the face is very nice

nice shading on the lips

The face and hair is done really well. I especially like the highlighting in the hair. A couple of critiques though. The eyes look a bit skewed, like if she straightened her head, the eyes would not line up to each other. The hand is nice, but looks a bit unfinished, esp. the index finger. Lastly, I think the cloth needs work. It's getting there but there's something about it that makes it look not light but more solid.

The face is done really well...Good shading!
I agree...there's absolutely nothing wrong with using photographs at all. It's called photorealism...and it shows a lot of talent if you can reproduce a photo nearly exact!

Hmm, I'm not sure with the wings. I would check out more real wings to see how they are so that I could draw them more accurately (I being you) since it seems that there are these mere er, 'bits' like cloth around a wire held in the shape of a wing, to which you have attached feathers. I see no bone there, they would not be able to support themselves, let alone the woman.

However, I think you have done the woman well besides wha emarts said.

Nice work, beautiful face! Her hand needs some work though, more defined knuckles perhaps or the hand should be a bit wider. But a captivating picture! Really good.

nice work you have a great eye. I like the shading and she's beautiful

Amazing work especially on the hair. The face seems a bit more detailed than the rest of the picture, but other than that, very awsome!

Haimir wrote: "... some people here critique about the use of photos to draw the portraits..."

I feel your pain. I have never seen a group of "artists" that harp on this issue than on this site.

I have yet to meet a professional artist who doesn't use some type of photo reference, or an art instructor who doesn't urge it (albeit everyone knows studies from life are most educational and essential to artistic development) and it always amazes me some of the comments from some who feel using photo reference somehow diminishes whether it's good or not - or "fair" (sigh)

"Making it up" never produces the same quality if realism is desired.

Anyway, your drawing is great. A few words of critique:

You can tell which parts you "made up" and which had photo reference. I like the treatment of the feathers of the wings, but the wings over-all need a little more involvement as previosly suggested.

The clothing looks a bit contrived and made up and needs a little work to bring those areas up to the same finish as the face, but not so much that it competes for attention with the face.

Check out this site by an artist who knows how to do fabric and folds. He uses exstensive photo reference - go figure...

http://seegmillerart.com/traditional1.html

The hand looks a bit flat, the spacing between the teeth are too defined (IMO) as are the creases in the lips.

But, a great piece nonetheless.

nice your draw, beautiful face!

I'm someone who goes on about drawing from life.

So I'll shut up.

I Look at the original and i must say your drawing accually look better, anyway i think with a face like that you could have turned it into a master peice, more time should have spent on the wings and thought i like the work on the hand it still needs to work on. well you have talent just have to use your eye. well don't be in shuch a rush to finish you "ART WORK". when you look at it, if you see some thing that needs to go over don't think twice about, some time you have to live and go back to it again so you can see what needs to improve.

NONETHELESS BEAUTIFULL WORK