"White Devil" entry. Brutal critiques please ;)

[IkRoD]

First time doing a finished painting in a portrait, so any feedback would be much appreciated! This was for the weekly competition.

[Acolet]

Pretty creepy, I'll give you that
The white mask seems to be from solid, hard material, but somehow it merges with / contours the nose perfectly? That shading above the nose is not something you'd ever get from hard material. To me it creates confusion and that is usually not something you want from an art piece.

[IkRoD]

Thanks so much I completely agree!

[kyteki]

Good job, it's a cool design and I like how you got the soft atmospheric tones around the edges of the image. It's missing a second level of detail that will really draw the viewer in. Have you thought about color? I'm not sure what your thoughts are on the eyes, but if you added some reflections in there it could help bring more focus. We tend to want to look into characters eyes and having them as black holes feels like a let down. You can have some subtle detail in there yet keep it dark.

[IkRoD]

Thanks! I do agree I should've added highlights and I did experiment with that early on. Color was a challenge because the prompt was white devil, and I didn't want to go too saturated. Thanks again for the critique!