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[Storm]

Disagree with below.

Now first off the clothing is done fantastically. If I didn't have the eye I do I might mistake that for a photograph if I do not look at the face or hair. The hand is also done very well. Hands are generally thought of to be the hardest of anything to draw for just about anybody (with a few exceptions) and you hit it spot on..well...damned near anywho. Much better then I can normally do. But.

But but but.

For all the fantastic portraying of shades and the great fuzziness of that shirt with the tiny little details with the cuff of the hand (hoho) there are some minor problems with this one.

I've said with a couple of your past works that you needed more of a sharpening between the lighter and darker shades. Maybe even the contrast of the picture was off overall. Now here you look like you started with a neutral grey and moved from there into the incredibly dark black hair (well-detailed..if a little stiff to the eyes in some parts [hey, nobody can be perfect everytime]) to the incredibly white skin. I say incredibly white because even though you did do some well placed shading on the light sources I felt that it was somewhat incomplete in the sense that though you darkened where the hair overlapped and lightened where the hair did not that the general sense given is of a shade off overall. Don't get me wrong, its finely done and could pass as a oldstyle still frame from awhile back (forget the dates...10s?...meh). But some minor details such as the decisiveness of the nose, the very slightly flawed right eye (it was probably like that in the picture I know.) and the feeling that the shading around the face feels incomplete brings the score of this one down to a 9 (I rounded up).

Really though, except for the far left side of the hand there is nothing I can really nitpick about here. I certainly couldn't do any better. Heck, nowadays I probably can't even do this anymore XD.

-Tony-

FANTASTIC detal on the clothing though. THAT almost brought me up to a 10/10 regardless of what I thought with the face. Some crazy detail there.

Doomion responds:

A bit hard to follow completely, but I understood it for the most part.

I really don't have it perfected yet, so I started shading the face first. At the time, it seemed like the values were fine. Then I shaded everything else, and afterward I realized the dark areas weren't dark enough. I'd actually went back to darken it up, and here it is. Of course, again, it's still not good enough, but I'm afraid I might mess it up if I continued on. :x

As for the eyes, I really couldn't do much. The picture didn't show any hint of pupils, so I kinda just went with it. And yeah, I messed up a bit on the right eye.

Clothing was shaded and filled last, made for an easier estimate as to how dark and light the values would be, which would probably explain its greater detail.

Thanks for ANOTHER (lol...) fantastic review! :D

I'm currently working on a new one, hopefully I've learned from my past mistakes. I'm sure you'd love reviewing it.

[Pulse]

HAHA!

Much better then 'Sight' in my opinion.

A fair amount of detail in the picture as a whole gives it a feeling of thoroughness. But the real kicker here are once again the eyes. They are incredibly sharp and when I look at them I actually imagine the right side of the lips tilt up slightly. The eyes, more then anything else in this picture hold a persons attention, fantastically well done and this is coming from somebody who enjoys making creative and interesting faces (though I suck at bodies...dammit). I felt that though this is a fairly quick piece that the darks should've been, well...darker and the whites more prominent. The shading on the face itself is well-done with some minor touchup work needed to develop the facial features more but because everything leads the eye from one thing to the next its hard to pick out the features when you see them.

The neck seems a little strange...perhaps I'm missing something but it just feels slightly off, can't pinpoint it. Then again I'm tired so I'll just ignore that for the time being. The hair is whispy and fantastically fluffy looking in its own way. Thing is it looks like a hurried process. The effect of the hair helps orient the face to the views eyes so that isn't too much of a problem. Oh, and on the right side of the nose is a very slight smudge that could or could not be a mistake, it actually gives a slight feeling of age. Perhaps that was the intention, but I'm pointing it out because I happened to see it.

-Tony-

Oh and this may sound strange but excellent job on the eyebrows and the area thereof. Had you done those wrong this picture would not have turned out nearly as well. Key spot done well, two thumbs up ^^.

One last thing, I know that I say all this but I don't have any art up on my own page. Please don't judge me like one other person did. I just don't want to post anything x.x...that and I don't feel like buying a decent scanner atm >.>.

Doomion responds:

More extended reviews, from Cosmos. o:

Well, it wasn't until 'Storm' that I actually got myself some decent pencils. For this, I only had a school-grade mechanical pencil, HB everywhere. So I couldn't really make anything too dark and contrasted.

As for the neck, you really can't see its edges, and the hair on her right is covering it up a bit. Which might make it looks a little weird at first.

Don't worry, I ain't judging ya, thanks for another review.

[Miracle Treat Day]

Very well done.

There are...20 DQ LOGOS!...probably wrong x.x.

One thing I have noticed though is that you are able to do your own style in any way you like. Anywhere from Realism, modern, classic, chibi (japanese funny drawings stuff yeah o.o)...bleh blah. All I am saying is that you have a rare talent, the ability to draw however you like without many restrictions. That doesn't come along often.

Great pieces so far, I should know, I hail from many an art project. :)

Sabtastic responds:

Aww, thanks!
What a great review. :D

And you would be correct with that count. ;D

[Merchant Yamino]

Hmm..

Well, the foot was already pointed out but I noticed some other minor things. Fairly basic and easy to correct if they are noticed in time. One thing is the coloring on the flower, it feels like it stands out too much. Perhaps this is what you wanted...but its difficult to not look at it. With art its all about leading the eye from one thing to the next or having one specific area for perspective purposes...and that flower stands out too much. Color wise is FAR better then what I could hope to do (black and white...what can I say) but I did notice that the leg color seemed off...probably due to the dress' overshadow effect. The face was very well done, showing the emotion intended and the mask adds a nice feel to the image overall. But my biggest gripe is in the hand. Unless it is clenched/gripping it is off simply because of the finger width. Looks a bit chubby and odd otherwise.

But I gave you an eight and not a six or seven because for all its minor faults little touches (like the bottom of the dress, that little crease) that you place in certainly add flavor. Biggest thing of all is that it is not a boring picture, even for lack of a background or subtle perspective. Good job overall. Its not great, but its certainly a well-done picture overall.

-Tony-

Oni-kaya responds:

Yeah, actually it was one of my first intends of colouring on PS and it kind of remainds me the way W.I.T.C.H. comicbook looks. But I dont like it either.

mhh.. well, I tried to make it look like Superdeformed, but yeah I think I made a few mistakes @_@ ah, hardwork.