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[Hayley]

Nice detailed sketch

I think that you friend was right to keep bugging you about this - it was well worth it and as a result, you've got a very nice looking piece out of it. While I'm not sure what the two streaks of "background" were on the right hand side, it's really the only blemish on a wonderful looking piece.

I would have said that more detail could have been put into the image, with more pencil strokes perhaps starting to construct a background or even an outline that faces into the white of the background. It's very well constructed and as a result, you've got a nice piece to show off your skills. Perhaps you need to do more of these style works with this model and convince your friend to pose more for you - sort of returning the nagging favour ;)

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WetPhyseter responds:

Quite so.

[Little 'topus]

Colourful piece

Well, you've got the basic shape outlined nicely. I think that the way it all looks is pretty good, complete with the surrealism of the flag waving as well. Perhaps you could have expanded on the graphic that you have for the flag, since it's bunched up in the corner. It might be your tag, but it would be a great place to put it.

I think that it was a shame that you put no detail of suckers on the tentacles, since that's one of the most recognisable things about an octopus, or any other cephalopod. The only other thing I would have personally changed would have been the background. I can see that the green looks like ink that has been jettisoned by the creature, but there is nothing but white behind it. Perhaps some sort of basic underwater scene would help there.

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WetPhyseter responds:

I have no tag. The other kids wouldn't play with me.

[Won't You Be My Neighbor]

Strange... kinky... compelling

I'm not sure what's going on here, but I'm going to try and get to the bottom of it all. Right, there is a woman in only a fur belt, metal mask and chains criss crossing her flesh. I only say female, due to the figure / breasts. The face does look quite infantile and doesn't give any real clues as to a gender from my point of view.

The eyes do need some work, as they are not level - move the right one up a little and slightly to the right, just to get it mostly even and perhaps redo the mouth - it currently reminds me of Patrick Moore, which is more than a little disturbing.

The background is good for setting the mood and with that in place, just a little more attention to detail is required to bring it all together.

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[Ghost]

Hmm...

Well, this piece looks better than the others of your work that I commented on yesterday. The situation here is bereft of a background, which is significant in symbolism and not necessarily a crass omission.

I think that some of the lines on the piece look smoother and as a result, there is a better looking finish to the piece and the way that there are some hard lines for the gun. It's a shame that they weren't continued for parts of the equipment for the character here.

I like the skull - I personally think it looks quite creepy and as a result, you've gone on to portray a simple little piece of symbolism, regarding the armed forces and their deployment across the world. Perhaps without the identity patch, it could be a nameless soldier, searching for a name and a face to accompany it?

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[SHW-29 Graveyard]

Tidy this up and we're rolling

I think that you've got a talent for drawing, but it needs more attention to detail, just to take it away from that rough "sketchy" looking finish that you've currently got working. Spend some time zooming in and sweeping over the lines, just to make them more solid and less like you've drawn them five or six times. This way, when you zoom back out, the image will seem to come more into focus, thus presenting a much better piece.

The background is particularly psychedelic and the soft focus works well here, as colours in the sky have a tendency to blend into one another quite nicely. With that sorted, you'd be able to leave some sort of deep message within the piece.

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[Rorschach]

Too brightly coloured

A good concept and idea, but the main thing about the character concept of Rorschach and the whole setting for Watchmen is that it's a very dark and grimy place to live. To this end, I would seriously consider toning down the reds of the bricks, not only because of the scene continuity, but for the fact that the blood on Comedian's badge tends to blend in too well with the bricks.

Don't forget, there wouldn't have been so much of a blood splatter, as there was just a single drop across the eye, there.

I like that you've added the graffiti to the wall, as that adds something to the scene that there isn't necessarily going to be there. Perhaps to change the lighting, you could knock the lamp out, since dilapidated scenery will certainly fit with the ideals set out by Moore and Gibbons

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[Japanese Wolf]

Needs more practice, but good

For a piece that is drawn freehand, you've not done a bad job overall, but there are a couple of things that need to have a little more attention paid to, just to smooth out the detail:

1) On the hind leg - should that be an encased line, or should it just be a line of fur that is only attached on one side? That looks like a small inconsistency there, that just needs a little more attention to.

2) The circle looks imperfect - I know that it's really difficult to draw circles freehand at the best of times, but practice makes perfect and a soft pencil (4B; 6B) for sketching would be perfect here, as you can correct mistakes easily. Granted, towards the end, when you ink it over, it should look a lot better, but it's getting it there that remains the goal.

Keep up the work and when you get a better scanner / camera, we'll see some more results.

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MonoFlauta responds:

okok, thanks a lot :P
yeah the leg and the circle are bad u.u

well
thanks for reviewing :)

[Japanese Dragon]

Not bad

I think that you need to get a scanner if this is done on a standard A4 piece of paper, since the lighting differences caused by the flash of the photography does take away from the piece a little.

Still, that aside and you still have a good looking piece overall - did you copy it from an external source, or draw it with no assistance, except for memory?

I think that the piece could possibly use more detail in the way of creating more effects of the scales, like the way that the traditional drawings of this type tend to look. Still, a great start.

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[Futurama]

Bender with a Shiny Metal Ass!

Wow, you even did justice to that. I love the way that this looks like I would view it as a "live action" version of the incredibly funny and well written series.

You know, I'd really like to see you draw some other members of the crew, particularly The Professor, Amy and Hermes, but then again, tense negotiations between Zapp and Nixon would be another interesting focus for your talents.

While the drawing style itself does give a rather impressive "scruffy" look to everything, it does point out to me that Leela's breasts are a little on the small side - kind of how I'd see Amy's being, while Leela seems to have a fuller figure, particularly with the way that Amy keeps bitching about it.

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[The New Chav]

Spray tag?

This piece looks as it it is a dodgy tag that is soon to spring up on walls of underpasses, train yards and warehouses overnight in mysterious circumstances.

It seems that you've done a small drawing, scanned it and then enlarged it, severely compromising your image quality. Perhaps this needs to be redone, with more attention to detail and allowing you to give us a better looking track suit that he's wearing.

With this angle, I do like the perspective, that the shoes are massive and everything gets gradually smaller as we climb up the picture. Perhaps look at trainers that have white bodies and white laces for attention to detail.

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