Completed Critique Pirate Bust

[Andrew Craft]

Hi all,
I finished the bargain hunting pirate today. Went for a sweaty, dirty, oily look hopefully it worked. All comments and critique are welcome and thanks for looking.

Andrew.

 

[megroot]

Perfect work Andrew.
You got what you wanted.........

Marc

 

[DEL]

Very nicely done Andrew you've captured the 'look' beautifully.
Magnified it and it stands up well to closer inspection, might just be the image but the eyes seem a bit flat next to the sheen of the skin, maybe a dab of satin.
Cheers
Derek

 

[Kisifer]

Lovely work. Beautiful sun tanned skin.

Xenofon

 

[housecarl]

Very neat freehand on the scarf.
As Del says, maybe a bit of clear on the eyes.
Carl.

 

[FigureLover]

Love that sun tanned/burnt skin and it has just the right amount of sheen. The bandana is also great, nuice pattern.
Ben

 

[Meehan34]

Great work sir! This turned out fantastic.

 

[Azgaron]

Lovely looking pirate bust! Very well done Andrew!

Cheers,

Håkan

 

[Theodoros]

Realistic tanned flesh tones... Andrew, it's very nice.

 

[davidmitchell]

Great work Andrew the skin has turned out very well,my only advice would be to drop in some satin varnish and maybe a catch light into the eyes.


Cheers David

 

[mil-mart]

Andrew a fantastic finish, excellent work on the flesh tones .

Cheers Ken

 

[Christos]

Good work on fleshtones, I agree with David about a little varnish on the eyes.

 

[Mike Stevens]

Nicely done Andrew. I think you achieved the look
You wanted.

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Andrew,

Firstly, let me say that I think this bust is your best work to date and I think you've developed a very smooth, subtle painting style.

Secondly, you've made a huge improvement since we first saw your work here on pF, and I'm excited to see how much more you will continue to improve.

 

[Andrew Craft]

Thanks all for taking the time to comment, the eyes have now had a coat of clear not sure how I missed that I always seem to miss something obvious

Thanks Tony, I think I have finally found a style that I am happy with and I'm starting to figure out how to use acrylics to suit that style. I have a long way to go but have to thank everyone on the planet that has taken the time to comment on my figures and give me tips I have learnt lots in the year and half since I started painting thanks to those words of wisdom.

Andrew.