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Oof this was fun to paint tbhits my first try to it doesn’t look exactly perfect but I’m gonna practice
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I personally really like the colours you chose, especially for the shading. Cold tones for the shadows and lighter tones for highlights will always look natural. I think to add a 3rd layer of depth to the drawing, try adding a backlight (an extra source of light). This backlight could be any colour you want it to be, but I would use a warmer tone to help it blend in with the rest of the shading.
The fur texture on the neck is actually quite impressive! I think with a little bit more effort, it could look very well done. I would have tried using a similar sort of texture and way of shading all over the body, so the tufts of fur on the back and legs dont look so stiff. It almost looks like the neck and ears are the only part of the body with fur.
The anatomy is a little bit off, with the legs being too thick for the rest of the body. The shoulders look a little bit off as well. I believe that's because the shoulder is poised as if the leg was straight down, while it's actually bent foward (on the front left leg). Perhaps try revising anatomy with simple circles and lines for joints and bones, like this: goo.gl/images/59PKjn and then either applying it to your current style, or trying to develop a new one from those anatomy studies. Either way, it's up to you!
I'm not super experienced in realism or soft, lineless shading, but I would still like to share this bit of advice with you C:
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(Randomly saw this in my notifs because my friend critiqued it and thought "why not?")
So this is a nice pic overall, and a very decent attempt at painting. On the positive side I think the colour scheme is fab <3. The blue was a very good choice for the shade, and you didn't make the mistake of shading and lighting in black and white. I think maybe a tiny bit of yellow in the areas of light like the shoulder blade and left side of the face would've made this piece VERY appealing to the eye in terms of colour.
The anatomy is okay but like what many other animal artists do (myself included) you've made the legs too long compared to the body. This would be less noticeable in a wolf or another canine as their legs can be pretty long sometimes. But on (what I assume) is just supposed to be a normal cat, the legs are way too long, especially the front ones. I would try looking at cat anatomy a little more, and if you have cats at home, try looking at the way they move and stand. *note, if this is actually a Caracal or a Serval OC then my apologies as the legs make much more sense then :'D
I'd also try giving the face more depth. Right now the face of the character looks pretty much flat and the shading doesn't really help give the illusion of 3D, which is what painting is about really. You can fix this by adding more shading around the mouth and eyes. Also try to make the snout look more like it's protruding from the face by adding more details to it. I know the sort of "flat snout" look is cute and works for flat colour pieces, but unfortunately in painting it can make the head look completely squished and 2D, but it's definitely fixable.
Finally, on the topic of shading. You shaded some parts of this very well. In particular the bits of tufty fur on the neck. However, the shading doesn't feel consistent. Some parts of the drawing like the legs, are shaded in a way that makes it look like you want the drawing to be cartoony, but the neck fur suggests you were trying to make the shading semi-realistic. You need to try and blend the colours more if you're going for semi-realism. Try get a bit of fur texture in there too.
Anyway. I think this is a good attempt at painting. You have some real potential in here, and I wish you all the best for your future paintings e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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It honestly looks really good! I love the fluffy brush strokes, the texture for the fur and the shading is really well done. It's overall very clean and well executed! You have a good sense of color for the shadows, they look really nice with the blue background ;o;
My main criticism is all the hard, cell shading edges. They look nice but if you're going for painting, soft edges are more used to create a better sense of shape. It's difficult for me to explain. Hard edges imply hard shadows, you've normally see those between joints ( Under the chin, at the tail base etc ) if that makes sense. It's hard to determine when a hard shadow should be used instead of a soft shadow, I'm not the best with it myself honestly. I suggest looking up references to help! Overall, all you'd have to improve upon is making softer shading and it'll be a pretty solid painting style! Don't make it to smooth though, there still needs to be texture in it.
I'm not very good at critiques but I hope this is helpful to you!
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I really like this painting! But in terms of color, I think there should be brighter colors involved or more variety of color because I feel it would stand out a lot more an look more complimenting for the picture and since orange is blues complimentary color maybe a lighter saturated blue would look nice. Apart from that, I love how you shaded the artwork and the amount of detail that went into it is amazing like the fur,
the markings, and the eyes. I hope this was helpful for your future improvements and that you continue making paintings >w<
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Not that original, always good practice doe.
look into techniques to draw eyes, for example making a hole in the backdrops circle at any point (like someone took a bite) would draw the eye to that position, things like that.
Need fur. this good place for fur examples. also brush kits if you get lazy.
zakraart.deviantart.com/art/Ke…
the antonomy is a little over the place, i can see stuff that looks like a rabbit, a deer, a lion and a cat... its a little confusing. the legs have so much fat on them but the chest looks like the thing has been starved? there are few cat species that have a chest so small that i know of.
I think you should curve the back a little more as it looks almost like a giant rectangle (I think because it could be personal touch or emphasis you've intended. dont destroy your style even for a review.)
There are a few smudges and little odd bits here and there (Grey dot on the left leg, smudge at the top of that leg, a wonky line here and there making it look like a chainsaw. (I think you didnt warm up before making this, probably that)
nothing too major though.
but overall, in a review it's easy to show negative and forget positive.
Your art is good. Better than a lot of the stuff I see. But try to experiment more! I get the feeling your in a bind constantly making similiar stuff.
the idea should be if you want to progress you need to do more experimentation. a good way to start is putting this and a picture of something together... i don't know? a building? a wolf? a old war helmet.. something then trying to add it into the picture in a way that looks natural. I've found stuff that looks nice by doing this and i use some of it even today.
other people use different things.
another thing would be is to look into making cats. (Have a look at yours and compare. the biggest difference is probably antonomy.. and style obviously but antonomy.) Try drawing over this picture in basic shapes, circles, ovals and lines.
getting a better picture on how the base of the image is can actually help identify where exactly you are going wrong, doing this on an actual image of a cat can also help.
www.how2drawanimals.com/images…
www.sketchbook.com/blog/wp-con…
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also make some poses, i looked at your stuff and all your pictures are either in this design or in one of three others, cats arent 2d objects they have feelings and are cute but also look different from different directions.
you will only be good at one thing if you only ever do one thing.
PS: If this is not a cat you really have a problem.
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