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DO NOT FAVORITE WITHOUT LEAVING A COMMENT!!!There's just something about a girl with green skin that ya gotta love. I've no idea what it is but, I definitely love it! So here we have Ms. Martian yet again, this time, rather than the inside of Mount Justice, we have her flying about Happy Harbor's skies. A random bird is either curious or shocked by her presence and through her telepathy she calms it enough to perch on her hand while she flies.
Please check out my other Ms. Martian drawing here:
Also, credit is due to Momotte2stocks for the amazing cloud brushes I used:
DO NOT FAVORITE THIS WITHOUT LEAVING A COMMENT!!!!
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First off fantastic job with the blue feathers in the bird! The way that you've shaded them and used a variety of blues definitely brings it to life. I would suggest though to continue this with the darker feathers as well, because everything else is a flat gray. Even streaking dark blues in there would help a lot!
Great job with the use of cloud brushes as well. I particularly like that you've overlapped some of the clouds on the girl, it really integrates her into the scene, rather than her laying on top of it.
I think my biggest critique is that the level of detail is not consistent throughout the piece. You have such realistic clouds and the bird, so the rest of the piece should really try to match up to that level.
You do have some shading on the girl, especially in the skirt and on the skin. But I would really urge you to push with highlights as well! Right now it looks like you have a base color and then add a darker color to shade. Working in bright highlights will provide you with a greater range of shading and bring her to life.
The other big place where more shading is needed is in the teeth, eyes, and the cape. The underside of the cape is shaded well, but the top side is completely flat. Working in some creases or anything will really help out. I really suck at teeth, so I don't have any helpful tid-bits, but maybe just defining the individual teeth a little more (?) I don't know. As for the eyes, they too fall a little flat. A quick fix would be making a defined light source and adding white highlights on her iris. Or just adding more color, maybe a starburst in the center, would help them come to life.
Hope this helps!
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I like this piece a lot. i think it's decently creative and original!~
I really like how detailed the blue bird is. How bright and awesome the feathers are.
I really think that same level of detail should be used through out the pice. Some shading is inconsistent. More intense shading on everything, as well as smoother and more detilied textures would really help this piece. The hair is really nice, but some strands are a bit stiffer and less detailed. The clouds are lovely though, and the birds off the distance are pretty good too. I'd shade a bit more on the other birds. The shirt is nice, but a few wrinkles and shading would greatly improve it, becvause I like the skirt a lot!
i think the piece is reallly nice, but needs a bit of a final polish. lots of hard work has been done here, and i can see that. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="
Have a splendid day!
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Thank you very much for the critique! This was very much appreciated!
You are right about the hair stands. I originally was intending to have her rising through the air and then suddenly stopping which would produce something of a zero gravity effect on her hair and then I later decided to rework it and keep her moving a little more or at least take into consideration the liklieness of wind at a higher altitude.
How would I shade the other birds in the distance? They're barely there to begin with? I had thought about making them closer but it seemed like it would have taken attention away from Miss Martian and the main bird so I didn't...
I would have loved to shade her top because that was just unbelievably difficult with the X symbol. At first I tried to give her breasts some height off of her chest and have the X actually rolling over them but it never seemed to line up correctly. In the end though I reminded myself that her clothes are in fact part of her shape shifting powers and have something of a skin-tightness in the series. Regardless of that, you're right, it is very flat there.
Thank you again!
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Shad the birds as in one little streak of saker blue along the outline. That is a tiny touch that adds to depth in a piece of art. It would improve their distant look as well.
X on her shirt would wrinkle along her chest. Like of you draw stripes on a shirt they aren't parallel because of your body. Check it out on a shirt. Wear and observe. You could take a piece of tape color it red and put it on a white shirt. Someone could wear and model it for you. Girl of course.
Hair going up an blowing doesn't mean stiff. Use the blur to soften it slightly.
Best of luck!
Have a nice day!!~
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Thank you very much! I have to admit I'm quite fond of her hair. Though I'm starting to think I should darken her lips some. What do you think?
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i agree but its up to you
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This picture looks very pleasant to the eye.
Your use of soft, smooth colours and the overall brightness look awesome and very uplifting.
Her face and her hair are gorgeous; her facial expression is great. I am especially fond of her nose - so delicate lines! And all the little freckles...
I like how you coloured the hair, the way it flows in the wind and you see singular strands as well as the full mass of hair.
The way you coloured the feathers on the bird and his spread wings looks just fantastic - these crystal blues!
A little thing I have with this, though: while the skirt and the her give off a sense of flying, floating, of movement, oddly, the cape is the one thing seeming a bit flat - especially on the upper side. maybe you could work a bit more on the shades here?
Her skin looks so soft and really smooth.
I also like how you used the cloud brushes.
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Ah dude you have officially made my day! I love it when I get a real comment like this that throws out the positive and negative aspects of my drawings! Thank you so much for taking the time to analyze my work so thoroughly. I was so engrossed in getting it drawn and detailed as best I could that I didn't even stop to consider how soft I had managed to make it. In previous drawings I haven't really played with the flow adjustment on the brush tool and I instead try to do very controlled strokes with the shading but after having experimented with it in this it has become a new staple in my arsenal.
The bird was so unbelievably hard for me, I've never drawn birds before so the anatomy was the first real hurdle to manage and right after that I had to try getting the feathers to look real. I can't tell you how many pictures and books I looked at trying to do the wings correctly. And originally I had wanted him to be a little more of a solid color but it just looked so plain at first. I added a few strokes of color to it and then tried smudging it in and before I knew I had a whole new look that just completely blew me away!
The cape is something that I was a little unsure about. You're right, it does look flat. With it being such a simple surface I didn't know quite what I could do to add shadows because as you can see most of what is shown would be getting alot of sunlight on it. I will play with it though. I was smart enough to save the .PSD file so I'll alter it sometime.
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR THE COMMENT THOUGH!!!
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No problem~ It was a pleasure, and I'm glad I have been of service
Ah, really? That's cool - you should definitely experiment more with tools, because this soft look just looks fantastic.
Believe me, your hard work on the birdie paid off.
I'll keep an eye on you to see what you have there as well
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This picture is really good, the drawing itself and the colors are outstanding
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Thank you very much! That's the best comment I've gotten yet! The bird was a serious challenge, I've never drawn feathers before and I was really concerned about it but it seems it turned out really well. The only thing I have to say that I am unsure about is the cloud slightly covering her legs. I was going for the 'whisping' effect as though she was actually coming through it in that moment but I forgot to do that.
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Your very welcome!
The bird appeared rather nicely and you don't have to be so unsure about the cloud because I really did like the effect
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its a very beautiful picture and very detailed i love it.
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Thank you very much (especially for giving more than a two word comment).
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you welcome. (sorry about not commenting at first i had meant to but my computer is old and was acting weird)
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Its great!I love the detail on the birds wings
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Thank you very much! I found that the smudge tool is pretty useful for things like that.
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Ur welcome
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