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[lucas.]

Username: lucas.

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if this is alright? i'm willing to add if you please. c:

Shading [Yes or No]: yeppers!

Art Type[Headshot or Fullbody]: detailed fullbody if that's alright?

Anything else?: woah, your art is rlly beautiful!!

[Ichi Mitsugi]

Username: Doctor Whooves Lover

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Payment: 1 very rare!
Pet's name: Shivling

Shading [Yes or No]: Yes please and thank you!

Art Type[Headshot or Fullbody]: detailed fullbody!

Anything else?: I love your art like so so so much and got one of my boy Jesse and now I'm back for more with my flirty boy Alexander c:

Username: Doctor Whooves Lover

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Payment: Does 30 c$ sound alright with you?

Motion (blinking, etc): I would love if you could do blinking with a blush. Fable is a pretty shy doodle, so maybe a sort of shy blush expression would be adorable!

Shading [Yes or No]: Yes please

Perspective [Fullbody or Headshot]: Headshot c:

Anything else?: W-would you be able to make it avatar size possibly? Like a big version, but then an avatar version so I can use it? If not this is totally fine, your art is stunning either way ;^;

accepted!
and yes, I can make an avatar size .w.

[Ichi Mitsugi]

Everything beyond this post is for criticism after 4.3.2017 for this image (please do not steal image)

[Ichi Mitsugi]

Reopened!
^u^

[Dawnbreeze10210]

Hey there!

I've been to your shop before to order art and I think this is a lovely idea. Any who, to the point, the criticism.

I'll start with areas that I personally think need some improvement. The emotion to the piece itself seems static, specifically the eyes lack emotion in a sense and doesn't seem to convey the emotion that the raised eyebrows/open mouth are trying to capture. Perhaps a bit more shine on the eyes (not too much, just enough to bring some light/life to them), my suggestion would be over the pupil. There are somwe links to eye shading tutorials that I find useful depending on what emotion I am trying to go for: 1, 2. A minor detail that I came across was the hoodie and how it fitted tightly to the upper torso. Unless you were intentionally going for a hoodie that is relatively skin tight on the body then you've done well on that, but if you were going for a slightly looser fit (like the sleeves), I would suggest adding a bit more cloth bunching up/folds on the upper torso sides (not the bust) similar to what you've done for the sleeves. I think to add more dynamic/movement to the art piece you could make one of the hoodie strings be sort of entwined/lifted like when someone is jumping but that's just my personal opinion. Again another minor detail would be to lower the opacity of the background reflection or even trying a different cloudy/smokey colour such as a pale yellow or another complementary colour. I think it would be better to put more emphasis on the main drawing itself. This may just be me, but I tried to mimic the position you've drawn myself and the anatomy is done quite well, especially because the human form can be difficult. The one thing I found slightly bothersome was the position of how the wrist bends, for me it was just uncomfortable to bend by wrist like that. My suggestion would be to try and raise the arm a little so that you can have a slightly straighter movement into the hand position. This would be rather annoying to try and fix so quite frankly it's not a huge deal unless you're willing to see how it looks (sketch it).

Onto positive aspects of the piece that you've done well! The shading that you've added to your art piece accentuates the areas where shadow indeed is (specifically the clothing and the skin). However perhaps there could be a bit more shading on the knuckles and in the mouth so they don't appear to be so flat. The hair in particular is something that I enjoy. It's a different style then what I've seen before, and this happens to be because of the way you shade and how you change the thickness of the lines. The shading of the hair on the sides (by the cheeks) is done really well and adds a lot more depth to the piece that I was looking for. If you think it would help perhaps just try to do that with the hair along the top so it isn't just purely white/flat coloured. The swirl of hair coming from the top (the large one) is a nice touch in your own personal style. Colours are complementary which is something that is pleasing to see, especially with the purple and yellow combination that isn't done all that often. Overall it's done really well and I praise you for dealing with the human anatomy in your own anime/manga style. So there are small details to work on that mainly just focus on adding more emotion/dynamic motion to your art piece.

[Ichi Mitsugi]

Hey there!

I've been to your shop before to order art and I think this is a lovely idea. Any who, to the point, the criticism.

