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Published: 2007-03-27 04:00:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 5395; Favourites: 84; Downloads: 62
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Pea! It's been a while since I've drawn just her... Anyway, Mac's growing up so I thought pea could get a slightly more mature look (and more retro, which I'm getting more and more into as well) Her hands are kinda wtf but I like the rest of it
media: pencil crayon, marker, micon 03 and 05, PSP 5, paper textures from myself and from *blammogirl ( [link] )
ps I know her pose is a bit odd, she's supposed to be leaning on something. or whatever
retro D: [link]
retro mac: [link]
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Thanks! It was fun 
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I love the shading on the dress! That and the textures you use really makes me feel mezmorized when I look at it!
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Thanks! I really had a lot of fun with these because they are so mixed media :3
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Beautiful! I adore the background and the pose of the girl! She looks so cute!
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Thanks! I love her look
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great job on this
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okay... having gone through your gallery and seeing you like advanced critique I'm coming back to this one. I've been studying it and trying to figure out how the different bits relate to each other. you have some really lovely colors here--I like that mottled periwinkle blue in the background and the desaturated pinks, peaches and purples, some of which are mirrored in the skin tones. but I can't help but feel that the colors you used to shade the dress really slaughtered that lovely balance. they're very grey, even a little brown, and don't relate to the background at all; the dress sort of feels like a cut-out floating on a sea of colors and sucking the life out of them. it's too bad--the design of the dress/slip is quite nice and the folds well-rendered.
personally, I find that using greys tinted with those colors in the background, or, even better, complimentary colors, is a much, MUCH more unifying technique.
that said, I'm still trying to figure out how I feel this texture overload pulls itself off. I think the purple word-filled border kind of pushes it over the edge, if only for the words. little words + stylized sakura blossoms + origami woodblock pattern + ripped up blue papers = TOO MUCH. you seem to rely on dumping textures into a background for filler.
in addition, you have a wonderful whimsy in this pose, but some of the anatomy makes me cringe. her forearms are either too short or her elbows too low--I'm not sure. her hands are definitely too tiny.
on the whole it's certainly an interesting image.
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Thanks so much for leaving such a long and lovely comment! That's so sweet!! Unfortunately, this pic wasn't really meant for such a grand critique ;_; it's just something I inked and then coloured (and the lack of sketching probably explains a lot of the faults... though thats no excuse, I know!)
As for the "texture dumping" I just like patterns and textures... I think they're almost more important than the characters themselves, but that's just me
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she looks so pretty and feminine. It's really dazzling!
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This is so sweet! I love all the flowers and your line work is so graceful! Great stuff!
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Ahh, the folds in the dress are lovely! I like how realistic and full of movement they look, and her face/freckles are so pretty/cute. The skin tones are lovely as well - I like the purple and pink together~!
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this beams out spring
and props for the ballet slippers
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They aren't relaly ballet slippers
whoa long explination :0 anyway, thanks!
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oh ok, haha. well i like whatever they are!
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i like this one! the pose and her clothes! i just love the detail!!
i just think that the foot looks a little weird @_@ maybe too much circles i don't know how ti said it T___T but should look for more stylish foot maybe more thiner
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Thanks for the comment and crit! I was just trying to introduce more variety between my characters; mac has long and thin feet and pea has short and chubby feet... and so on
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Hey there. I know I know, I haven't left you any critiques/comments in ages. I haven't actually "art"ed in in long time either. Anyhoo, enough about me. Moving on to the pic...
Very interesting background. I didn't notice all the words back there until a second look. Nice use. The overall colors are very pleasing to the eye. I like how the colors have a soft tone, but the lines have a somewhat rough feel to them. The combination works out very nicely. Keep up the good work there!
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I'm a bit art blocked too.. just trying to move through it ;_;
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time!
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love the freckles, most people don't draw them anymore
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That dress is awe-inspiring! It's got so much detail put into it~! The frills and wrinkles look so realistic. Her freckles really give her some personality; I don't see many characters with freckles, so it makes her stand out as an individual. Her hairdo is adorable, too!
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That's my hairdo
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I absolutely love her pose. You used such beautiful colors. It is a really nice picture ^_^.
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Thanks! I liked how it came out, too... it was nice to just sit down and draw a single piece cause I've been doing so many pannels and pages lately!
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Ha, yes it would be nice. Glad you enjoyed doing it
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thats so sweet! You've really captured a feeling there, nicely done,
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Me too! I don't have freckles.. but I think girls that do are so cute!
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yay!! for freckles!! cute, cute!
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freckles! yay!
I've missed seeing pea...what a cutie!
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freckles are both cute AND fun to draw
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Looks excellent! You really make good use of the print paper texture. The freckles are great and I like the transition in colour of her hairline. Using the newsprint for a frame is a nice touch.
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Her hair wasn't neccessarily supposed to change colours :0 hehe. I use those newsprint frames a lot, somehow...
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I really like what you've been doing with backgrounds and borders lately. This is no exception-- the floral background goes really well with the retro theme, and I especially like the border of miscellaneous text.
Pea looks really cute, too. ^^ I love her freckles! The lines of her dress and her hair also look really good. As far as concrit goes...hmm...I do agree that her hands look a little strange, and her toes look a bit blunt even for ballet shoes. Other than that, though, it looks great. ^^
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Aww your crits are always so good
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Ohhhh, I gotcha. Looking at them again, they don't really look like ballerina shoes. I guess my brain just went, "They're pink and have little criss-crosses. BALLERINA!!" It might also have to do with the way she's standing-- with the way her legs are angled, it looks to me like she might be standing on her tiptoes, which makes me think of ballet. Then again, I am known to free-associate...so that could be completely irrelevant. XD
I'm glad you like my crits! I have fun doing them. ^^ It makes me feel like I'm getting rusty if I just comment with "omg cute".
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beautiful pic!!! i love the pose, and the texture in the dress is so nice
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Incredibly nice background, and the freckles are also cute
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I like the background and border into it al, great job!
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thanks! Originally I had just the background but I thought the border tied it together and helped ballance the composition.. so I'm glad I added it
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