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This is my first attempt at a digital painting, and while I think it's going pretty well so far, some aspects are left to be desired. I've never been very good at capturing light perspective, so tips on how to do that would be much appreciated. Also, I think there should be more light/dark contrast on her face, as well as better blending around certain areas. Anything else you might find and would like to point out would be very helpful. Thank you! :) 

By the way, this is Elsa from the new Disney film Frozen. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly suggest you do so! It's a beautiful film!

It's very pretty so far! :) [sorry, I'm useless with tips] hahaha

That's incredible :). But I'm not very artistic so I can't be of much help, haha.

Thank you both!! :)

That is really good! I have no idea how to do digital paintings, so no tips will come from me.. but the hair, and eyes (makeup) are done VERY well! 

Thank you so much! :)

Just like everyone else, I think it's gorgeous, but I am terrible at tips as well. haha

It looks great so far! One thing I would do to give it more dimension is add darker shadows and lighter highlights. This will help it to not look so 'flat' and bring out the shapes. 

It's excellent for a first attempt! I love digital paintings.

As for critiquie I think you need to add some more depth to it, more high/low lights. At the moment it is looking a little flat. Which is the only critique I feel it needs :) 

You have been City'd xD

Again, I'm not an artist, so I don't have any good tips... but it's beautiful work! And I LOVE the movie Frozen. I preordered it. And saw it twice in theaters. XD

Looks great so far!

As for lighting, I find drawing in arrows showing the direction the light is coming from helps, especially with a more complex figure or multiple light sources (I get a little, um... overly ambitious sometimes). If the light source is visible on the drawing, draw arrows radiating out from it in all directions. The arrow ends when it hits something it can't pass through, and everything on the other side of that thing will be in shadow (sometimes I'll scribble on top of wherever the highlight will be as well, so I can double check that the highlights all make sense). If the light source is just a little bit out of view, extend your canvas and do the same thing, then crop it back down when you're done. If it's WAY off the page (i.e., the sun) then have your arrows coming out from one entire side or corner, in more or less parallel lines (the closer the lines are to parallel, the farther away the light source is).

As for shadows, in general, the brighter a light source is, the more contrast there should be between light and dark. A light source that is close will result in more shadows than a light source that is farther away. And direct light will create more defined shadows than an indirect light.

Also remember that nearly everything will cast at least a slight reflection. The shinier it is, the brighter the reflection (so draw your arrows bouncing off objects as well). Objects also reflect colour as well as light, so for example, if you were painting someone standing in a field of green grass, they should have an ever-so-slight green hue to them, because of the green light being reflected by the grass (this is one of the reasons photomanipultions often look unnatural even if they've been cut and repainted perfectly - the colour cast/reflection on the subject doesn't match the background they've been put on).

And of course, references always help :) Shooting the contrast way up will help you see where the highlights and shadows are (just remember to put it back down when you go back to painting)

Looks REALLY awesome so far.

I'm definitely not an expert in digital paintings by any means.  However something that jumped out at me instantly was her eyes.  They look like they are looking at two different things.  The eye on the right is too far to the left.  It looks like its crossed.  

Also, the anatomy of the arm that is coming out towards us looks a liiiiiitle funky.  It looks like it is twisted too much.

As far as shading and lighting ect.  I can't help too much.  Those are just the things that jump out at me!

Hope that helped :D