I tried another way of creating false color painting. But now that I look at it I think it might be creepy. Did I enter the uncanny valley?

There is a creepy quality to it, yea. Teeth, I think.

Maybe the teeth and how the smile is a little more open mouth and oval.

Subtly. Like it’s just off enough (teeth/smile, eyes) but also that makes it somehow more unsettling.

Some uncanny valley stuff going on if that was the idea.

Yeah I didn't see it until I was trying to come up with a title... And thought... What the fuck have I done lol

Yeah I can't unsee it now.... Oops

No it was accidental. I didn't see it until I went to name the piece and thought "what the hell"...

well, maybe don't tell people that. call it a "happy" little accident. I do like it, it's evocative.

But I do think it's mostly just about the proportions. the smile is a bit too big, a bit too wide, and the eyes are a bit too... something else...

Lol next time 😁

I think the issue is that the mouth is laughing and the eyes are not.

Only 2% of people show top and bottom teeth when they smile (complex smile). So it is unusual / can be starting to see such a big smile like that. Marylin Monroe, Julia Roberts, Kiera Knightly and Margot Robbie all have them and do not look creepy.

Look at the way the eyes crinkle here:

But this very posed photo of Marylin Monroe looks like she is reacting to a gut punch rather than laughing, because her eyes aren’t matching her mouth’s expression:

Little creepy. I like it. Reminds me of something from Disco Elysium.

The palette of colours all fits except the blacks used in the mouth shadows and in the eyes and eyebrows, if this were shifted into the blue hue then it would be less noticeable. Then a bit more detail in the iris and pupils would help give that life you are seeking along with the eyebrow pose shifted ever so slightly as mentioned above, to make the eyes softer.

It’s a great painting though, well executed on the light rendering and the palette chosen for the false colour concept.

Thank you, good feedback!

For sure, smile/laugh lines are in the reference and I didn't get them right.

Nice! Thank you.

The blacks are too black, creating out of place extra detail. Everything else is flatter contrast. Reduce that on the eyes and mouth and creepiness should reduce.

Nice catch, I see it now. Thank you!

Acid face.

I’ve made that exact face in the mirror, on acid.

Wonk the colors and saturation and this could do numbers in the festival circuit.

Wonk?

Not the commenter, but I think they mean to generally mess with it. Go crazy with the color balance, experiment with the saturation. Make it look more "trippy"

Thank you, youth translator!

Yes….youth…. Thank you

😂😂😂

Yeah this is very much a Disco Elysium character. Someone on the streets on...something. But helps Harry cause she connects with his struggles.

at least a little.