E15: The Faet of Fae

ANATOMY - I think that Fae has a smaller frame, so for that you need to make her shoulders less broad. The face looks okay //  The chest and the clavicle looks nice too.
th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i… This isn't the best reference overall, but for the shoulders this could be a good-enough reference? At least for the general shape.  I don't have my references right now bc my harddrive broke shoot me.
Though, if you're drawing larger women, those shoulder would work nicely.

FACE ANATOMY - Since you're going for semi-realism, I'm going to direct you to look at lanwu.deviantart.com/gallery/ (AKA MY FIRST INSPIRATION AND ROLE MODEL EVERRRR)
sakimichan.deviantart.com/gall… (Which I know I've shown you before but looking at artists with the style you're going for (which in this case is semi-realism) gives a boost of inspiration I GUESS And it's always nice to see how their styles differ and also what they have in common.
AND THEN BAM! yuumei.deviantart.com/gallery/
Seriously theres a lot more but these three heRE.

See for Semi-realism faces, for me, I have to breA K MYSELF AND see what's anatomically possible so. Here's what I suggest: Get a mirror and look at the placement of your eyes/nose/ whatever.
Here, her eyes are too big for semirealism, and WHILE I AM NO EXPERT IN EYES BECAUSE I HATE DRAWING EYES I also think that if you were to do it in semi-realism, try giving her eyes some shape. For me I draw Fae with kinda ? slanted eyes? like  cdn.makeupgeek.com/wp-content/… The "asian" one, (i know its for makeup but WE CANT BE CHOOSY BC IT WORKS)
Her nose is too small, and her mouth is too low. I suggest raising it a bit, like I said, look in the mirror as a reference \o/ The mouth looks nice though.
Noses ARE SO HARD TO DRAW so I understand the pain JFC ITS SO HARD I GET PISSED THINKING ABOUT IT but yes i just suggest making it bigger (y)
may12324.deviantart.com/art/fa… This isn't super detailed or anything but it can be a pretty nice reference (y)
also (y) is thumbs up so just imagine that ok
mah-freire.deviantart.com/art/… Hella nice mouths ref
disorder-j.deviantart.com/art/…

AND THEN THERES THE EARS ok tbh I dont know how it works either  but you have to make a line to show that the ears are separated from her hair bc it looks?? fused? I'm no expert on cat ears so I suggest looking at refs for that too \o/

COLORING - Face in hands ok ok ok o ko ko ko ko how to begin
With HAIR OK
I know your tablet sucks (because it's my tablet) so i KNOW ITS HARD TO get that nice flow-y hair color thingy.
But there is a good technique with hair? that can be achieved without needing too much pen pressure or anything.
gyazo.com/f614df4a37d08c1ec1b7…
I turned my pen pressure off for this ok ILL SHOW YOU THE PROCESS WHEN YOU COME OVER but anyway the hair has a shape, and Fae's hair is tHANKFULLY easy enough to figure the shape of (that was a grammatical trainwreck)
Since?? there's not really a light source its safe to shade/tint the entire hair anyway, what i do is look at the shape and then figure out its curves and stuff? Im not sure on the work but yeah. then i messily put over the highlight color and then eyedrop the base color and shape the highlight colors \o/

Coloring is also important to determine the material, and since Fae's right arm is made of?? liquidy stuff I think the colors you used works relly well, just need to shape it a bit more \o/

You can add a bit more lines/shading on her turtleneck on the bottom Fae- The shading on her chest is unequal? So WHAT I THINK is uh yea fix the shading there and give it less shape on the shading? More shape on the breasts make it look tighter and idk I think softening the shading there would make it less skintight? I gues yea
Lines and folds around the armpit line give it more thickness because without it it just seems like a yeah a skintight?? outfit.. thing.

For the face, shading is important to show the shape overall IVE SAID SHAPE SO MANY TIMES but her cheekbones isnt really that uh.. It isn't like MAleficent lmfao so I think this is okay (y)
However I suggest fixing the shading on the nose and mouth? usually there'd be a shadow under the nose (Unless the lighting comes from below) and also that for the lips, the upper lip tend to be darker than the lower. The lower also tends to have a tint but it's more apparent if you're drawing someone with make up.
The shadows also by the clavicle,
I CANT EXPLAIN FOR SHIT SO gyazo.com/126847d0eb77f9687ab8… Here are some areas you can work on with the shading. Also, I didn't notice earlier but her eyebrows are too far back.
I THINK THATS IT since ur coming over later I can just show u stuff i GUESS IDK YE