Why does my digital art look flat?

Common reasons why your digital art looks bad are using too much or too little contrast, overuse of the dodge & burn tools, only painting with soft brushes, using too much saturation, and overusing custom brushes and textures.

How do you shade realistic faces?

Tired of reading shallow and confusing tutorials?

Step 1: Lighting the Face.
Step 2: Preliminary Outlines + Shadow Lining.
Step 3: Shading Eyes.
Step 4: Shading the Nose.
Step 5: Shading the Mouth.
Step 6: Shading the Forehead.
Step 7: Shading Cheeks and Smile Lines.
Step 8: Shading Jawline and Chin.

How do you shade smoothly?

To get a smooth shade, you’ll want thick strokes which are close together. Move your hand high up on the pencil and away from the tip. The more you angle the side of your lead towards the paper, the thicker your strokes will be. The thicker, the better!

How do you make realistic eyes?

How to draw a realistic eye

Step 1: Outline the Shape of an Eye and Highlight. Let’s start off with an HB pencil to sketch the shape of the eye.
Step 2: Shade the Pupil. Using a 6B pencil, fill in the pupil.
Step 3: Shade the Iris.
Step 4: Draw Spokes.
Step 5: Blend the Iris.
Step 6: Add Depth.
Step 7: Shade the Skin.
Step 8: Draw Eyebrows and Eyelashes.

How do you draw two realistic eyes?

How to Draw a Pair of Realistic Eyes

Step 1: Determine the Eye Size. Using an HB pencil, draw 2 light ticks spaced well apart.
Step 2: Draw two Circles.
Step 3: Decide on an Eye Angle.
Step 4: Draw the Eye Shape.
Step 5: Shadowline the Eyebrows.
Step 6: Draw the Irises.
Step 7: Shade the Face.
Step 8: Draw the Eyebrows.

Why do I always draw eyes?

Eyes often show the inner self of the person doodling them. Many drawn at once suggest that the person feels to be watched by someone. According to Robert Burns, people who doodle eyes are vigilant and in severe cases they may be paranoid and are observant.

Where do eyes go on a face?

Positioning the Eyes In an average realistic adult face, the eyes are in the middle of the face. Usually, the pupils are sitting on the midway line. Eyes are a good tool to measure the proportions of the face. In the front view, the eyes are one eye apart from each other and one eye apart from the edge.

How do you proportion a face?

STEPS

Start with drawing a head shape.
Draw a line through the middle of the face.
Find the center point and draw a horizontal line through it.
Face is defined by a hairline at the top and a chin at the bottom.
Place eyes onto the “eye line”.
A nose has 3 sides: front, left, and right.
Placing a mouth line is easy.