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(Full view please... It looks a bit better that way!)Ah, I promise I'll scrap this later!
This is the current design for my version of the Archangel Gabriel. Hmmm, sorry about the poor quality of the lines and image, I had to play with the levels because I drew this on uh... already used printer paper o_o
I'll upload Michael later, I have a class now!
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Tools: mechanical pencil 5.0
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Very nice ^_^
I really like the robe thingy he's wearing, very flowy. Nice job with that. The wing design looks unique as well. I'd say over all it looks really good.
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Ooh, I would love to see a more hq version of this pic. I'm glad I stumbled upon this picture. Okay.... my opinion:
I really like the way his hair curls just above his hair. Eek, cute! *glomp* Someone said that long hair's generic earlier, and while I'll say he/she is partially right, I still like it--and most hair's generic, anyhow. It is, after all, hair, no matter how you draw it. XD .. Your hand writing is really neat, by the way. *oggles*
I think the only things I'm uncertain about are as follows:
1) the length of his arm (the one that's not hidden)--something looks off, although it could just be me.
2)length of his sleeve.... it would seem that it wouldn't be very functional, unless he had no arm under there, and so it wouldn't matter anyhow.
3) his eye in the big picture looks somehow different than the smaller ones. Perhaps it lost shading? Perhaps not. Would have thought the top would have been thicker.
4)Thickness of lines at certain places. (I'm about that too, sometimes, though...) Be sure that you use thicker lines to accentuate important nuances.
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I'm flattered you like my handwriting. I find it can be so hideous at times 
1) You could be write about the arm length. I tend to draw longer arms to compensate for the long legs.
2) The length of the sleeve is mainly a clothing design issue. I thought it would look cool 
3) His entire face looks somewhat different in both versions actually. I'm not very good at drawing reduced faces yet, still got a lot of practice ahead!
4) The thickness of the lines don't bother me too much at this point. The sketch's main purpose was for clothing design ^^ although, I'm thankful you noticed the variation problem. I'll be sure to put more effort in it next time!
Overall, thanks a lot for the feedback and for taking the time to observe!
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lol. You're welcome. And I know that it was just a sketch, but I find that if problems/suggestions are pointed out to me during conception, it helps. And ultra long sleeves are very cool--I can name several characters from video games that have long (at least finger tip length) sleeves.
As for feet tutorials... lol, I need help with that too. XD
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Just a personal opinion, I think bishie type drawings become generic in terms of character design after a while. So far, the only thing that separates one character from another is just their clothing/apparels and hairstyles. Otherwise they all have the same face with pointy chins.
I'm not telling you to change styles, of course 
Guess I haven't been much help here I think. But it's a good draft anyways
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Like ~CommaQueen said after you, hair is hair! XD Yes, anywho. I didn't want to make Gabriel's hair too outrageous. Angels aren't suppose to be too extravagant or anything. A simple design was the main thing I wanted, and well, a lot of people in real life have the same kind of hair
It's very probably that they look similar on these sketches. They were done mainly to get the clothes out. There's another page I'm working on that has only their faces, and I think their appearances are different from eachothers. I'll post that one when I come up with a look for Uriel
Thanks for the insight (sp?)!
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He appears older than Michael. My only complaint with this picture would be his right arm. It looks (how should I put this?) wobbly. Think of a rubber pencil. It just doesn't look as an arm should when bent like that. Maybe some cloth folds near the elbow would fix it/flesh it out. I'm not sure.
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He's supposed to look older and more mature than Michael, so no problems there. I decided to use the legends in which Gabriel is the leader of the Archangels rather than Michael (I don't remember if it was in christianity or islam.. I think it's in islam).
You're probably right about the right arm. I didn't put much effort into drawing it o_o I'm such a slob. In any case, this is mainly to sketch out the appearance of the main Archangels, so no biggy
Thanks for taking the time to look and critique!
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Hummm It's a good ideiam but try observating better wings. Continued working
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Avery interesting design
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