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Devil May Cry Anime OST ~ Steep Slope --> www.youtube.com/watch?feature=β¦Weeeeeeeeeeeeee there we go
So, NOCTA DID ANIME-STYLE SHADING?! NO WAYYYYYYYYY
Anyway, yep. I was fooling around cell-shading, until I did this
So yep, Akuma with several wounds flying... under pressure
Real reason is that I wanted to do a fullbody pic and practise perspectives, limb poses and feathers
I might keep this style, I love it so much haha <3
Hope you like it
Art, Akuma(c) (Moi)
Made with: Paint Tool Sai and Wacom Bamboo Tablet
Time taken: 4-5 hours?
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Comments: 32
Okay, this is the first time I've ever done a critique, sorry if I do anything wrong, here goes...
First of all, this is a nicely constructed picture of a dramatic scenario, and a great character design too; I love the giant feather plumes at the end of the tail instead of the more traditional arrowhead or simply rounded end, and the feathers look realistically arranged, which is not always an easy thing to achieve. The dragon's body proportions look realistic and believable too; the talons in particular look great. The depiction of light and shade is also good as well; almost in the style of an anime cel image, making the design look sleek and graphic.
Onto the suggested possible improvements; one thing I might say is the use of background and positioning to give impact. As you wrote in the description, the pictured dragon is wounded and flying, or perhaps half-falling, through the air. You have chosen to keep the background as a simple colour gradient; this is a good choice, as it leaves the main focus on the dragon rather than the background. However, I personally thought that maybe to further convey the dragon's downward descent, maybe it would work well making it as a vertical rather than horizontally-formatted canvas with the dragon near the bottom at the page. This would mean that there would be less background area to the left of the dragon, which slightly detracts from the movement and more above the dragon, leaving more space for the rest of the dragon's wings and also to guide the viewer's eyes downwards in the same direction as the dragon.
I notice the wounds are swirled, stylized and also glowing softly, so they look more like magical wounds; this might be what you intended, and that's fine; but on first glance they looked more like markings than wounds-maybe a little more definition on the outline of the wounds under the glow might make them stand out a little, and possibly a few small highlights to make them glisten?
I thought maybe the neck could be lengthened a little more to counteract with the length of the tail-though this is more of a personal choice, as I have seen many artists depicting dragon's necks with varying lengths.
The thigh of the closest rear leg seems to be merged with the base of the wing; perhaps lowering it slightly would improve the anatomic proportions. Also perhaps the tips of the antlers could be rounded a little to make them appear stronger and less thorny-though this is quite a minor detail.
All in all, a nicely executed piece with a dramatic subject and very appealing usage of shading and stylized features. Well done!
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Thanks for the critique! c:
The swirls aren't wounds, they're markings, your first impression was correct xD I guess it's kinda confusing to those who haven't seen Akuma before
This one's tail is part of the design, it's supposed to be rather long
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Ah sorry that makes sense now!Β Yeah having a long tail is fine, many artists do it in different ways, I was just trying to findΒ stuff to critique about.Β Β I hope I did a good job, it's a great picture and brilliant design too.Β Β
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It's ok! cx
Yep, yours was one of the best critiques I've had in ages ;u;
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Wow thanks, glad you though it was good Β
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Nice shading and anatomy, though the left half of the composition looks too empty. You might try adding some clouds to break up that space. Also, blood streaming out of the wounds would add a more pronounced sense of motion, and smoke coming out of the dragon's mouth might do the trick too. 
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HOLY FRICK FLUFFEH THIS IS TOO GOOD FOR WORDS.
It's just so perfect... o_o
Ohmygod I love this so much
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Why thank you AOBGAOEGB
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Yay, it's Akuma
Yes, the pose and the perspective work great here and the shading is friggin rad! You also did a great job on the feathers here. I absolutely love those little smoky bits, they look so cool and add a very nice touch to this drawing
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Nice pose and wings! I'm also liking the anime-style shading, it looks great!
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Thank you :3
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You're very most welcome :3
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OOOOOoooooooooooooooooh Akumaaaa *fangirls all over*
Hnng i adore the expression and the pose! You can really see and feel his emotions here!
It looks awesome! <3
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Thank you! c:
PS Do you want to see the fullsize version? I'm not uploading it through the download for personal reasons, eh...
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Ooh i wouldn't mind! ;v;
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Thank you :3
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