their noses (as mentioned in another post) - even though they all have differently shaped noses, none of them are as sharp as the one you sculpted.

Hope this helps

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zernina said:

Can I ask for one more advice (as we are talking about this)? I'm making two more busts of Japanese women for practice - do their noses also not have enough truth?
The first "severe" bust has too sharp nose, isn't it?

Best regards,
Olga
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