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Chibi!

Your coloring is amazing I love the shading and wide range of colors. What needs work though is your lines. It seems like your work would look so much better if the outlines were more defined and not all over the place. Like on the last colored one her jaw line has a little crook in it and the swirls look like they should be more rounded, same with the jewel. Her fingers also look a bit long but hands are really difficult. Also the shading of the clothing looks like it could use work. think of how a sleeve would fall then shade the areas not that would be in shadow, her sleeve now looks unrealistic.

HANDS. gonk For the LONGEST time I've tried to hide them in any possible way. I knew that also hindered me, so I've slowly tried to work them into my art, so I don't get so lazy about it....


@CariRae - Aaah, good points. I was trying to think of how the light would hit the sleeve, but it kept falling flat. I don't have any sleeves that long, so I've been looking for something to use in the mean time... =/ My lines... Are the results of being lazy mixed with a bit of a shaky hand. (I've never been able to draw a straight line. xD; It's kind of embarrassing.) I see that point, and I think I'll try to do less short cuts, and just zoom in and go slow as possible.

The lineart I've helped my friend have was straighter for our old joint shop, but that was purely because I didn't want to blemish her art rep. =/ I should take as much care for my own.

@Pomato Soup - OOOOOOOOH. Thank you! T___T Your hands are PERFECT. I've a problem with fingers and hands for awhile, but I'll save those pictures and practice adding a bit more meat to the fingers. (xD You would make a great hand model.)

@.@ I think I might invest in a book with model poses, given the suggestions here. Thank you everyone for being so helpful! (And I plan on sticking around and doing what I can. ^^)


Right... I see what you mean. xD HA, I didn't see that before, THANK YOU. I see in a few images where there should be more defined shadows.

Ugh, yeah. =/ I've noticed I do either full on, or three-quarter poses for the faces. I'm downright awful at profile views, it's something I work on daily but to no avail. The problem I have is the angle of the chin. I never know how to show the chin at a higher angle in relation to the neck. Even when I use model references, I can't seem to get it right... Should I just keep trying?

xD Yeah... I've read around the forum and saw that they didn't appear to be helpful to others. I found them semi-useful in that I didn't know how to use the wire framing-ish sketching, but that's about it. (UGH, I've found SO many people who take poses DIRECTLY from the Monster books, and sometimes even down to what they're wearing. >___<; )

Thanks again~ ^^ And I found the guild through your signature, so doubly thanks. I grabbed a mentor, I'm so excited. *___*

No longer a WIP~ >3


I was trying to practice having a light source that's visible. Usually I just color according to casting shadow and light hints to wherever I wanted... Does it look like the halo is glowing and casting light, or that she's just shiny? xD


@Tirael - Very good point. xD I used to hate coloring hair, but now when it doesn't look quite like a furry animal died on their head (ohgawd, I colored horrible hair) I would get pretty proud of it.

....xD Though practicing various body parts has freaked my son out on a few occasions. ("WHY ARE THERE ONLY HANDS, WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR BODIES MOM?!")

^^ Thank you~

Ah ha! >.> I do use a tablet, and when I try to go over the sketches for "lineart", I DO go slowly to make sure the lines are where I want them to be. That's really helpful, I'll start poking around Sai to practice that.