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[Flight of The Fire Dragon]

Interesting.

It has a nice feel to it. The metallic looking shading on the dragon is a unique effect.

However, there are some problems.

The first is that they eye should be farther back. It shouldn't be directly over the dragons mouth; it should back in its skull a little more.

The second is that the spikes on the back of its head look off. It feels as if they should be uniform in width and length.

Lastly, I strongly advice against using lens flares to represent anything but lens flares because it makes it look amateurish. Also, it seems to be in stark contrast with the other two styles that you have in this picture. You're already blending two styles of shading in the picture with the background and the dragon, so I think that adding a third style - the crisp lens flare - is too much.

But overall, it's not that bad. Needs work, but still, not bad. Keep working on it.

gman106 responds:

Thanks for the comment, and i will take that info you gave me and use it the next time i do some thing like this.

Thanks again
G-Man106

[Fallen from Grace]

Interesting

I'll start by saying that I really like the way you did the wings. They're very intricate and the glow around them is a nice effect.

However, you have some proportional issues there.

The biggest one is that, when you look at people in real life, none of them are that skinny. There seems to be, for a lot of people including myself, a tendency to draw characters, particularly female characters, too thin.

Also, I suggest looking up some facial proportions tutorials. The angel's eyes in your picture are too high.

Another thing I suggest would be to put some wrinkles and folds into her dress to make it look more realistic. Right now it kind of looks like a tube. If the angel were a person in real life, you'd see all these folds and wrinkles where the fabric fell around her body.

There's potential here, but it needs some work.

flashman16 responds:

I'm glad you think so

proportions have always been my downfall :/

Too skinny? hmm... you could be onto somehting there...

I thought the eyes were in the center of her head? D:
they doo look a but high now that u mention it...

I added the shading in the dress to try and make it look like folds rather than just straight... clearly that failed

Thanks for your review

[Pika in the Sky of Dreams]

Good, but not great

I like the background of this picture. The colors really flow together and the colors in the sky complement each other nicely.

The actual pikachu, however, seems oddly simplistic compared to the smooth, rounded, soft style of the background. You have a soft, blurry bitmap background behind a hard, sharp vector main figure. Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't seem like the two style match too well together.

I suggest either making the background vector or making the pikachu more detaled.

PlatformSource responds:

you seem like an artist, i know what your saying, but i made pikachu in flash, and the bitmap in photoshop, anyways thanks for the review.

ill try even harder next time!

[My first drawing]

Okay, but needs some work.

I really like the way you did the hair. It really looks like it has some body to it, which is a pitfall that a lot of beginning artists fall into when they try to draw manga.

The gradient in the eye is also nice, as well.

However, you need to work on your facial proportions. You should be able to see a little bit more of her face on the left side. The face in your drawing seems to just stop abruptly. Also, your eyes need perspective, as well.

http://www.bakaneko.com/howto/figure/anatomy2/index.html

Take a look at this tutorial. There's a lot to read through, but find the section about eyes and faces. The way you draw eyes changes with the perspective of the face.

Lastly, you need to put some shading on the neck. To get a hang on this, I suggest you look up some anatomy tutorials. Learn the location and proportion of the muscles in the human body are and then work on your shading from there.

Overall, it looks like you have potential, you just need to practice.

John-Stewart responds:

Thanks

[Totoro]

Awesome.

I love the shading and the detail. It looks like you put a lot of work into this. The colors that you used also compliment each other really nicely.

Nice work :D

Oelbachtaucher responds:

Thanks. Yeah the background was a lot of work for me cause I actually prefer pictures without a background to save some time. :)