I'll start with areas that I personally think need some improvement. The emotion to the piece itself seems static, specifically the eyes lack emotion in a sense and doesn't seem to convey the emotion that the raised eyebrows/open mouth are trying to capture. Perhaps a bit more shine on the eyes (not too much, just enough to bring some light/life to them), my suggestion would be over the pupil. There are somwe links to eye shading tutorials that I find useful depending on what emotion I am trying to go for: 1, 2. A minor detail that I came across was the hoodie and how it fitted tightly to the upper torso. Unless you were intentionally going for a hoodie that is relatively skin tight on the body then you've done well on that, but if you were going for a slightly looser fit (like the sleeves), I would suggest adding a bit more cloth bunching up/folds on the upper torso sides (not the bust) similar to what you've done for the sleeves. I think to add more dynamic/movement to the art piece you could make one of the hoodie strings be sort of entwined/lifted like when someone is jumping but that's just my personal opinion. Again another minor detail would be to lower the opacity of the background reflection or even trying a different cloudy/smokey colour such as a pale yellow or another complementary colour. I think it would be better to put more emphasis on the main drawing itself. This may just be me, but I tried to mimic the position you've drawn myself and the anatomy is done quite well, especially because the human form can be difficult. The one thing I found slightly bothersome was the position of how the wrist bends, for me it was just uncomfortable to bend by wrist like that. My suggestion would be to try and raise the arm a little so that you can have a slightly straighter movement into the hand position. This would be rather annoying to try and fix so quite frankly it's not a huge deal unless you're willing to see how it looks (sketch it).

Onto positive aspects of the piece that you've done well! The shading that you've added to your art piece accentuates the areas where shadow indeed is (specifically the clothing and the skin). However perhaps there could be a bit more shading on the knuckles and in the mouth so they don't appear to be so flat. The hair in particular is something that I enjoy. It's a different style then what I've seen before, and this happens to be because of the way you shade and how you change the thickness of the lines. The shading of the hair on the sides (by the cheeks) is done really well and adds a lot more depth to the piece that I was looking for. If you think it would help perhaps just try to do that with the hair along the top so it isn't just purely white/flat coloured. The swirl of hair coming from the top (the large one) is a nice touch in your own personal style. Colours are complementary which is something that is pleasing to see, especially with the purple and yellow combination that isn't done all that often. Overall it's done really well and I praise you for dealing with the human anatomy in your own anime/manga style. So there are small details to work on that mainly just focus on adding more emotion/dynamic motion to your art piece.

Aah, thank you so much! ★★★★★+!
While I did notice the wrist part, I was too lazy to fix it because I was already nearly halfway through the art piece ahah I know I'm so lazy
What I found interesting was the mention of the eyes, and now that I look at it I can actually see how "dead" the eyes look as well! Actually, now thinking about it I've rarely used shines on the eyes so I'll have to be sure to do that more often! The guide also helped, especially the part about the pupils being a darker color and not just pitch black so I'd have to try that out as well sometime. Since I practically never add shine to eyes this helps a lot!
The other great part was the body itself; literally anything about how to draw anatomy helps since I'm actually poor at it, especially when I'm not using references like this piece. I definitely wanted the piece to look a lot more lively, so some gravity to the hoodie strings would've been great! The hoodie was also suppose to fit partially tightly, so it'd also be a good idea for me to loosen it. I haven't gotten a good grip on clothes and their folds yet, I've looked at a couple of guides though so I'm getting a grip on it I also extremely disliked how I did the background whenever I look back at the piece and I couldn't understand why I disliked it, but you're right, it does seem to distract from the main focus a little and transparency or a different background could easily fix that problem.

I'm personally glad you liked the shading since I literally just found out how to shade in my new art program (Corel Painter Essentials 5) so it definitely pleased me a lot to hear that! Again, I'm still learning anatomy and the "anime" style so I wasn't sure if it was okay for me to shade the mouth, but now I see it' looks out of place without it.
I tried to fill in the top of the hair originally so it looked less flat (as you can see with my attempt to draw random squiggles and then just erase around them), I usually draw out every "strand" but I wasn't sure how to do it with this character because of bangs (my one and only nemesis besides hands). Eheh, and hands. Oh boy, I'm surprised the only thing you found odd were the knuckles and wrist, oh gosh I find so many things wrong with the hands and I still do, but the knuckle-part is a big aid for me since I almost never draw them in and I've only just started to!
The thickness of the lines was a part that I adopted from another artist's art piece I once saw (I cannot remember where I found it, I think it was somewhere on YT), so I ended up implementing that into my style recently. I'm actually just glad my anatomy isn't as horrible as I think it is though, I most likely just need more practice ^u^

If you want an art piece you can just PM your reference or edit it into your critique, you can get a fullbody with shading and a simple background or anything lesser if wanted ^w^ Thank you so much for the criticism, every bit helps!

