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DeskEcho — :CE: Through fire
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Published: 2018-08-11 11:48:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 543; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 117
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I tried to save as a .png but my computer couldn't handle it xDFirst time attempting fire.... it's harder then i thought..
Anyway, hope you like it. I love grumpy chars so i couldn't resist, might do another entry with seraph next, if i have time.
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Nice work! I can appreciate how you challenged yourself with a dynamic pose to give energy to the drawing. I’d say the three biggest things that stand out to me are the unanswered questions in regards to the storytelling in this piece, the environment, and the inconsistencies in the character’s shading.
To start off, I have no information as to why the character’s teeth and claws are bloodied, which impacts the storytelling capabilities of this piece. Was this character in a fight? Were they hunting when the blaze so rudely interrupted their meal? Did they slip and crack a tooth on an inconveniently placed rock? There are questions left unanswered which makes it difficult for me to mentally build the scene or the character’s personality/motives/etc.
Moving into the environment, the flames are quite large and bright but I don’t see what they’re burning. The ground plane is flat and lacking even an indication of grass. If this is indeed a grassy field, it makes me wonder why the character would have chosen to charge through it rather than go around. If the character were in a forest, or at least had some burning shrubs/undergrowth/indication of tall grass present, it would be easier to justify the curtain of fire and the determination it would take for this character to escape. The presence of some mid-ground/background objects would provide a sense of depth as well – as of now I don’t know how far this character is jumping, where they started from, or where they intend to land. Additionally, I wish you had let the flames wisp up past the top of the picture in some locations; it appears a little boxed in the way it is now.
I can tell you invested a lot of time into the shading of the character’s fur, but I don’t feel like you took the light source into consideration. I believe the highlights should be significantly brighter due to the proximity to the fire – don’t be afraid to alter the character’s base colours to reflect the lighting in the environment. As for the fur itself, I wish the strands weren’t so stiff (it resembles feathers more than fur in my opinion, as fur doesn’t clump up like this unless it’s wet. Let the fur flow! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Wow you perspectives are always so good, congrats!
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Thank you, i try to challenge myself with hard angles and perspectives ^^
Used to draw mainly left facing canine a lot since it's the easiest and laziest pose, but gotta get out of that habit xD
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And this looks really good :> This is a good way to think! You will imrpove fastly by thinking like this, I believe in it <3
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It turned out amazing.
Love the expression, and your shading is improving!
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Thank you
Happy to hear i'm visibly improving ^^
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Thank you so much for entering, this looks amazing- you wouldn't guess that this is your first time attempting fire! ^^
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Glad you like it ^^
Thank you for hosting the contest
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