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[nikoobu]

my photobucket whee http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/ubo_okin/
contains alot of random stuff, some not even mine...and it is disorganized XD

and my DA site - http://nikoobu.deviantart.com/


Mentor - none at the moment ._.  

[nikoobu]

Recent work

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auction piece for Alexi_Jameson! the auction ended like months ago XD
finally got this piece done :'D i'm very proud, this is the first time i actually did something like a background XD~ and the colouring i spend alot of time on :'D happy happy

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... Current WIP...

making my own OC XD suppose to be a vampire :'D



and i can't get the pose to look natural gonk
i want her to be like... holding two blades, kinda battle-ish xD
i dunno gonk

... Randomness ...



._. need colouring practice domokun

 

[dirty saint]

im kind of like that. i can draw from other pictures fine but i cant make up stuff if i try.  

[Wispered]

Hi Nikoobu and welcome ^_^
I've noticed a few nitpicky details about your work, but really overall I think you're doing great.
Watch the thickness of her arm, there are curves there and that's great, but essentially her wrist and upper arm are the same size. I think the wrist is a good size, if you widened the rest of her arm accordingly (and it doesn't need much) it'd all be hunky dory.
The other thing is her balance is a bit off and I think it has to do with the placement of her foot and that she's slightly tilted. It looks like she's walking which is good, but it looks like it would be a stumbling slightly drunk walk, just because she looks off-balance. Nudge her back up to the left a little and maybe bring the angle of the forward stepping foot more front-on so it looks more sure.
The last thing I want to mention is her lack of plane to stand on. Even throwing down a shadow would help ground her so she isn't just floating in front of the colours.
You're doing a great job so far. I love the design on that sword.  

[tirbutt]

biggrin hey nikoobu! I have to say that I -LOVE- your lines *o*...

Like eejbeej said, her balance looks a bit off, the leg that's straight should be more under her :'D

Other than that there's just little nitpicks like her hand seems too large for her, and her shoulders a bit hunched/high if you follow the line of her neck.

About the watercolors, I LOVELOVELOVE WATERCOLORS *O*!
here's a good watercolor tutorial to look over: http://www.shadowscapes.com/StepByStepFoxSpirits/wc.shtml

Remember to try -layering- your colors slowly and building up and that watercolors can only get darker not lighter as you layer XD;; Also don't be afraid to MIX colors :3

Good luck and I really love your style <3

 

[nikoobu]

:'D thank you so much for the crits and advice!! o and the wonderful tutorial whee

@Eejbeej - hehe~ i love the sword design too! jitsumi is so good at designing chars heart

@Tirael - thank you!! come to think of it... i think i followed you to gaia XD
and whee do you still play avro?

umm...as for the contest piece i entered..


and later i played with it abit in photoshop XD


i just kinda added shadow under her feet and rotated it alittle XD
i'm not sure what else i could do now...

whee thanks again for the replies :'D
i will keep everything in my mind whenever i draw <3~ thanks thanks~

i really need to work on my shading, form, weigh...perspective and all x-x
don't know where to start first tho >_<  

[tirbutt]

OMG you did? XDDD I haven't played RO since last summer... D8> /such an addict/

:'D I love the way you made it look so stylish by just putting the background there :3 XD looks like a magazine ad... only.. more dangerous? XD;;

Just a note: try mixing more colors when you shade with watercolors :3

 

[UlooAloo]

I ordered art from you! xD <33333


Your so good. ;o;  

[nikoobu]

@ T i r a e l - XDD yah... the line background is kinda cliche >_<'' i really need to work on backgrounds xD
>w< i'm a stalker, i got your dA from ro forums..i think.. then..from your dA i saw gaia related stuff and now i'm here XD pirate

*waves to kiba!* Ooo you're here!! heart heart heart  

[tirbutt]

lmao XD;; yes very stalkerish... D8> I don't remember having my DA stuff in the public forums, only in our guild forum... what was your RO name? O3O?
tekFormat 2

 

[pach_work]

*luffels@nikoobuart*  

[nikoobu]

@T i r a e l - :'O what kind of stalker would tell their names? ._.
what if you go pking me when you sees me in game? rofl

jk XD well.. i don't think we've spoke in game before... my main chars in avro1 are lichi and siri... avro2 is lena XD
i must have got you dA from some other ro players then XDD
you were in the art team ya? whee my sister, Kukico was in there too xD

heart pach_work <3~  

[tirbutt]

Ooooh XDDDDD yeah... 8DD and I would pk you whether or not I knew you wink .... >3> well I don't play anyhow. Plus someone else has my account for like.... 9 months already.... and last time I logged in I couldn't get into my storage rofl

That's funny that you're kukico's sister rofl

 

[nikoobu]

xDDD~ evilness!! and i'll be a helpless little noobie who stands there and get killed *sniff*

i dont play much now too, i gave my account away but "borrowed" some stuff back pirate

and yar.... we always wondered what happened to the art team after the logo thing you guys did ._.' kuki just didn't get and info after that xD

and i have a new WIP whee
the shoulder looks so stiff... i think... and the angles are off too... i think...
/__
i didn't use any picture ref this time~ wheeee~ XD  

[Wispered]

I like it so far, only two crits. Her far eye seems larger than the closer one and her neckline flows into her jawline almost perfectly, killing the dimension. Just bump it over so that they are more obviously different lines.
Otherwise I think things are going over rather well.