[Ichi Mitsugi]

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[Magnaskies]

aye! I've been a big fan of your art ever since I ordered and got two amazing pieces back. I'm here to mostly give a critique and try not to repeat what the other person said too much. C:

Hair: Have you ever tried doing a halo-shine? It highlights the hair and would make the picture look a bit more realistic. It's similar to an apple effect. If you look over here there's a cute and simple tutorial. Shading too! Onto the next part. What is that in the background, is it a clone? Is it a reflection? I guess we'll never know. x'D I saw some people doing stripes and other patterns as a background and I think it was quite adorable. Simple shading and highlighting to make it look like a room? I have the same kind of background on a reference of one of my characters and it's been bugging me. I adore the nose- it's very cute! The knuckles look a bit droopy, maybe even hollow? I think they should be tweaked a bit or turned upside down to emphasize that there is in fact bones under that skin. Ahh, the shading on the sweater is great but I think the hair shading needs some work. The tutorial I suggested above shows a bit of that. Okay, the expression. It's a bit.. bland. The person doesn't look very enthusiastic as opposed to the pose(see what I did there?). The thing I'd do is make them look happier, however, that doesn't always fit the character so like the person above me said I think adding a bit more shine to the eyes would work just as much. The different thickness of the lines makes me think of manga- I also can't stop staring at the sweater, I think it steals a lot of the attention that should go to the face. I suggest making the face more interesting to look at, maybe add some shine to the cheeks. That's all I've got for now! <3 Overall the whole piece itself is stunning!

[MotherMother]

Hello! I think this is a great idea to improve your art. I have some critique that I hope will help you!

I think a big place for improvement is the background. Even though backgrounds may not seem to have much of an impact, they really do. My own eye is drawn to the blurry eye that makes it almost seem like someone is standing over the character's shoulder, and the eye colour is quite bright which brings even more attention to the idea of someone watching them. To change this, you could lower the opacity of the background more, or as I would recommend just change it altogether.
Another thing is the lifted arm. I tried bending my wrist in that same way and it's quite awkward and actually a bit hard to do. Something that sticks out is the thumb. It branches off at the halfway point in the hand, when in reality it should be starting at the base of the hand, at the wrist. Try to think about the thumb as something separate from the other fingers. You can use your own hand for reference, as it is a great model and you can experiment with different hand positions and see how the thumb's base actually starts at the wrist, and you can see the muscles in the wrist moving as you wiggle your thumb.
The sweater could be improved by loosening it around the chest. A small detail is that the tight fit and thick lining and shading makes the breasts look quite large, which is fine, but the strings from the hoodie should reflect this and be shaped to hang off the chest, while right now the strings look flat which go against the shape of the body. The breasts are a bit misshapen and the crease in the sweater is a bit confusing because it shows the sweater is loose enough to have a crease there but at the same time the sweater looks too tight. The crease also throws off the round shape. Another thing is that there shouldn't be a crease at the sides of the breasts, because anatomy does not work like that. They should transition into the side of the body instead.
The overall expression conflicts with the body pose and liveliness of the hair. When you show the eyelids and lift the eyebrows, it gives the expression of calmness which clashes with the movement of the body and hair.
I like what you're doing with the line thickness since it adds more character and defines your style, but it is a bit inconsistent at the forehead. The lines are thick above the eyes, but thin where the hair splits on the forehead. It should be thicker there to show that it is not pressed against the forehead.
The dimples on the knuckles look off, I think they should look more like bulges than dimples which can be changed by doing those "u" shapes you have right now upside-down. Or you can make the knuckles pale instead, which will show the bulge as well as emphasize the clenched hand.
To make the piece pop more, I'd suggest adding highlights. Highlights in the hair and eyes are especially important, because they reflect light the most. Without it, the piece looks flatter, despite the shading. It seems like the piece is between a flat drawing and a fully shaded/lighted one, because it has nice shading in all the right places but non of the highlights that make a piece really look complete.

There are things that can be improved but this is still a very nice piece with parts that do not need improvement, like the arms of the sweater which have really nice creases that look very natural. I also think the hair has lots of life to it, I can almost see it bouncing. The skin tones and colour make the piece less flat and the shading is quite well but like I mentioned I would really recommend adding highlights.