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CaptnPenguin [2012-02-29 01:47:16 +0000 UTC]
well hey there, I'm here to critique. Take note that my critiques are meant to be objective and by no means offensive. alright? lets roll
to start with, I absolutely adore this, it's full of energy, creativity, and just really a delight to look at. the theme with the title is done perfectly in the piece with the border and breaking beyond it with the wave. the shading really follows the light source really well, and loving how the yellow ish is used for the highlights.
the fingers on the characters seem a bit too pointy in parts, particularly the pink shirt girl's right hand that's down on the shark.
the horns blend in with the hair on both characters a bit much, and I didn't even notice them for a while. the style of highlighting the hair seems a bit odd and off, hair is highlighted and shaded differently than most other parts, shade it to show the nature of hair a bit more as a bunch of strands clumped together, not as a whole solid object. basically add a bit more of the zig zag ish higlighting and coloring instead
the folds on the clothes are following the flow of the bodies rather well, and love how the shades compliment them, this is a lot harder than it seems to do right, and you did it spot on
I really like the technique you used for the background, and while the lineless style may clash visually with the thick black outline style of the sharik/characters/etc, I think this works toward your advantage actually in this piece giving the theme and breaking beyond, and you wanted the foreground and details upground to visually clash for the theme here, so it's good here. just note that this won't always work visually.
there's a single dot way out in the distance in the upper right, and it's visually a big distractor. I get it's from the waves and all, but it's too far off from the rest of the form, and just stands out too much.
something important to note is the nature of gills. gills on sharks need to be in front of the fins, not behind them. remember they're for breathing, and a fin in front of them would block there source of breathing. I know this has fantasy elements and it doesn't have to follow reality really, but it's just something worth noting.
I realize these aren't your characters, but those red cheek designs on the girl standing up are really very visually conflicting with everything else that's mostly blue hues or low vibrant colors like pink.
really love how the teeth seem to glisten with a metallic like shine, and the expressions are full of emotion.
to sum up, really fabulous job here, and I could only really find nit picky points for critiquing on this. this was really a joy to see and rather brightened my mood just by seeing it, and I think that's a great quality to show in art, to be able to depict such emotions and energy to your audience with just the art. lovely job
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CaptnPenguin In reply to Dlie [2012-02-29 02:46:42 +0000 UTC]
you're super welcome, and no worries, these don't take that long, I'm a fast typer, and delighted you appreciate the critique details and that this will help.
and lol, so many trap characters lately, it seems to be getting harder and harder to tell if a character is male or female >3<
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Dlie In reply to CaptnPenguin [2012-03-02 05:01:01 +0000 UTC]
It's because they're still being young children Xd
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batosail [2012-02-15 02:46:17 +0000 UTC]
this is epic !
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Dlie In reply to batosail [2012-02-18 04:04:18 +0000 UTC]
Thankies miss epicness!!!
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mayzorai [2012-02-11 14:04:11 +0000 UTC]
this is cool!
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KyokoAnn [2012-01-21 01:31:41 +0000 UTC]
I love it!
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Dlie In reply to KyokoAnn [2012-01-21 18:51:27 +0000 UTC]
thanks!!!
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KyokoAnn In reply to Dlie [2012-01-21 19:43:35 +0000 UTC]
^^
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CelineDGD In reply to Dlie [2012-01-21 19:10:34 +0000 UTC]
YAY LUKY IS HAPPEH. 8'D
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Dlie In reply to CelineDGD [2012-01-21 22:10:56 +0000 UTC]
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LoD90 [2012-01-20 19:16:52 +0000 UTC]
dang this is so cool!
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Dlie In reply to DaphfloconMojo [2012-01-19 19:57:47 +0000 UTC]
Nope t'es pas énervante!!! XD
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DaphfloconMojo In reply to Dlie [2012-01-19 20:00:10 +0000 UTC]
Suuuuuuuuuuure? ;.;
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