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Kefka750 [2009-04-27 02:50:27 +0000 UTC]

Overall

Vision

Originality

Technique

Impact

I had to spend a little time poking around Valita's gallery to find the character this was based off. THIS IS NOT because I am comparing your skill to Valita's, but comparing your rendition of her character to... well..images of her character.
(I would have done the same thing if it was a naruto drawing or something... I need to know what this guy is supposed to look like XD)

Accuracy:
Looks like you got all the fine details correct, so well done there. I was able to figure out who this character was from her image to yours e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/s… " width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)" /> You paid lots of attention, and got it all.

Anatomy:
Something about this pose looks unnatural from being a flying scene. It almost looks like you started drawing this as the character crouching on the ground in a stealthy, sneaky scene, with the one claw out and extended like it's gonna grab something.

The feathers seem a little to close together in the spread-wings, it looks like he's gonna close up his wings and flinch or something?

Also, the body is positioned awkwardly, meaning this combination looks odd..
Missing front claw/foot
Body looking left, head looking left
Back quarters turning 3/4's style, with rear end pointed intentionally very down,
No right leg.

Individually, none of those is a problem by itself, it's when poised next to all of the others, the whole drawing looks off.
Even just a line or two to indicate muscle structures and stuff would have fixed a few of these issues

I like the grey scale version of this a lot. I would like to see a color one, but I think you use value very well overall. It gives a different kind of feeling compared to the original, more muted, which in some ways I like better.

In conclusion, you did a good job of drawing someone's OC. Your anatomy could use a little help, but it is a fantasy creature, so I realize that can be difficult. But you did well, and I hope Val enjoyed this image.

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Serenaanneharrison [2009-09-01 18:51:20 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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Agaave [2009-04-28 15:41:14 +0000 UTC]

How brave looking creature! He looks like he was playing with the wind and really enjoying his flying! Cool job with greyscale, I think it works well here. Wings are great, I love shading there, looks very realistic and 3D.

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Dgylia [2009-04-24 10:03:55 +0000 UTC]

Aww looks very pretty ^^ I love it

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Keska [2009-04-23 00:29:34 +0000 UTC]

I do love the wings on this - they are nicely detailed and realistically structured and feathered. However, I think they should be far larger in proportion to the creature's body. As it is, they don't look big enough to provide enough lift.

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Valita-the-hedgehog [2009-04-22 16:08:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I really love how this turned out. ;; It really looks good in grayscale, and this way his eye catch attention. And the noisie in the background makes it look like it's a photograph with focus on the gryphon, how sweet!
And wow it looks like you spend a lot of time with his wings, and it really paid off! Thank you very much for the trade!

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DragaFlammis [2009-04-22 12:41:45 +0000 UTC]

This is a lovely picture!

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Himeviti [2009-04-22 09:34:54 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!!!The wings are awesome!

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