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Ang3lsDrumSticks [2009-09-29 01:29:10 +0000 UTC]

oh, i like this emo one too!

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bumble-boo [2009-07-25 00:23:16 +0000 UTC]

I really like the atmosphere in this one. The colours are also really nice, great work!

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Hisomi [2009-06-27 18:30:50 +0000 UTC]

I think that this one is the best one in your gallery. I really love the background. It has some great nightly feeling in it. It's like staring the real night sky outside. I also love the characters shirt. UWaah, I wanna have that kind of shirt too. >__<
And to the criticism part. I think that the bright colours in this pic (in the leg and arm) are too bright for a nighttime pic. *Cause it's dark then the colours are also darker than usual. Try to use draker colours next time. (yeah I know I do that too all the time .___.' ) And the other thing is the water. It's like floating in front of the character. I think the concept of the water and it's colouring is pretty good but try to fade the legs colours into the water. Try to fade the lines. Then it doesn't look like the leg is behind the water.

Good luck and keep up the amazing work!

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sTiLLbROWN84 [2009-06-26 20:14:54 +0000 UTC]

really love the color and the style of your drawings love the face

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aerisek [2009-05-28 13:46:44 +0000 UTC]

Again I need to say about beautiful outfit, and great colours choice. I would only work some more on the water.

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Emerald-Depths [2009-05-27 21:30:09 +0000 UTC]

Very awesome job. I know it's difficult to do digital drawings from scratch. But I love your style. I love her hair colors, and the background is beautiful.

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KasaiInuyoukai [2009-05-03 23:26:08 +0000 UTC]

^-^ Hiya! Sorry about the super-huge wait for critique, there were so many responses! So sorry!>_<

I see you've gotten quite a bit of critique already, but I still see some stuff not mentioned, so here it goes. I have to warn you, I'm not exactly gentle. I've never been good at sugar coating things. But don't worry, of course! I'm still neutral, and there shall be no insults-I just nitpick pictures to death, so don't take anything I say personally, m'kay? ^_^ Fair warning! >__<

First thing I'm going to cover is anatomy, going from top to bottom.

*The hair-head volume is screwy. You drew the hair standing quite tall and away from the head at the top-front, but the back is flat and the sides almost cut into where the head should be. My suggestions for this is to always start drawing your characters as bald, and make sure that the overall shape of the character's hair stays the same distance away from the head. Also, the top-back of her hair should show some dexterity and stand as it does in the front. Basically, the part in front doesn't end there, the hair should keep that 'M' shape and stand in the back.

*The neck is in an unnatural position. Humans naturally lean forward, necks included. If someone's neck is straight up and down, they look shocked, scared or uncomfortable.

*The lower half of the hair. The lock on our left is blowing in towards the body as if there's wind, when none of the other hair is moving at all. Her hair should be more towards the shoulder, and away from the center of her body, unless there's wind. And if there's wind, there's a lot of work to do. ^_^

*The collar with spikes is a bit off. The spikes are positioned on the lower half of the base-band, and they are pointed straight downwards. Unless you're trying to start a new fashion trend, the spikes should be centered in the band and should be pointing directly outwards. If you have trouble drawing a metal tip pointed at the viewer, here's a reference pic for spikes [link] and [link] Considering the collar is on her neck, the collar should sag a bit and you should see the top of the leather/etc. No one tightens their collar all the way, the wouldn't be able to breath/move, so let it sit at the part of the neck that starts to widen.

*There are far too many wrinkles on the black shirt sleeve. Shirts that are thin enough to wrinkle that much would wrinkle everywhere, not just at the ends of the sleeves.

*Her tattoos are too saturated. All tattoos take on a bit of the skin color of their wearer. If you painted at 10% opacity over her tattoos with her skin color, they would look more natural. Also, because tattoos are not a separate object but rather a color tint on the skin, it's best to not outline with thick lines or with black. [link] is a real tattoo. Notice that even though bright colors are used, it doesn't stand out more than the arm. Also, [link] is a drawing with a tattoo that works well. See they didn't use pure black, and they used thinner lines for the tattoo than for the outline of the body.

The right forearm is shorter than the left. (opposites from her view). I remember a comment someone made earlier about the arms being too long, and I want to say a bit about that as well. The reason her arms look to long (and you are right, for a tall person they are not) is because they are too skinny to be in proportion. The upper arm is about the thickness of the neck, a little thinner for model-types. Also, considering she has pretty broad shoulders, her arms should be thicker still. The broader your shoulders, the larger your bones. Her arms should be thicker to not look too long. Of course, some people like the long,scrawny,stick-like look and I'm not one to judge. (Oh wait, yes I am! ^_^)

*The upper legs also look a bit off. I can see you were trying to foreshorten, but the lines of the folds should have been used to show the volume being foreshortened. The wrinkles indicate the leg is sideways, when we know it's not. (If you can't tell what I am talking about, ask me about it in your response and I'll elaborate. ^_^)

*Pants overall need some work. I think you need a bit of work on wrinkles. The character looks like she is pulling on one of the pant legs, but there are no wrinkle lines that also say this. If you need some help on how to work with wrinkles, I can re-direct you to some good tutorials. ^_^

*Water-needs some work. The water is too light blue. Water takes on the color of it's surroundings, mainly the sky. At night water should look something like; [link] Also, water ripples around objects, yours seems to completely ignore the legs in the water. Also, you know those squiggles in the water? Those usually ripple out from the objects in the water. Yours are rippling from nowhere! Try studying water for a bit, using reference pics may help. ^-^

*The background overall. The background doesn't match itself. The water is floating from and to nowhere-there's no wall holding it and there isn't even a direction it's moving. The bushes/trees are also floating with no dirt/ground to hold them.

