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HiddenxWolf — The fire burns the ice..
Published: 2011-11-24 06:14:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 863; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 72
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I'm very proud of this picture, especially the mountain lion Jasiri. He is totally revamped in his looks and style. He is alot more loose and less blocky looking than in the first picture I drew of him - [link]Although I've been sketching alot of cougar anatomy~ I may upload a sketch dump c:
This will be a scene from my comic but much later on. So don't be surprised if you see this in there ;D Lior and Jasiri were fighting and have wound up on a rocky, and slippery slope next to a waterfall~
The WIP version - [link]
I'd appreciate a critique on how I did with the mountain lion and overall drawing~
Btw, if your wondering about the title. It's just a lyric from a song I was listening to while I was drawing this. I thought it fits. The fire would be Jasiri in this case and the ice would be Lior.
[link] - Fire and Ice by Within Temptation
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Beautiful! thanks for sharing with my group... ^^
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Nice! 
[Critique]
I did a redline for you here, since the anatomy part is easier to explain through showing rather than wording (and I'm tired xD): [link]
Listed some of the main points though:
1. You cannot (actually you can but you shouldn't) draw a semi-straight line from an animals behind to it's heel. There are bones and muscle structures in between which you should not leave out. Not just for the sake of anatomy but also perspective.
Remember that an animals skeleton structure is the same as a humans, just in different lengths. (Illustrations in the upper right corner)
2. (green) Some mebers of the cat family, especially great cats, have a specially sort of way to angle their feet (bit exaggerated in the redline, makes them look a bit slouchy), also remember not to draw it (heel to paw) too long.
3. (pink) The muscles showing when snarling have structure, study this by looking at images of snarling animals and see where and in which pattern the skin ripples. Also remember that the shape of the nose is affected by the surrounding muscles. If they pull back, the nose will too.
4. (light blue on arm) To create the impression of something [a limb] sticking out towards the viewer remember to overlap things. Muscles have masses and if someone with large forearm muscles points at you you are not likely to see his elbow. (Just as an example, explained a tiny bit further here: [link] )
So yeah, there are some mistakes but it's nothing that really disturbs the flow and motion of the scene, so again: Great work!
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Thank you so much for the critique~ The red line plus the extra information really helps.
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