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Published: 2016-02-07 08:24:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 2109; Favourites: 136; Downloads: 0
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fanart of Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul.Just watched the two seasons! I'll just say that it isn't your typical anime. I should probably read the manga... And poor kaneki...
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edit: The original drawing seemed too dull so I made some changes
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NICE!
Great line quality, and I love the way you've done the warm glowing shadows, especially on the silver-haired one... that soft, bright grey eye is really cool.
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awww thanks Blue-Anima~ <3 your kind words make me so happy ^^
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I'm really glad to hear that. 
It has honestly been fun to watch your art develop. ^^ I hope you're having fun too!
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An interesting style for sure and it has its merits to it! I like the clean crispness of the colors and the shadows on the characters. The cel shaded effects are rather nice.
What I think needs some work is with proportions to a slight extent but also anatomy.
The first thing I noticed as the necks! The length of the necks are quite long and the way they exit the top of the torso seems rather stiff and uncomfortable for the angle they are. The necks should definitely be a bit shorter and the way the trapezius muscles connects should be a bit more apparent. The trapezius are important so the neck doesn't simply look like a tube sticking out of the torso but rather connected naturally.
Another thing to take note of is with the angle of the faces. I see what you were aiming for with the presentation to have both faces be in profile. It does have a strong effect to showcase both of the characters but with the angle of the torsos the way the heads are turned may come across a bit stiff instead of dynamic. Perhaps a three quarters view would benefit the picture more. Or if you would rather stay with the profile view, which is totally fine, perhaps have the neck's muscles twist a bit more to show the motion of the head tilting as right now there doesn't seem to be any motion in the tilt.
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I see~!!
I can see your points! Thank you so very much for your insight sir
I truly appreciate it~!!
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No problem yo if you need another crit in the future or if you just have any questions feel free to drop in the thread!
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Ohoho, I'm here again! xDD
Ahhhh, I love everything you have done for Kaneki, especially the hair.
The colours of the background suits them well to me~
For me, it will be more close to perfect if you apply a little blur affect for the background so Kaneki will be stand out a little more in this whole picture! <3
And your light affect always so awesome as usual~ >v
welcome back! XD
Aww, thanks!
Yess, I get what you're saying! I see that I muted the colors for Kaneki too much ;_;
I'll keep that in mind next time I draw!!
Haha, thanks for your opinion!! >v👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you!~ xD
Ahh, I'm glad I helped >v<
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really cool version of kaneki here, especially the hair, I love your nice shading overall, great work!
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You have very nice line work in this! There are some very nice, delicate lines to really bring out small details. I like abstract...ness of your background! There are some really nice design elements there.
For me, line work is always enhances with the use of both thin and very bold lines. You have what I consider to be medium weight and light weight lines in this but not much in the heavy-weight department. Personally, I like nice bold lines around most major shapes in a picture. This would just increase the thickness of your lines around the edges of the character to really help distinguish them from each other. Right now, they almost look like they are joined at the shoulder until you look close. If the bold lines don't go all the way around the character, give bold lines on maybe on the edges where shadow are, like the line for the back of the neck or shoulder. Play around with some bold lines and I think you'll see they give that extra little pop to your pieces.
One other thing, while I like the design of the back ground, it seems to have the same amount of crispness and busy-ness that the characters do (like in their hair and clothing). This gives the eye a bit of confusion as to what should be in front of the other. What heightens this is the very bold, vibrant red against their very muted skin, hair, and clothing tones. I believe if you gave the background a bit of blur and/or muted the colors to at least match the characters (I don't mean changing it from red but just giving it more of a grey-red so to speak), it would also go to pop out the characters more from the background.
I think you have a lot of skill, especially as a hobbyist! The character designs and execution are very well done and have a unique style. This is still a successful picture, these are just things that I think will help you on your next work. Great job!!
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wow, thank you so much for the detailed critque! That's so insightful
I see... I will try to keep those points in mind next time I draw
Looking at it now, it really seems like the shoulders are connected Thanks for pointing that out for me!
The blurring advice! Thank you for that too!! So if the background is as muted at the characters or blurred, then the characters will pop out more than the background? I'm not so good with backgrounds, so I'm trying to learn!
And that's so sweet of you 
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You're very welcome!
As for backgrounds, what you need to think about is contrast. Your characters are very crisp, so elements in the background being a bit blurred/out of focus, will really give a lot of contrast. You want the focus of your picture to be more vibrant in most instances, so because your background colors are so red, they almost steal the show, especially where the circles on the right of the picture are near that character's head, it almost seems like he is interacting with them rather than they are behind him.
Try just the colors first, mute the red and maybe make the blacks a bit lighter to a dark grey, that will make the blacks on your characters really standout. If you still want more, blur the background layer a little (usually pretty easy with most art software) and see how that looks to you. Or try it on a new pic and see what happens.
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I see! My characters' colors seem a bit muted than the background... I'll try that! Contrast
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YES PLEASE! read the manga... the anime is definitely something and filled with lots of feelings, but so is the manga c:
and also, nice fanart of kaneki o u o
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XD haha, I heard the manga is wayyyy better!
And thanks~~
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i do believe that the manga is way better, but things do drag out kinda long :b
however i do think that some parts of the anime is awesome too c:
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Ugh I still haven't watched Tokyo Ghoul!!!! Is it good as everyone says it is?
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It's a cool anime! But it gets really gory... If you're okay with that, you'd probably like it
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Im okay with it
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