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[Demon Scorcery]

Great look

Firstly, let's start with the background - the floor and the walls are so detailed, with the glow of the mantle below showing through. Possibly some minor glowing effects could have been used here to accentuate this effect, but otherwise, it looks great.

The intricate detail of the pedestal is fantastic. I can certainly see passing this to an ironmonger and seeing what he can make of that for a centrepiece sculpture - certainly the focal point for conversations.

Finally, the demonic being itself looks great - I love the shading that you've used on the torso, as it looks really realistic, with the muscle layout. Perhaps it could have used a little more shading on the shoulder muscles, but other than that, it's great.

I'd have had the thighs slightly larger, as he's probably carrying some weight around on them, plus the only other real issue I have is the position of the wings - don't be afraid to have them slightly closer to symmetrical, but with the left hand wing, as we look at it fanning off the edge of the frame.

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EchoRun responds:

I suppose my reasoning behind the way he is holding his wings is in his character - he is a proud, pompous, vain, egotistical prick who loves to strut his stuff, even if his audience is only captured little souls he is manipulating. He is showing off, basically. Perhaps some more subtleties in any future illustrations of this character would illustrate that better - like a full length, fancy gold framed mirror (yeah, very subtle!), only the kind of reflections it would make would be a pain to draw.

Thanks for the review. :)

[Servant of the Gods]

Freeze Frame

I think that the main issue that this image has gone through a bit of a time warp - the debris off the tree has been thrown too far in the one instant when the lightning bolt strikes, for my liking.

I love the soft-focus effect that you've used, it really brings a sharper impression to the serpent / Naga / Yuan-ti in the foreground. It's almost a shame that it appears to have mammalian skin, rather than the reptilian scales that you would expect from something that looks like a snake.

Still, a very impressive level of detail all around.

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EchoRun responds:

I guess with the lightning struck tree I was just trying to get that explosive power you have by the time you reach that last strike (lightning often strikes many times in one spot over a fraction of a second), just before the tree were to be set on fire. Very difficult to capture in any medium I suppose.

I would definitely be adding more detail to the snake were I to redo this or reuse the character. Probably spines, scales and the like. :)

Thanks for the review.

[Good ol' hank]

Good

A good bit of work on the background, with adequate shading applied this time, making the piece look much better overall already :)

As I've said about your work before, it could use a little colour, but even without, this one is starting to look like the real deal. Perhaps if you started to explore a darker range of shades, it would look better, because Hank has never worn White, has he? He was always a darker shade of grey, so giving him this would give the image more of his "bite me" attitude.

Possibly some sorts of shades of red and orange for the background - the red sky and the orangey sands of the Nevada landscape, just to give a little more realism.

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[Hank MC 6]

Not bad :)

A decent enough image of Hank, though I would certainly recommend that you get your hands on a tablet and start drawing these things digitally.

You could certainly use some work on the background and perhaps even a splash of colour - you could do so much with the shading, just using the pencil and adding the red of the goggles and the blood stains to Hank's clothing, making it appear more menacing.

I'd have centralised Hank more for the image and tried to make that the focus of the image, rather than adding a large signature. changing these things about slightly will certainly help in the long run

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[Save us 222]

Interesting impressionism

What looks like a Black Castle Crasher on a cross amongst a rain of fire. Visionary in the concept of this piece of art, I will admit, but the message is somewhat lost on me, to tell the truth.

I think that the main issue here is that there is still so much white paper left over. The real problem with pain on paper is that when you apply paint to the paper, it will wrinkle and this does give a poor finish to the page, when the piece is complete. Hence why artists use canvases to draw and paint on - this reacts better to the moisture of the paints and can retain its shape better.

Scanned or photographed?

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[First flight]

One of my favourites

A great little piece that certainly captures the essence of motherhood with the dragons looking so graceful and yet ready to cause some serious damage, as the myths and legends would suggest.

The best part of this piece is the background, as you've clearly spent a long time looking into making the most of the cliff-face and the starlight. The moon peaking out from behind the partial cloud cover and the mother's tail just goes to show how you've concentrated on it as a whole.

Perhaps we need to see the baby a few years after the creation of this piece, to see how it is getting on.

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EchoRun responds:

Thanks!!

Maybe I will do the baby when it is older, or perhaps its siblings... not sure if I will do another pencil study or a digital piece though.

[Transtech Hot-Rod (Repaint)]

A nice job

It's not a bad paint job, but it does go a little fuzzy in places (Very technical term there :P) and some of the quality may have been lost in the rendering process.

Kudos to Mindchamber for the original piece and your vision to alter is subtly this way. I can certainly see this beast winning some friends among the rest of the Autobots in their brightly coloured 1980s technicolour dreamland.

Any more pimped Transformers that you've got your eyes on taking for a trip to the paint shop?

PsychoGoldfish responds:

yeah I think the jpg compression is a little high on the image resize... if you check it out full size it's WAY cleaner