Now to commentate about coloring! >_<

*the white streak in the hair has no shading for some reason. 0.0

*Her ears have no texture shading, it's fur! It should be colored the same way has short hair. ^-^

*Her clothing is shaded overall, but her skin is hardly shaded, which makes no sense. I think you forgot to shade her! ^-^

*Her choker doesn't look like any specific material. I can't tell if it's metal/leather/etc. You could either overlay texture, or shade in a way that gives the look of texture.

*Her gloves have a texture, but no shading. The reason I advise against textures/patterns is because many artists forget to shade after they add them. You should definitely go over the gloves and shade them as you would the arm (although you didn't shade the arms. ^_^)

*You shaded one leg like it was shiny (her right) and one like it was boring/dry (her left). You should be consistent with how you shade.

*Her tail shading is done in a strange way. You shaded it like it was all long strands of hair. Unless she's part horse, she should have multiple short hairs that go along the tail. Also, the directions of the hairs should follow the way it is twisting. (Once again you didn't shade the white of the tail!!!one! >_<

Now for the overall complaints!

*There is no consistent light source. Where's the light coming from? The moon? A separate area? Also, because it's night time, shouldn't she look like she's in the dark? She looks like she's indoors with how little she's shaded. ><

*You have halo-lines. (white space between line and surrounding areas) You need to work on that, it's a really beginner mistake. If you need some advice on that, tell me in your response and I'll tell you some methods depending on what version of photoshop you have. ^-^

Okay, all done! I know that sounds like a whole mountain of bad up there, but that's because I never try and say the good unless it's like "omg I could never do that OMGOMGOMG!!!1!!one!!". You're not a bad artist, and I think your overall grade is about a......3.7/5, pretty good.

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hEyJude4 [2009-05-03 14:01:42 +0000 UTC]

*GimmeFeedback

You requested anatomy help. The hair seams a little strange. The hair on the viewer's left side goes straight down from the top of her head. I would recommend having it fold over her shoulder, then he resting in front of her, like the other side, just in the opposite direction. Other than that I see no anatomy problems.

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CheeseWarrior [2009-04-29 16:21:16 +0000 UTC]

From
You've got a good idea of the anatomy, with a few little blips. The left shoulder seems a bit long and uneven compared to the other one to me. I think it's the way the neck's positioned. Her tail is nice and textured, but it could be a little thinner at the base. ( look at wolf and fox tails and you'll see) Maybe put some rings around her legs and tail as they go into the water, at the moment they look like they're behind it, as there is no clear distinction of disturbance. Hope these help.

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liviafairy [2009-04-28 20:46:40 +0000 UTC]

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I can notice that her right arm(the one with tatoos) is longer then her left one. You also should pay attention to the detail of her hair on her neck, looks wierd as if her head wasn't attached to her body. Her hands look tense making the draw look static.
Some deeper shadows on your coloring would help it look better, you should try it.
Hope it helps.

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petruva1991 [2009-04-27 12:40:46 +0000 UTC]

this looks so nice and tranquil.. Its beautiful.

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GreenChikin [2009-04-26 16:21:20 +0000 UTC]

This is a very good drawing, But if you go emo I won't be able to talk to you any more.

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calypsochick [2009-04-26 13:04:54 +0000 UTC]

cool picture! I love how you did the water and the colour scheme. You've got a great style! ^^

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lulusoccer [2009-04-23 12:55:08 +0000 UTC]

You have done a really nice job coloring and creating textures in this! I also like her expression because it creates the feeling of her thinking and I also like the lighting that covers a portion of her face. Nice job !

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Morigalaxy [2009-04-23 07:17:42 +0000 UTC]

Mm...>.>'' I don't know how hard you want me to critique it.

So here it goes...T^T don't hate me.
Um. Her arms a bit long or awkward. You might want to look at how arms are like. Her collar is in the opposite direction her neck is. So instead of right downwards. It should be left downwards. Your shading in one direction is good up until the nose. Which went the opposite direction. If you want to work on how to shade, you can look up tutorials, but for anatomy heres a great web site [link]

;_; I hope that helped and didn't hurt your feelings

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Dragon-of-Midnight [2009-04-23 05:09:12 +0000 UTC]

Great pic! I like the expression you chose for the character. THe colour schene is also great, and fitting for theme of the piece. However, I have noticed that the moon is positioned behind the character. Some of the lighting is not overly consistent. Overall, great job!

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EVEELINAA [2009-04-23 02:07:26 +0000 UTC]

I like how you put some different color into her tattoes on her right arm because you used dark cool colors and the tattoo stands out.

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Luscious-Penguin [2009-04-23 01:39:06 +0000 UTC]

I like the background and I like your character, but I'm not sure how much I like them together, just because their styles are so different. I really like the clean lines and shading, though -- very nice.

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