This is my entry for the contest! This is my first time drawing fan art so I would really love and appreciate any and all opinions on it! Thanks

 

It's called: 'The Birth of Namine and Roxas'

Edited March 20, 201510 yr by Fates Chance XIII

Namine's hair is a bit flatter than it should be, and Roxas's face is too narrow and angular

Nice work , i quite like it . A little improvement on the facial and boy structure would certainly help .

Thank u but i just have a quick question about roxas face. I drew him with his face turned to one side slightly so some of his face is out of view. I thought how you drew that was to narrow the face abit and draw part of the face to be sort of cut off to show that its still there just a bit out of view. If that method doesnt look right, what would u recommend i do for this situation if i drew it again?

 

And yeah, i mustve spent at least 2 hours drawing and redrawing namines hair. I couldnt get it to look 3 dimensional so this the best i could do... any helpful hints?

I would recommend referencing human anatomy to get a better view of how to draw the face at any angle. Another would be to reference other peoples work and observe how they draw them, i found that very hepful not to mention they sometimes provide tutorials which you can practice and learn from .

I like it!

Thank u but i just have a quick question about roxas face. I drew him with his face turned to one side slightly so some of his face is out of view. I thought how you drew that was to narrow the face abit and draw part of the face to be sort of cut off to show that its still there just a bit out of view. If that method doesnt look right, what would u recommend i do for this situation if i drew it again?

 

And yeah, i mustve spent at least 2 hours drawing and redrawing namines hair. I couldnt get it to look 3 dimensional so this the best i could do... any helpful hints?

With Roxas his head just looks a bit too round. Here's some face drawing stuffs that could possibly help

 

 

What I do when I draw face is to draw a circle and I draw a line straight down to divide the face in half (I add the jaw to the bottom of the circle, closer to the circle the jaw is the rounder the face basically).  If I want to draw the face turned to the side I just draw the line curved onto the circle in the direction I want.

I need a picture or something to better explain this... Here

Basically like this: 

Also eyes are always placed in the center, the space between them is the width of the eye (which would be distorted a bit at an angle).  The bottom of the nose is the halfway point between the eyes and the jaw, and the mouth is the halfway point between the bottom of the nose and jaw. The hair line is halfway between the eyes and the top of the head.

 

 

That is my knowledge of face anatomy.

For Namine, I'd just keep practicing drawing hair.  It doesn't look bad it just needs to be a little wavy-er that's all.

Edited March 20, 201510 yr by khoathkeeper13

Thank you SO much that really helped! I'll definitely keep this in mind when drawing.