Lunch break painting #2 !

Today I was really looking forward to lunch break cause then I could paint some more! Haha not that I'm NOT painting when I work but it's not the same, it's more fun to do my own stuff and come up with imaginary faces rather than paint existing ones. Anyway, I call this dude Danyel, cause it's more cool with a Y in Danyel instead of an I. Or something. He is, just like Monja, based on an old drawing I've done.
I am more happy over how he turned out compared to the painting I did yesterday, he has got a more realistic look to him (although his head isn't really anatomically correct at all...) and I'm a bit proud of myself that I managed to do that without any references at all. I think it's good training cause then you have to try and remember things instead of looking at other images. Not saying that references are bad, I believe they are very good and essential, but I feel like I get so locked down if/when I look up references, it's like I can't think on my own if I do and it ends up with me just copying the references :c.

Lunch break painting !

It was raining a lot during my lunch break today so I decided I'd paint something instead of sitting outside to eat. I've got some collections of heads/portraits on my dA that I've made some years ago (I think) so I decided I'd pick one of them and paint it. It took about an hour (little less) cause that's all I've got for break but I think she turned out pretty okay!

What I would like to change is probably her eyes, they are too cartoony I think, even though her face itself isn't realistic at all - the eyes just don't fit. Maybe it's cause of the very large iris...? Also, I'm not superhappy about the colorscheme overall, it didn't turn out the way I'd imagined it from the beginning... the skin feels a bit flat and dull.

These are things I have to keep in mind when I do my next painting!