Artist Army {old thread}

[Lil S.]

hey there!

i am looking for a lot of critique on my art. i want to know if what i am charging is fair, and what i can improve on. i am not going for a completely anatomically correct style, but i need tips on how to keep my unique style while making it more realistic / more detailed. thank you guys so much.

also, feel free to redline if you think it will help point things out to me that i can fix. you can use any of the examples, though the headshots were really quick and i am aware of the problems with those x3

link to artshop

feel free to pm me as well

[Zephayer]

took your advice on the birds/light susiron, look any better now?
i desaturated the birds a bit and moved the light in front of them c:


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[Kittens of Evil]

I am on such an art block right now....T.T Any hints on how to get by it?

[Susiron]

I am on such an art block right now....T.T Any hints on how to get by it?

Psychotic, a lot of your posts lately would belong more in the Artist Rant Thread, I believe.

[houndstone]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Okay so I've recently started Inuyasha, and since I'm loving it so much, made myself a fan character.

I wanted some help on her, just nitpicking and junk.
Note; She's an ongoing WIP, I'll probably change a lot about her.

so here. CC:
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Kasuyi
female
full demon
" The Mist Eagle Demon "
"Misty ears" Her ears are flowing mist that rise up. They sit on top of her head, like Inuyasha's.(only for location reference , they don't look like his.)
green eyes
white hair
hair is pulled back in a long ponytail tied back with a bandage. She has spiky bangs of differing lengths and two large, falling strands tied with bandage as well. These falling strands are located on each side of her head, falling beside where human ears would be.

Has a spiky, impatient personality. She's rather loud mouthed but knows when to shut up. Not as arrogant as Inuyasha. Doesn't like to depend on other people, and is therefore pretty solitary. She isn't antisocial though, and has no problem talking to people. She has no friends, she travels far too often to make friends with anyone. She's smart and cannot be fooled easily.
One downfall of hers; she takes advice from no one, even if she needs it.
Two, hitting her arms in human form will injure her wings in demon form. Her wings grow back, though, so if her arm is cut off in human form it makes no difference in demon form. Once she switches back, her demon abilities will regrow her arms. For this reason, injuring is much more effective than cutting off and can be a downfall.
Three, her eyesight is poor. Her hearing has to make up for her eyes, sometimes she'll even fight with her eyes closed. Her ears are very sensitive to movement, direction, and sound.
And four, she's vulnerable internally. If one happened to know her past, which is rare, they could seriously put her in pain by reminding her of how things were. Luckily for her, most people don't know anything about her, but if they did they could hurt her quite a lot

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Her true form is a giant, misty eagle. Red, stretched eyes, long talons, powerful, huge wings. It's white with black points.

In her demon form, hitting anywhere but her heart won't affect her. If anything is cut off, it will simply grow right back. Because her heart is her largest weakness, she guards it heavily with thick, metal feathers that are extremely hard to pierce.

In human form, these are her abilities;

CHOKING MIST HOLD- Sends a thick mist that comes from her hands around an opponent's body. Once it has them, it strangles them. She has full control, deciding whether she'll kill them or not.

MIST ILLUSION- Creates a (usually happy) illusion with her mist. The victim is in a daze, then allowing her to do whatever she wants with them.

POISON MIST- Sends out a thick wall of toxic mist from her hands. She is immune to it. Its power can melt even metal.

BIRDS OF THE MIST- Sends out 20 or so falcons that are made of an enchanted mist/fog. These birds have abnormally large beaks and talons, and each have spikes lining their backs. They basically maul someone to death, eating all of them including bone. They have the ability to blind someone with a mist emanated from their mouths.

SUDAIKA- Her sword. Very sharp and powerful, but not close to Tetsusaiga.

Also, she can vaporise into mist which allows her to disappear and reappear.

Has long, curled fingernails. Feet have longer, talon-like nails. For this reason, she goes without shoes.




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I'm not done yet, I still need to type up her backstory.

But any help so far?

Yaaaaay, someone who calls their fan characters fan characters instead of original characters. ;u;

I think that the whole blind thing is eh, birds are pretty well renowned for their eyesight--especially birds of prey--so I think that perhaps making her poor of hearing instead would be a bit better.

I don't understand the metal feathers. She's made of mist, right? Wouldn't the metal fall right off? Where'd she get them, anyway?

Perhaps if she heavily cloaked herself in mist in demon form to make it harder to aim at her chest? : /


CHOKING MIST HOLD- Sends a thick mist that comes from her hands around an opponent's body. Once it has them, it strangles them. She has full control, deciding whether she'll kill them or not.
^ Needs an opening. I suggest that striking her will drop the spell.

MIST ILLUSION- Creates a (usually happy) illusion with her mist. The victim is in a daze, then allowing her to do whatever she wants with them.
^ I don't like it. There's no openings here at all. You can have the mist make a mirage, but no matter what, "allowing her to do whatever she wants with them" needs to go.

