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Published: 2011-04-19 19:14:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 3933; Favourites: 142; Downloads: 0
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She sighed to the stars as she sat in her favorite perch wishing she hadn't been called upon for the night watch.---
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--EDIT--:: Thanks everyone for the support on this image
LOVED the lineart as soon as I saw it. Didn't realize just how much until I began working flats. It is so much easier for me (*since I can't draw for sh*t) to have incredibly detailed lines to work with. I was able to spend time detailing instead of wondering how to draw a gear?! LOL
Anyways. Yeah, inspiration came from the glass in the most prominent background clock. Totally looked like a crescent moon when I dropped flats.
Critique encouraged. But enjoyment is even more preferable!
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I know, I really loved coloring these lines
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This is great color work and I LOVE the whole image. Everything compliments the overall view. Great job!
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This is really, incredibly awesome. Great stuff, and I like how smooth and truly metallic everything looks. But, concrit is concrit!
First, I noticed on the face; it's quite detailed, different from most people, and that's good, but it's a bit too much I think; it treads into Uncanny Valley territory and looks a little creepy. Softening it up a little, especially around the nose and cheeks/mouth, might not hurt.
In comparison to the body and face and such, the wings seem underdone and overly simple; adding a bit more detail, or some texture, or a bit more contrast with shadows, might have helped.
Making the smoke plumes transparent was a great idea, I like the idea. But keeping the lineart was, I feel, not so good. You could have erased the lineart and left the lines to be implied by the outline of the smoke. It looks very flat right now, and a little amateur. Smoke and other such atmospheric effects are pretty hard to nail, especially since there are so many different ways to handle it.
I like the little dots of light, they make it seem so much more magical but in a quiet way. The color choices also work out well. I especially like how you chose to color the glass of the clock, and I feel you could have done the same on the class in the lower left.
The left big gear and much of the clock were carefully rendered and detailed with smooth metallic shading, and that really stands out well, but it makes the metal gear of the platform the angel is sitting on flat and dull in comparison. It's from a different angle, so I understand you can't do the same technique for the same level of detail, but there are some other tricks. Consider the reflection of light off flat metallic faces, you can get some strong contrast.
Good luck, I hope this helped,
<3 ali
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Thank you very much for you thorough examination of my work 
Thanks again for your comment
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Sorry for replying late, I'm always slow with messages ^^' .
I'm glad if you found it helpful! I try to give concrit if someone asks, since I know how rare it can be to get it ^^' . I colored this piece too, and I also experimented a lot; I think a piece like this is great for trying out a lot of new stuff =3 . You learn a lot!
Your welcome, and best of luck with future coloring =3 .
<3 ali
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Yes, this partially colored, partially b/w pic has something really eyecatching!
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Thanks
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I love the amount of color/and colors you used in this piece.
Good luck in the contest.
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Thanks very much
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Wow, I love the details! You did a great job making this picture involved and interesting and the coloring is awesome as well! Keep up the good work, this is a really good picture C:
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Thank you so very much
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Incredible work I like a lot how you colored this!!
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Nicely done! 
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Thank you very much
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Fabulous! Love all your details and shadows. Love this entire image.
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can feel the litgh of the moon on the detail of the watch gear...
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Thanks so much! It was hard to tell if I had gone too light for a night-time setting or not.
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Gorgeous piece! I like the perspective, and all the minute details. The coloring and shading is just wonderful
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Thanks. I really appreciate the nice comment
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Good and solid work here.
Only nag on the clouds in the bckground.
I would give them some volume and shadows.
I like this pic altough!
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I kept them soft and simple to avoid distraction from the overwhelming detail in the mechanisms. Maybe that was the wrong decision? I'll take a look at what I can do. Thanks so much for your comment.
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Maybe you should made basic color the clouds a little darker then mashines. So some added shades wuld not so much overwhelm the mechanic details here.
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Wow! The detail is amazing in this! I love it (:
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Thanks so much, yeah the detailing was definitely what drew me to the lineart to begin with. I knew it would be a fun challenge
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Stunning amount of detail you got in the machinery there.
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It was definitely easy to do with such an amazing set of lines
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Very detailed. This came out great, and was worth all the time you spent on it!
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Wow! Beautiful pic. The BG is stunning! So complex, yet so detailed! Very nice job. Welldone!
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Thanks so much
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Thanks so much
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I love the coloring job! (I can't color either, stuck drawing...)
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Thanks so much for the compliment
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Thank you very much
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Thanks so much
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