Artist Army {old thread}

[Calix]

Koiyote- I do see what you mean about the limbs ^^ No worries about the thickness, I know you just meant it to help (: Thank you very much!

Susiron- Thank you! I also hate when people make the final wing skin really small(one reason charizard isn't my favorite pokemon, lol). Thank you for the critique as well! I always forget to do a 'hand' on the wing, I'll remember that next time. Good idea with the pose too- I kind of want to redraw it in a higher pose now xD

blackoutTaxonomist- I do see what you mean, and I think that if a horse was standing like that he'd be knocked over, but for a wolf it probably stabilizes him more.Also, no, that wasn't my ref, I don't remember 100%, but I don't think I used a ref x3


Thank you both so so much!

[Susiron]

Hrmm, maybe I'm not giving enough credit for the dog's thrusting power, then.
I do think that the leg should be a bit more forward for support, but I think that I did make it a bit too drastic of a stretch.
Taking this in mind now-- I think I'd suggest that if you put the wolf lower down, like it's landing from rearing, August, I'd say to raise the head up more-- like it's falling-- and arch the back. Otherwise, raise up the back's position, and perhaps even bring the hind leg towards us further forward along with the other leg.
Thank you for your input, Blackout, it's appreciated. :3
It's fine posting stock images, btw. You're just using it for an example. xD

[Harpalyce]

edit: never mind, move along. nothing to see here. this is not the post you're looking for.

[Yunyi]

hello!
putting up this, i'd love some critique/redlines on this if anyone could!
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I won't be redlining because I don't trust myself enough quite yet, but I can share a few tips. First, I suggest you start by sketching out the basic structure of the body. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't look like you've done that here. Sketch out the entire body structure first, then go back and start shaping out the details.

Her head should be smaller and the cheek less round; I suggest Googling up some 3/4 views of faces and using them as references. Her torso, as others have pointed at, should be lengthened a bit. Also, don't outline each breast so explicitly (I can't think of a proper word to describe that, so "explicitly" will have to do). When wearing shirts, the cloth doesn't tightly fold over each individual breast; it's stretched across them.

Also, for the red dots--are you trying to do that sort of coloring where people add the pink "blush" to the joints and nose? (And they often add little white dots to make it "shiny"?) If you are, I suggest smoothing and blending out the color instead of just dabbing on splotches of color.

And one last thing--are you using black to shade? That's one thing I'd suggest not to do, unless you need something really dark. Use darker shades of the color you're shading--for example, darker yellows for the shirt. After that, I personally like going back and doing the darker areas with dark colors like blue or purple. I only use black if I need something really dark. You'll see that it actually adds quite a bit of dynamic by using darker shades of colors instead of just black.

And... I suppose I can use my own piece as an example of that, something that I was going to post here anyway :


So yeah, here I used dark blues for the darker parts of the clothes.
For their skin, I even used some purples. Dunno how easily you can tell, but yeah. xD

-ahem- Anyway, here's my finished Ursai piece. Fairly happy with how it turned out, though I'm not sure I'll be coloring with the same method again in the future.
Now I must attempt some more dynamic poses and not-lazy backgrounds. *sigh

[maetropa]

Thanks guys <3

I have no idea why I add the red dots, it's sort of a thing that soothes my anxiety for no reason??
I did sketch her out but I'm not the best.

I've never actually drawn breasts before (male artist here), but I'll take that into account!

[brian emo]

I've just been given a premium membership on dA, but I don't know the first thing about adding skins, etc.
If someone could help me with that it would be amazing. Cx

edit: haha, forgot to post what I came here to post. |D
I had no homework today, so I had the time to finish another commission:
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/ ... 50vkf2.png
Does anyone have crits? C:

[mistywren]

@Medusa's Cascade - Well there are install able skins for journals and you can also make a rather simple one: link Any more help you need I've been a member for quite a while. I'm always willing to help ^ ^

[Salt]

I've just been given a premium membership on dA, but I don't know the first thing about adding skins, etc.
If someone could help me with that it would be amazing. Cx

edit: haha, forgot to post what I came here to post. |D
I had no homework today, so I had the time to finish another commission:
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/ ... 50vkf2.png
Does anyone have crits? C:

Well, I've noticed the far arm's paw seems to be placed in an awkward position, maybe have it's paw down inthe same shape?

And this isn't such a biggy but the tail seems to high to be on it's buttkins. Hope I helped! XD

[Bast]

Yunyi! That painting is beautiful! I love it so much!

Medusa- that looks cute. ^_^ I like it.

What do you guys think of this? Its a commission.

[plum]

Yunyi! That painting is beautiful! I love it so much!

Medusa- that looks cute. ^_^ I like it.

What do you guys think of this? Its a commission.

I like it, although the hood should be more rounded.