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Published: 2013-08-27 15:04:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1952; Favourites: 146; Downloads: 0
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Finally a finished scan of this A3 drawing, take a look please
Made for a friend, it was supposed to be gothic themed but the only thing that it is is kinda dark
Please give me some critic, I want some improvement ideas for the next drawing that might be similar in style.
Also please check my similar newest drawing!
I'll love you for that!
Thanks for checking this out, I love your support, it means a lot
Media:
-Pencils
-0.05 marker
-(Exclusively black) markers
IF you feel like coloring things, you can color this drawing, I'm curious to see how would it look colored by anyone else.
All I ask for is the link or a thumbnail to the original drawing, and the original artist of the drawing (in the description).
You can find more of the B&W drawings that you can color in this folder: roxy932211.deviantart.com/gallβ¦
If you color any of the drawings in that folder, including this one - notify me and I will feature your version on my profile.
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Comments: 126
Just to make things clear, this critic IS up to the standard, it's extremely helpful, it's pointing at both good and bad things... It's superb
And I really need some criticizing about the faults of the drawing, you know I learned a lot from hearing such things and it'll help me when I decide to do another drawing kinda like this one..
I wouldn't really figure out the bad things all by myself, the moon is really too simple and unrealistic, also the clouds and so on.. I agree.
I did hurry towards the end, the sky was done in a flash, I rushed a lot and it would be more appropriate to say that the upper half is unfinished..
And thanks for pointing out the good things in detail, I'll be sure to keep this in mind for future projects
So.. One big thank you, and one for a bonus
You wrote an awesome critic!
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I'm very glad that I could help and that you found things that you can use. Good luck with all future art projects!
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Thank you, I wish you well too
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Great job!
What I love the most in this drawing is the shining around the moon.
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Hi, thank you very much
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Thank you very much
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You are most welcome
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Thank you so much
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So beautiful and detailed!
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Thanks for the encouraging words, I really appreciate them 
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My pleasure!
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That's some crazy details! Absolutely stunning!
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I tried, thanks ^^
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woah your scanner hasnt killed it.
i love all the details you put in the drawing,and thanks to the bigger piece of paper you managed to get A LOT of them into it *_* i think my favourite part are the mountains in the background, it's like they make you see better the castle, in a certain way
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Wow thank you ^^
I like long comments *-* !
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aha welcome ^^
i try
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Holy this is really pretty! Amazing work on the details!Β
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Thank you, trying to live up to the desires of a detail demon god that's holding my life in his hands :S
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ThanksΒ a lot, I try ^^
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That is what I call art! Impressive in every way and so much details and the drawing itself and the dark night in it is amazing to look at
Must have taken many hours to do.
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Oh my , thank you a lot, really raises my motivation when I read such praise
It did take quite a while actually, but it was a time well spent!
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Awesomeness!!!Β that's so epic and detailed... very impressive
Great perspective...Β Β
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Yesh, happy that you love it!
Also thank you so much for abusing the fav buttons in my gal
I really appreciate it
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Ha ha! No problem! Your work is great!
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can feel a whole story unfolding within this little world view... looks very much like a brilliantly detailed illustration from a book.
you want constructive criticisms.... right....I can try.
the shading is superb. I cant fault this at all. the only fault I can see at all is about the angle of the town below, as apposed to the angle of the tower/castle above. perhaps looking at photos from similar angles can help get across what I mean by this. personally I find drawing shots from very high up to be difficult for this very reason. so while I can give constructive criticism I don't think I could achieve the effect I am talking about, without a fair bit more practice. but of course we are working on these things; I can tell you take angles and lighting very seriously. you definitely have what it takes to become well known for what you do.
overall impact and style are top banana.
the feel and complexity of the image are very good;
the shading and depth of field are also very good.
perhaps the bottom end could do with darkening a little, but not too much, as it stands out and looks very snowy down in the bottom edge.
apart from these piddling bones of contention, I cannot find fault with this.
hope this helps, have a wonderful day my friend!
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Let me tell you this, I always wish I had the sense or skill for analyzing drawings,Β in a way like you did
I like your critic.
Now as for the angling, I'm not completely sure how do you mean it but my guess is that the town below could be drawn from a bit more "top-down" view ? To be honest, I don't remember taking any perspective into consideration when I was doing this
You're also right about the shading in the bottom and I think other areas would need it too.
This helps, it was a nice and sudden surprise (so much that I'm almost not used to replying so much anymore xD ).
