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Sahoin — Tiel
Published: 2012-03-16 02:47:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 399; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 3
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Hah! For once I'm back with a couple weeks to show you more art!Alrighty, this is Tiel, a new character, er, well, villain-y person for my book-in-progress. He lost all sight in his right eye during a battle with a woodsine, a tree-creature native to my book's world. Blah blah blah. Nobody wants me to blubber on about tree-people, just keep drawing xD
So, I haven't made a digital drawing like this in, oh, more than half a year, so I was really rusty, and it took a lot longer than it normally does. I think I've improved a lot though, and I know that this drawing has quite a few mistakes, but I'm really quite tired of tweaking it. I might go back and fix some things later, who knows.
Feedback please! I'd absolutely love to know what I can do to make my art better, and unless you're deliberately rude you aren't going to hurt my feelings at all if you point out a mistake.
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Hey Sahoin again! When I looked at this piece, it reminded me of one of my attempts at realism and I kinda learned a few things from that which I think I can apply here.
The rating is it's current state to me, but I think you're on the right track.
First what i told you was to crop the image if you're done or add the rest of his body to finish it up.
Now I'm no master at proportions but I think the bridge of his nose should be thicker and his eyes a bit smaller....Eyes, my god I think they're the hardest thing ever with realism, they're full of annoying folds and it's really hard not to make them look flat. His pupil should also be bigger, this is a good eye tutorial-[link]
Don't be afraid to use DARK darks to define shapes, don't rely on lineart to define things such as nose and lips and neck...use some deep dark reds, to almost black, slightly alter the shade, don't just stick with the beige/brown. References are your friend, if you're not sure about how ears look or something, look it up, there's nothing wrong with references, they're there to help you improve.
About his hair, I have the same problem trying to not make it look like it's in chunks, do more strands, more fluff, let it be a little flowy in the bangs.
I really think you're on the roll but I also think you're limiting yourself too much and going by memory and not experimenting, don't be afraid to look things up c:
I hope I was helpful to you.
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Whoops, accidentally hit the "Add Comment" button. *headdesk*
Right, as I was saying, his proportions are absolutely off and his ears are ridiculous because I got really lazy by the end and didn't wanna finish them properly xD
Thank you so much for your time in critiquing this! It's really helpful, and I hope you enjoyed the piece ;3
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Wow, thank you so much! Hah, first critique received *fistpump*
Well, I wasn't actually going for an extremely realistic painting, so I feel like I must have really nailed what I was going for. My tablet broke about half a year ago and I didn't get it replaced until recently, so this was sorta my test painting to get back in the groove and try to remember all my tricks, and I probably went a little overboard with the shading and such.
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AAAAAH. YOU HAVE RENDERED ME ILLITERATE. GODDAMMIT. HOW.
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meeeep! *glomptackle*
Um, lots and lots of time is how.
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Ugg, so amazing as always love <3
Right, critique:
First thing that catches my attention, is that the shading on the neck seems a bit off to me. I'm sure all the marks are in/near the correct place, but they seem to jut out all at the same intensity. I dunno, maybe you should mess a bit with that... The shading on the ears also seem a bit messy and confusing, perhaps I could explain that bit better in person though.
Personally I think it would look better if you cleaned up around the lines and took those lines off. It would give it a much cleaner look. But then again, that might just be me. Last but definitely not least I've found that it helps to darken the edges of each thingy (neck/face/hair tuft/ect.) you've partially done this on the face, but it could use more all over, especially for the hair. Just adds a bit more volume ^^!
Geez, I can go on and on! Right, that's all! Lovely job! You've already heard all that gawking in real person though 
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Yay, critique!
Yeah. Like I said, I'm just really tired of messing with the shading, but the neck bothers me too. Actually, I'm tired of messing with the whole thing, which is why the lines are still messy and the ears weren't actually done xDD
Thank you for cheering me onnn! 
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Seriously, you've improved so much it's awesome!!
Great job c:
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Thank you! I'm so happy with it <3
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