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Published: 2014-07-29 14:29:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 1295; Favourites: 77; Downloads: 4
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It was comfortable. I felt a certain kind of warmth approaching. Soft light gently hit my eyelids. "Good morning, dear", was the feeling I got. It continued with a voice light as a feather, singing the next sentence. "Time to wake up!"A smile crossed my face. My feelings invited me to open my eyes. Carefully, as if to prevent damage, almost like the world would need time to get used to the company of my sight, I opened my left eye and curiously peeked into the world I had woken up in. Two beams of light playfully illuminated the path near me, as they slightly changed shape in the movement of the leaves above them. I followed the path with my single opened eye, then slowly opened my other eye. I could not remember falling asleep here, yet I immediately felt at home, as if I was supposed to be here. I inhaled the surprisingly fresh air, filtered by the leaves and accompanied by the scent of a lake. I closed my eyes again, and listened to the chirping of the birds in the forest that surrounded most of me. Only then did I notice that the smile was still present. I felt energized. Yes, today would be a great day.
A concept that has been floating in my head for a while now, which I finally put on paper thanks to 's prompt "Fresh".
Many different colours of pencils used, fineliners of different thicknesses, actual leaves from a branch in the hedge that just broke off thanks to the strong wind, and enhanced with Photoshop Elements 8.0.
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Heehee, thank you. c:
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I'm glad you see it that way
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How cute~
I wish I could wake up like that too
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Maybe if you can wake up in a dream ^^
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Oooh, this looks pretty. I love the atmosphere here. The fox is adorable and the little lantern thing is even more so! I really like the leaves on the right bottom corner. They're a really nice addition. And the little story is great. It made me feel warmer and better right away!
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I'm so glad it made you feel warmer and better! It's the feeling I hoped to spread.
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Well, you really succeeded c:
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This is a really gorgeous work 
I really envy your shading skills btw
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Yes, I did put these leaves on them myself, they're from the hedge in the garden. I didn't like the shadows that the leaves cast on the drawings, however, so I tried to photoshop them away... well, it looks... half decent?
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I think it looks fine since the edited shadows barely can be seen. I mustΒ say you`re using Photoshop quite well
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Thank you! I still have my doubts, but I'm slowly discovering more and more.
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Very beautiful drawn. The colors, the background, everything looks just amazing. ^^ Great job there!
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Thank you for your complement!
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You're very welcome! Β
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Wow this is so beautiful! I can't stop staring! I love the colours you used in the background
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Staring is okay, my friend! ;D
Thank you!
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Haha, as long as it's in the good way
You're welcome!
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Yes, as long as it's in the good way xD
In this case, I'm pretty sure it is.
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I personally dont like the photoshop leaves over the drawing. It confuses me, so I cant make a full coherent picture of your art, meaning I constantly see two layers here.
That being said, I LOVE the drawing itself! Very nicely drawn, in your own style (you have a unique style), and the clouds in the distance really finish it off. Well done.
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Yeah, I was afraid that would happen, therefore I have uploaded a leafless version in my scrapbook. That one turned out a bit too dark, but alas. xD
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aah this looks great!
I really like the colors 8)
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Very beautiful work with colored pencils. The leaves are a nice touch too. Did you add them for effect?
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Yes, I did. I wanted the scene to look like a dream, and in dreams things often have strange contrasts, just like that, the real leaves give a strange contrast to the coloured-pencil rest of the drawing. I think they also add more depth to the whole.
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Oh, cool. That sounds like a very clever method.
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Excellent job Fox.
I suppose you are ok with a little critique?
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Definitely! Keep in mind though that the scene was supposed to look like a dream, and therefore not logical. Therefore the blue in the trees that you would normally only see far into the forest, the odd lantern and the contrast from the real leaves as opposed to the pencil drawing.
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Usually when I try to find things to improve in an artwork, I don't focus on whether something's quasi real life, but more on how a viewer would possibly feel when looking at the work. :3
In the end, there almost always are some things which don't appeal in a work: drawing mistakes, missing parts, these kinds of things... then there are also underlying issues in the message of drawing, but this becomes more of a matter of opinions.
But let's focus on this work. ^^
I'm not sure what is your intended style, but I do have found your works to become more personal in general. How I think you had said, you'd like to represent your vision in what you create.
The composition in this work is good I would say. The fox is placed near at the point of golden cuts (if you know what that means), and if this was a cinematic composition, the fox is looking towards the right (as in not wrong) direction, which is good because the fox has space in front of him.
The colors are an absolute pleasure. This has the vividness I like to see in artwork. The fact it was done in colored pencils also shows some knowledge and skills.
So... yes, probably as you have felt already, you can create "colorful compositions". If your work was hung on a wall, I think people would look it definitely.
What will probably come to you via practice is the usage of light and dark shades. It's not easy with colored pencils, so even some kind of a result of white (like around the lamp) is better than nothing. You could perhaps experiment with kneaded erasers to create some necessary shades and white lines.
The work would have some more "realistic" aspects. For example, the eyes of your fox. You have so often drawn quite round eyes placed directly on skull. You could experiment with adding some depths and bumps around the eyes. As you know, skulls of any animal are not just balls, but have those holes, enclaves and concaves, as well as bumps, hills and convexes (sorry xP). Small things really create an impact, and in my opinion also reduces the likelihood of clichΓ©s. I think there's a small cliche in here due to the fact having one eye completely open and one eye completely closed.
The twig where the lamp hangs out could have a bit more darker shades to accentuate the lamp shading.
I'll leave out commenting on the light beams and the leaves because I'm confident you can do a fine job critiquing these yourself, i.e. you could even yourself find how to improve those two things. Again, it's something which probably comes with time. :3
Often when I use an image manipulation program, I almost always do more than just paste an image. I'll alter the colors to more vivid. I'll apply some effects to make it more "drawing-like". I'll use UnSharp Mask to add white and black shades (by only a bit). This, however, is a completely different trade than drawing, but just thought I'd point it out.
I think that's it. Have you ever thought of becoming a visual novelist? You like to write short descriptions and draw in the same. Children and enthusiastic adults do like to read this kind of stuff... to be honest, I can't actually believe there are not that many visual novels around, sans computer applications from Japan.
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Thank you very, very much for this critique! Things like these are very helpful, show me things I didn't realise at first.
I'm not sure what to specifically reply to, since I agree with nearly everything you pointed out.Β
What do visual novelists do, actually? It does sound very interesting. (I'm just not good at programming 
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A "visual novel" could generally mean any kind of a book which is heavily illustrated and also has text with it. Think of children's books.
It's more commonly known as electronic interactive games which follow a story with multiple endings. It's especially popular in Japan and its anime figures. The game starts with a story, until you are presented with several options on how to proceed and what to say to a character. E.g. you could be a school boy protagonist, and the story progresses on how you select the options.
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Ohhh, wait, I used to play two of those games long ago, I remember. ^^
I bet those programs would take a long time to make though, one of them had so many different options it must've taken the creator at least a year. xD
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Production is similar to an anime episode in length and effort. It takes weeks to produce an episode, and for the game it probably also takes months because it also needs to be coded.
I myself am fascinated with these, but it's so hard to start because it just takes so long.
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Yeah, I can imagine!
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I really like it, the colouring is done nicely the expression on the fox is good and I did get a happy feel from it 
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Thank you! I'm very glad it made you feel happy.
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