It means a lot and I think I needed a bit of a push so thanks for the nice words,Β I'm happy that you see some potential in me
I also think the same about you, except I'm far behind, in art and in your way of thinking that I respect. Also I wish I had such a commenting sense, I'd have trouble writing anything meaningful to someone alse like you did to me.. Soo let's say I haveΒ something to strive to
Thanks again and I wish you a great day too!
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lol thanks...but at the same time, its not that im better in any way, either with drawing or using the English language,
but rather try to think of it in terms of perhaps a little more experienced. I have had to struggle and strive my ass off to get where I am now.... you know that quote by Tyler Durden in fight club? :
"You need a near-life experience! you don't know disaster. its only after you have lost everything that you can be truly resurrected. from here you don't even know what the bottom could be like."
well, I been at the bottom. I learnt from my mistakes and pulled myself up out of an unbelievable gutter. I was always "clever" by school standardsΒ but with such things as drug addiction and being dragged into the dark world of crime, there is no easy path.
that was a long time ago now, and im glad to have experienced it, to help others, but it has left many scars.
I hope you can find your muse and your confidence in ways that don't involve you totalling yourself like I did.
I just try to be as honest as I can be
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So that's even more deserving of a respect. Your experiences and the struggling you went through, the things you had to overcome.
I don't know about my muse,Β I'mΒ honestly lost at the moment but it's not the first time so... it's a familiar struggle for me too xD
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By far this is my favorite piece of your gallery!
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Gosh, this is SO impressive. 
The atmosphere is just AWESOME. It's indeed gothic, dark, and I can't even start telling you all the stories that I imagine to happen in that castle and its surroundings. ^^ The atmosphere is mostly decided by the sky! I love that it happens at night, with such a cool moon and such beautiful stars.
The details are just... lkfppananana. 
In conclusion: it's just gorgeous. You've done such a great job and your amount of patience is admirable. Well done 
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Umm.. yea, almost got a heart attack when I saw the full comment open up, you're officially awesome now (well you were before too anyways so screw me 
You really took your time studying it I guess and I'm really grateful, nice observing
And yep, the clouds are weird, that's the main fact 
Next time I'm making the clouds all movie-end-of-the-world-like so they'll jump at you! But not now, I'm tired. But I've gotten the idea for the next time I'm doing something like that thanks to the critics that have showed me the right way. This sounds all weird but I don't know how to put it any other way
Speaking about ideas..
You gave me another one.. about castle scenery.. I kinda started developing aΒ story a year or so ago and recently I've been working on it again, and if I succeed I'll draw a comic based on it.. Probably gonna release it on some other account I'll make just for that.. But that's not gonna happen soon
IΒ didn't plan on becoming active anytime soon cause of an ongoing job and the school starting soon.. But who wouldn't respond to such awesome comments.
Thank you for the comments, for checking on my gallery, for this particular critic and everything, and for waking me out of my slumber..
And 'bout the journal you wrote, I don't think you should really change your style, just evolve it and of course try adding some other (fantasy and non-fantasy) creatures in, or anything else that comes to mind, doesn't matter if you're not used to drawing it. Your drawings are really really nice but god knows how much higher you can climb, I'm sure the limit's not even close
Have a nice day/or night/or pizza ice cream !
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Yayyy, I'm officially awesome 
I'm glad I could inspire you for new ideas!! 
Thanks for saying that about my journal
You have a nice day too!
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Yes!
I read the comments bellow and I honestly didn't think about it in the sense of "change for others" or anything. I think of my drawing in a way that I want to be as versatile as possible, and I want to draw more than let's say.. just dragons or landscapes.. But that's my logic, if it's from your perspective, I also think you shouldn't just change your style because the others want so, if you enjoy drawing people then keep drawing them, it's not like they're any less popular than anything else and you have a nice style, so just keep that up then if it fits you best
And then become better than everybody else at drawing people if you still want more people to recognize you.
And why not striving towards people's approval? Everyone does it, me included..
This comment contradicts the previous one completely and I'm not sure if I should just bury myself or fly away or something gosh ><
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Hahaha, don't bury yourself / fly away, because then I'll have to make an effort in digging you out or growing wings to chase you.
I agree that everybody strives towards people's approval, but that's not really a good thing. Because very often people do not approve, even though your work/opinion/looks, ... are worth approval. You have to draw for yourself and you have to live for yourself in such a way that you are happy with it, and what others think doesn't matter as long as you are satisfied and happy.
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What did I do to deserve someone digging me out or flying-chasing me xD
Then draw and do what makes you happy, I'll gladly check your work
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I love the details and the mystical atmosphere this picture creates
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