POISON MIST- Sends out a thick wall of toxic mist from her hands. She is immune to it. Its power can melt even metal.
^ I think you're thinking of acid. Posion doesn't melt stuff. ^^; Posion gas is cool, but non-melty, unfortunately. :c

BIRDS OF THE MIST- Sends out 20 or so falcons that are made of an enchanted mist/fog. These birds have abnormally large beaks and talons, and each have spikes lining their backs. They basically maul someone to death, eating all of them including bone. They have the ability to blind someone with a mist emanated from their mouths.
^ More op. I revised (below)

BIRDS OF THE MIST- Sends out 20 or so falcons that are made of an enchanted mist/fog. These birds have abnormally large beaks and talons. They maul victims to death, leaving nothing but bone. They can be killed easily, but Kasuyi can just as easily replace them. She needs to be attacked directly to stop the spell.

Make changes as you wish, this was just how I envisioned it. xD Birds of prey don't digest bone, and I don't recall that falcons ingest them. Besides, seeing a bunch of picked-clean bones on the ground is a scary warning of her being near. I also edited in an opening--before it was all just, "Oh, no escape" and that's never good writing. Even in stories where supposedly they're in a trap with no escape, they are rescued and/or break free.

On top of all that, I don't think she needs a sword, but if you want her to have a little-used regular sword that's just sharp and she's good at handling then that won't be overpowered. Besides, swords are cool.

Taking a lot into consideration, fixing now. :D

Thank you!

But a couple things.
I don't really get what you mean by "needs an opening"? These were quick descriptions for me, I didn't mean for them to be beautifully written english paragraphs.

About the birds, they're not real falcons. They don't so much eat the person, the birds pretty much decompose them inside of their bodies. I didn't word that correctly, I know what I meant. But I like your idea of leaving bone. CC:

And for metal feathers, I'll explain. She's not complete mist, another wording issue. This was written in my google docs with a very informal style, so it's hard to understand. XDXD
She has a real body in demon form, it's areas like the wings and tail that are rather misty. With these, she can envelop herself in mist, like you said. The metal feathers are something from her past, which I haven't finished yet. I'll update that laaater. The eyes are from her back story as well, she was born with completely acute senses. Her eyesight /was/ good. C:

And for the sword, yeah it's nothing amazing. It's just sharp and something she can use for quick, hand on combat without using energy to call forth any special powers. I liek swords. ;n;

I've taken a lot in, though, fixing up my form now!

[Alexander White]

hey there!

i am looking for a lot of critique on my art. i want to know if what i am charging is fair, and what i can improve on. i am not going for a completely anatomically correct style, but i need tips on how to keep my unique style while making it more realistic / more detailed. thank you guys so much.

also, feel free to redline if you think it will help point things out to me that i can fix. you can use any of the examples, though the headshots were really quick and i am aware of the problems with those x3

link to artshop

feel free to pm me as well

this would belong in the thread about how much you should charge for your stuff.

am not going for a completely anatomically correct style, but i need tips on how to keep my unique style while making it more realistic / more detailed.
you should learn do draw anatomically correct, before you start to skew things

streaming
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[Lil S.]

hey there!

i am looking for a lot of critique on my art. i want to know if what i am charging is fair, and what i can improve on. i am not going for a completely anatomically correct style, but i need tips on how to keep my unique style while making it more realistic / more detailed. thank you guys so much.

also, feel free to redline if you think it will help point things out to me that i can fix. you can use any of the examples, though the headshots were really quick and i am aware of the problems with those x3

link to artshop

feel free to pm me as well

this would belong in the thread about how much you should charge for your stuff.

am not going for a completely anatomically correct style, but i need tips on how to keep my unique style while making it more realistic / more detailed.
you should learn do draw anatomically correct, before you start to skew things

oh, im sorry, i wasn't aware. thank you

&i completely agree. i do know basic anatomy for wolves and horses, as i drew realistic for quite some time i am just looking for ways to keep that intact while still keeping my style (:

[Dawny05~008]

@Alex: Watching Looks great so far~
@Lil S: yeah, a good knowledge of anatomy is a good thing to have before making your style more unique.

[houndstone]

I BRING TO THEE

THE MIGHTY

TRAFFIC CONE

don't mess with the cone.


and can I get anything on this so far?
Major wip as you can see, legs aren't done.

Can anyone redline how the legs would go, having trouble.

And sorry for fail, this is like my 3rd or 4th human drawing,

xx

[brian emo]

@Nex;
owo
That species is so awesome ;u;
Humanoid Reptilian with awesome long tail <-- words of a half asleep child

@Solem;
Even if it's alien, it should still be able to support itself properly n.n
THe legs have to be jointed properly and shiz ono


I had a request on the stream to post the finished products so they could see them even if they had to get off c:

Tail on this one is off, I'm sure. Canine if you can't tell, loosed basely this time off a collie. Damn I can never stay with one dog species.

And this one is a feline. Tons of trouble with the legs >_>
The glowing yarn was a last minute thing, for fun.

One thing I'd like to add is keep fur direction in mind, and you might want to be a bit less sketchy with your linework. :]