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My First Loki WIP - HELP!!!

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See, this is why I usually draw cartoons. If your drawing of someone else's drawing doesn't look exactly right, you can get away with it because it's a new person's interpretation. And it's not like the illustrated character is going to be upset; they're not real. But when you try to draw a REAL person, there's a push-and-pull between making it look exactly like the real person and making a little more stylized, so someone can say "hey, that's ________" even though they're obviously illustrated.

And . . . I totally failed at both. It probably doesn't help that I was using 5 different drawings of Loki AND 2 still shots of Prince Zuko as references, with an end result that looks more like Li Shang from Disney's Mulan. So, please please PLEASE tell me how I can fix this! I got a few big projects in the works involving him, possibly Thor, some costume swaps, and a lot of Loki doing what Loki does best (angsting about his past, plotting his future, and saying "Screw the rules, I'm the God of Mischief!"). Any and all tips on how to make him look better would be appreciated. Should I go for obviously illustrated, or try again for forced realism?

BTW, still planning on letting him keep the ponytail and the crown for one of the projects. He'll ditch both of them about halfway through (it's a comic), but he needs them at the beginning at least.
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Sonerys's avatar
If you still want to try some realism, I advise you take one picture, preferably in black and white, so you can see better where are all the shades and highlights, and then just mark the highlighted areas and try to lightly "place" the shades, and if you think they're in the right spot, deepen them just a little so you can add some colour to the rest of the face, and then gradually deepen the shades.
And if you think you have any problems with "space"(where to place eyes, how long should the forehead be), just look at some more pictures to get the general point, but while drawing, try to stick with the first photo that you used for the reference. You can also always use your own face, sometimes it helps when you can "touch" the parts of the face you're drawing at the moment; I know that faces are varied and stuff, but it just gives you the general idea.
I'm no "pro", I actually have no technical knowledge about drawing(I've never taken any classes, courses or anything like that), but it works for me, so maybe it'll work for you, too. ^^"
Good luck, and don't ever give up!