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Submitted: June 9, 2009
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Contests / 2009 / Kick Your Own @ss

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This my entry into the Kick Your Own @ss contest - [link] - into the traditional category.

The stock image used as a reference is [link] by

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Old work 2007 - [link]
New Work 2009 - [link]

All I can say is wow! It might not be perfect, but there is definate improvement. The first one was my first submission to dA, almost exactly two years ago. I really hope you like it, because I'm really quite proud!

Both works are of Lirael for the novel of the same title by Garth Nix. I did a small amount of processing in photoshop just to get the tones back that disappeared in the scanning.

Let my know what you think

EDIT - just switched it so they the old one is on the left *facepalm*

Improvements:

- I actually used a reference!
- The face is proportional
- The new one looks human
- Shading is more precise and smooth, and not just anywhere where I chose to put it
- I wasn't afraid to have more of a variety of tones
- TBH, I think that it's better in every way that drawing can be!