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1st faceup! Critique please

Jun 27, 2013

    1. Hi everyone! Today I did my first faceup on a BJD. I'm going to have to do another one tomorrow because I absolutely love them! Even if I'm not that good haha.

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      The one on the left is the after, if you couldn't tell haha. I need a lot of work on the eyelashes and need to get new pastels. I'm very open to any criticism and comments. Please let me know what you think!

      I used Mod Podge acrylic sealer and gloss. The sealer is pretty good, but the gloss doesn't seem as shiny as, I'm assuming, Tamiya gloss. Can you layer gloss to make it shinier? Thanks :)
       
    2. I thinks she's wonderful for your first. I honestly wouldn't do anything to the gloss. It seems just right to me.
       
    3. Wow, you did a stunning job for your first faceup! I can tell that you are going to do well with this hobby
       
    4. I love the look and the colors! You must be into art because this is good for a first faceup!
      I have two humble suggestions:
      1.)The freckles look stylized. If that was what you were going for, then great! It's cute! But if you were going for a more natural look, I would suggest using watercolor and flicking it onto the face(there's a nice tutorial on YouTube) instead of doing each dot by hand because humans tend to make freckles too orderly/ into a pattern which goes against the realistic randomness of freckles.
      2.) The lips look a bit chapped because the lines are either too dark or not thin enough.
      Those eyebrows are impressive in both placement and symmetry. Great job! :)
       
    5. Both face ups are stunning! I really like how you have done the blushing its like and natural.
       
    6. I think you did a really good job! It looks like a billion times better than my first faceup.
       
    7. hi there! it's a pretty good job for your first try, the eyeliner is especially well done.
      a couple suggestions to add onto others:

      -the bottom of the face along the chin/jawline has some spots that appear dirty? i have had this happen to me before, its usually dirt or pastel accidentally sealed in. not very visible, just something i noticed.
      -it seems to lack the depth of the first faceup, more of a natural skintone color in the eyelids and on the bottom of the eye might help with that.