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First off, thanks for the comment, it's much appreciated.
As far as the head goes, I see where you coming from. Drawing heads, or at least the tops of them to large is a problem I have been having a lot recently. I don't know if it is just the style I have adopted or a blatant mistake on my part, but I'm working to correct it. When I get motivated to draw again I will scale the top of her skull down slightly and rework it a bit to see if that doesn’t get rid of the problem. When it comes to details, I'm always afraid I'm not doing enough or sometimes to much, but I'm glad that my efforts in this area are being noticed. Thanks.

Hello! I'm so glad to see another mentee around here (considering everyone else is kinda on hiatus?).. Sorry XD Just rather excited cause right about now, you'll be the only one else who'll be updating constantly.

GREAT!) I believe you've nailed the anatomy right in your current WIP - the pose is very relaxed and comfortable (unlike mine DX so super stiff), and you've even repositioned the tail so it looks better.

BAD!) Can't find anything at the moment. But big hairs can actually look good on some people. (This is good actually).

Ah yeah... commenting cause there's no one else to comment on. (Everybody's semi-gone, I repeat, everyone's semi gone.)

Overall, good stuff!

Small comment on Dain: Too much highlights and too smooth for fur (we assume that she has fur), only frog skin has such highlights. Careful with the size of her thighs, they're pretty big (unless that was intentional).

And, blue Panda? biggrin Cute.

Thanks for the comment!

I see what you mean with the sheen on the fur, coloring is not my thing so, when I was doing this I was kinda just winging it. Anyways, despite the foggy look, thanks to the shine on her, I really do like how the over all look came out. As for her thighs, yes, I know they are chunky and that was intentionally done just though they suited her, that, and I like big thighs.

The panda does look kinda blue, don’t she? I never really noticed that. Either way, she a commission piece I ended up likening… well… except for the braids, never in my life will I EVER do braids again!

I think this would benefit a lot from understanding the skeleton. His legs aren't meeting his pelvis properly and it's looking very strange as things move down past the waist.



See how much higher his legs connect than how you have it?

Okay. So, I went ahead and started the line art on him only to find out I have more corrections to make, not that I’m complaining. Anyways, right now, since it has been pointed out by Errol, I’m working on his hips and the way his legs connect to his body. I moved his hips up and changed a few things in that general region but, looking at the skeleton diagram above, I think the hip/leg connection is still to low. Also, I shortened his arm and resized the hand a little, just to get the proportions better. So far, I think this is coming along nicely. I’m going to keep working on the hips and such and try to iron out some the uncertainties I have about that region of his body.

Sad to say but, most of my anatomic studies have nothing at all to do with skeleton or muscle structure. Though I want to learn proper anatomy so far, the most I have done is look at pictures of real humans rather than the underlying frame, witch I know I should do…
Anyways, I have herd about that book before, I think a friend of mine referred it to me, but I haven’t yet had a chance to pick it up. I live in the middle of no where so, the closes Borders is 50 miles away… Next time I’m in there I’ll defiantly pick it up though. If there is one thing my recent attempts at male anatomy has showed me, it’s that I need to know the skeleton and muscles better.
I started out with a photo reference but… well, that didn’t last long, I eventually went so far in the opposite direction that the only thing I was using the photo for was proportion measurements. I tend to do that a lot, start out with a reference photo and then totally ignore it because it gave me a better idea… As for his thighs, I have been getting variations of “there to big” for awhile now. I however, thing they are fine. Being a digitigrade (sp) I think his meaty thighs are quite appropriate, after all, standing on your toes constantly would bulk up your legs, least I think it would.