Aesthetics Critique for first face up!

First of all, I love the color choice--it's so vibrant and unique!

One thing I would recommend is bringing more color into the face with blush, etc. Watching makeup tutorials or faceup videos will give you an idea of how/where to place the color (most commonly the forehead, cheeks, chin and nose).

As for the dust issue, I think the most common way to get rid of it is with a sharp knife (like an x-acto knife or something like that) and very carefully picking it off. If you are in a particularly dusty area while working on a faceup, it may also be helpful to do some light dusting before getting started.

You can do it! Keep practicing, and I'm sure you'll be making stellar faceups in no time!

 

You're welcome!

Yeah, blushing is tricky--on the first faceup I did, I went way overboard and somehow ended up giving her a whole new skin tone, because I kept trying to mask the mistakes! Even just a little bit of color goes a long way towards bringing a face to life.

 

It looks good! I'm pretty new to face ups too but find that once sprayed with sealant it can help to pop something over the top like a lid to stop anything from settling onto the face. Last time I sat the head onto the lid of a shoe box for spraying and then used the bottom of the box as a lid to cover it. Hopefully that makes sense!

 

It's a great face up for a first, remember to keep your pencils sharp.

For dust you might want to clean the area with a duster before you start your face up. And the lay the head on shoe box lid and then cover it with the box itself.

 

@Madison E. Grey

I use a regular old needle to remove specks and dust and lint in a faceup. I also sometimes use a can of compressed air (like computer duster) to spray on the head a bit before sealing. Whatever sponge you are using could be attracting and trapping lint too -- and unfortunately, the only way to avoid that is to make sure you have a fresh clean sponge, and never let it get dusty or dirty.

As for the faceup, your eyebrows are so even! I do think though, they could better suit the head sculpt if they were positioned a little lower, and perhaps a little less curved. While they kind of match the curve of his upper eyelid, most people's eyebrows don't really do that, so following the browbone itself, instead of the eye, would make them look more natural.

I like this resource for eyebrows:
https://www.headcovers.com/resources/beauty/eyebrow-shapes

Also, I think if you applied a bit more in the way of eyelashes and eyeliner, it would pull his look together more; if you used the same color of green for the lashes, I think that would look awesome.

Overall though, nice work! I think you have a lot of potential!

 

Is it supposed to be a boy? Because in this case I would suggest making the eyebrows a little fuller (but in case you want to keep it androgenous, maybe just arch a little more).
I find the colors choice insteresting, it matches a fantasy like japanese anime boy, I like it.
I agree with previous comments about giving more color, its a little pale.
Good luck!

 

Grats of your first faceup! The eyebrows look much better. The best advice I think I can offer is, don't be afraid to draw on paper what you want the faceup to be. Remember this is your boy, and there are many styles of art it is your choice. The burnt umbre or yellow above the eye, you may want to play with a fade of color within this rainbow color theme. It makes me think of candy, those colors

 

The colors are super cute, I just think that you mainly need to work on the application, you can see some of the strokes/pencil lines a little bit and also maybe try giving it some more dimension? Like darker colors closer to the eye for example