Roar, it's alive and back from camp till Sunday ;3;
and yes...another comic. Snake died a horrible death, killed till the deadness was dead and it died
and then it died again.
and NO THIS IS NOT A MAXIMUM RIDE FANCOMIC because everything NaRae Lee does puts me to shaaaaammmmeeee ;-;
This is Keilani, Hawaiian name that means "skies." (guess where THAT one came from?) or Keil or Keili for short. If you don't know her and you want to get your butt whooped, call her Lani.
Okay, I'm gonna stop putting off the first page now
Once again, Swifty, I must destroy your self-esteem with my horrible and disgusting oppinions >:U
But first, with the good points! I really, really enjoy it when you do drawings like this, with the thick, black line work, and the grayscale coloring. The textures you use are awwweeesome. Honestly, I'm not sure where you manage to find them, but really make the picture pop.
The way you did the hair, I like also. It just seems...Different from the other styles you use for hair. I just want to run my fingers through it! Her bangs rock. Your wings are great, you're getting better at them every time you draw them. Your clothing folds, again, are better then the last time I critiqued you on them. Yet still, in a few places, like on the wrists, they are still a bit thick or they are going in the wrong direction. Try, instead of actually drawing the folds themselves, just drawing the part where the fold bulges out of the fabric. That sometimes gives the impression that the folds are there, and that they are just small and thin, and wrap around something small and/or thin.
Does that make sense?
I understand this is a comic cover, yes? Well, as for the cover as a whole...It's kind of boring. (Personally) It might be something i'd pick up off the shelf and be curious about, but...it's just really not that interesting. For a few reasons...
With a lot your drawings...Well, i wont say there isn't a wide veriety of poses you use, but after awhile, the constant portraits get a bit boring. Your coloring is great, as for many other things about your drawings, but there isn't anything to really draw your eye to that picture itself. When one is looking through a gallery, they tend to look for something that really stands out from the rest of the art in said gallery. At least, I do. But when all of the art is the same in every way except for different characters and a few different variations in pose, it doesn't make me want to stay very long. Now, when you do something different from your norm, it makes me excited. Things like [link] and [link] really catch my eye because something is happening. Of course, there are other peices, such as [link] which, yes, catch the eye, but it is still just a photographer-asking-for-a-pose drawing. That seems to be what a lot of your drawings seem to be of. Instead of being that photographer asking your characters to pose for you, and have them follow you around, you should follow them around and catch them in an interesting scene.
Now, I know many, many artists do character portraits like this. I do it It's fun. But it seems to be ALL you do. I really think you should try and ween away from it.
Okay, I think this is the last thing...You never do any backgrounds >: I love it when you do backgrounds. I mean, not just, like...A prop in the bg. Like a tree. Something to lean against. But I want grass and sky and a pond with a fish, or a city, with shiney silver buildings. I think you should try it. BG's, i mean. As an audience, I'd really like that. P:
Oh, one more thing. Your font's cool, but it doesn't seem to follow a straight line. It seems to...I don't know, lean at an angle.
(Lol, I'm watching Wall-E, you song on the credits jucame on xD IT MADE ME THINK OF YOU)
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But first, with the good points! I really, really enjoy it when you do drawings like this, with the thick, black line work, and the grayscale coloring. The textures you use are awwweeesome. Honestly, I'm not sure where you manage to find them, but really make the picture pop.
The way you did the hair, I like also. It just seems...Different from the other styles you use for hair. I just want to run my fingers through it! Her bangs rock. Your wings are great, you're getting better at them every time you draw them. Your clothing folds, again, are better then the last time I critiqued you on them. Yet still, in a few places, like on the wrists, they are still a bit thick or they are going in the wrong direction. Try, instead of actually drawing the folds themselves, just drawing the part where the fold bulges out of the fabric. That sometimes gives the impression that the folds are there, and that they are just small and thin, and wrap around something small and/or thin.
Does that make sense?
I understand this is a comic cover, yes? Well, as for the cover as a whole...It's kind of boring. (Personally) It might be something i'd pick up off the shelf and be curious about, but...it's just really not that interesting. For a few reasons...
With a lot your drawings...Well, i wont say there isn't a wide veriety of poses you use, but after awhile, the constant portraits get a bit boring. Your coloring is great, as for many other things about your drawings, but there isn't anything to really draw your eye to that picture itself. When one is looking through a gallery, they tend to look for something that really stands out from the rest of the art in said gallery. At least, I do. But when all of the art is the same in every way except for different characters and a few different variations in pose, it doesn't make me want to stay very long. Now, when you do something different from your norm, it makes me excited.
Now, I know many, many artists do character portraits like this. I do it
Okay, I think this is the last thing...You never do any backgrounds >: I love it when you do backgrounds. I mean, not just, like...A prop in the bg. Like a tree. Something to lean against. But I want grass and sky and a pond with a fish, or a city, with shiney silver buildings. I think you should try it. BG's, i mean. As an audience, I'd really like that. P:
Oh, one more thing. Your font's cool, but it doesn't seem to follow a straight line. It seems to...I don't know, lean at an angle.
(Lol, I'm watching Wall-E, you song on the credits jucame on xD IT MADE ME THINK OF YOU)
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