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©2009 =LeahHimura24
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Artist's Comments

This character is Ryu, he belongs to =manic-goose. Take to consideration that I just colored the piece and did not create the lineart. This will be for her contest which she will hold in a few months.

:faint: Man!! This one was a doosey! It took me a long time to color but not as long as I thought it would. ^^ So that was a plus, and I really enjoyed coloring as well so all and all this piece was a joy to work with ! :)

What I like!
There are a lot of things I like about this piece. His wings are one of the major ones! I think the feathers look really nice...I spent time putting detail into it and I'm happy that I did! His body and the grass are other things that I really like. I'm getting pretty good at grass, I'm proud of that accomplishment! :lol:

What I don't like! I'm not that happy about the water. The reflection looks off to me but I couldn't fix it so I kept on going along with it. :shrug: Other wise I don't think I have complaints about anything else.

I hope you guys really enjoy this piece, since I do!! :D

prisma colored pencils and acrylic paints

(c) Ryu - =manic-goose
Link to lineart - [link]

Critiques


:iconparanoid-duckkie:
Nice shading on his torso and face. I also think you did a lovely job with the grass. The wings are excellent, I like how you drew the end feathers darker, it felt more hawk like that way, and you did a good job with the texture for it too. The water is a nice color, and the whit parts are well placed.

One thing to consider when doing water and grass is that the grass never just goes into the water, which you have here. Either there is a bank, where you can see rocks and stuff going from the grassy top down to the water and dirt and earth compacted together or you see the grass fade out and a sandy beach then leads down tot he water. The beach can be just a few inches wide... so I guess it wouldn't really be a beach... but still, I think you get the idea.

As for reflections, the reflection of his shirt is well done, but there is no reflection of the rest of him. i like the idea behind the reflection of the sun in the water also, but a suggestion is that you draw blue in with it. Not mixed... but little lines of blue interacting with the reflecting lines, so you will have the reflection, but it will be distorted by the ripples of the water shown as waving blue lines intermingling. The only exception is when you are drawing a perfectly calm and undisturbed water, which can't be the case in this picture because by his being in it, he has disturbed the calm.

Love the light outline on teh branches and I really like the dark mossy stuff you added, it is a nice touch, feels more wild that way.

Overall, a nice job, you are getting better with your backgrounds, keep it up.
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:iconhiten-no-rurouni:
HAWT!!!!

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:iconleahhimura24:
He is quite that! :aww:

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:iconmanic-goose:
nice job with this, I like what you did with the wings. I'll write more a little later as a critique, but for now, I'll just say you are getting better. ^^

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:iconleahhimura24:
Thank you! ^^

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:iconred-winged-angel:
fanTASTIC job! So quick too! Love it~! ^_~

Ari chan

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:iconleahhimura24:
Thanks! :D

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:iconamie689:
Fantastic colouring! I really love it!

About the water, I think you've got it around the area near Ryu..if it is digital I'd be exploring number of ways of extending it..but since your doing it with pencil, I'd say proceed with caution..

Any way, this is really nicely coloured!
:iconred-winged-angel:
Welcome! =D

Ari chan

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"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars."
- Les Brown
:iconleahhimura24:
Thank you! :aww:

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~God and I have something in common, we're both artist. :aww:

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