This is an attempt at a little more realism than I am used to... it's quite a chore, and it came out kind of funky, but I am proud of it for a first attempt.
To be clear, this is not the Harry of the traditional HP books; this is meant to depict the Harry of "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", the incomparably amazing fanfiction, which features a character WAY more badass than the original.
The author focuses a lot on how hard and intense his eyes are, and at one point, he uses the phrase "green ice and abstraction" to describe them, and that inspired me to do this pic.
Please take a moment to check out this fanfiction-- I adore the original books, but I may go so far as to say this fanfic is *gasp* better.
[link]
To be clear, this is not the Harry of the traditional HP books; this is meant to depict the Harry of "Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality", the incomparably amazing fanfiction, which features a character WAY more badass than the original.
The author focuses a lot on how hard and intense his eyes are, and at one point, he uses the phrase "green ice and abstraction" to describe them, and that inspired me to do this pic.
Please take a moment to check out this fanfiction-- I adore the original books, but I may go so far as to say this fanfic is *gasp* better.
[link]
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Hair is tricky. Your base shape seems pretty good (especially on the left half of the drawing where you can't see the copy-paste you used to thicken it) and you're on the right track with how you're shading it. I am noticing, though, that your highlights don't seem to be interrupted with shadows. I would suggest doing the hair in sections such that the individual "chunks" of hair lay on top of one another and have an overlapped look. I'd bet you could even use the same shading method you did here, just sectioned out a bit. It'll probably be easier to explain this in person, so maybe next time we're hanging out drawing I'll try to describe it.
I think last I'd say is when you have symmetry in a drawing, don't be afraid to use copy-paste/rotate. If I were doing a drawing of this nature, I'd flip the lineart so that the basic eye/brow shapes were symmetrical. It looks like you did that for the glasses and they came out well.
On another note, I feel like the scar and the colors of the eyes work nicely, and I really like the texture you have on the eyebrows. The glass in the glasses reads nicely with the white sheen. I look forward to seeing what more you do with this kind of stuff.
(btw, how are these crits working for you? Are they a bit too long-winded? If so I can make a point to make them a bit shorter)