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ilolamai β Blue sky
Published: 2012-11-22 15:01:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 21961; Favourites: 1156; Downloads: 938
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Just a girl,city and sky.Program: SAI Paint Tool
Any critique is welcome.
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Blue Sky by ilolamai a very strong and eye-catching piece. The subject is very well drawn and the shading is superb. I have yet find my personal technique on SAI to shade like that. I especially love the hair. Your choice of colours for the subject is perfect as well, as the orange stands out very well against the blue sky. Also, your rendering of the cityscape is very commendable. I'm sure it took you quite some time to do?
However, I do have some unsettling feeling about this picture. I think it's the detachment between the subject and the background. First of all, the clouds, while giving it a blur to simulate depth of field, should, IMO, be sharp. It feels like the clouds are from a different image photoshopped in. There is a detachment between that and the cityscape. The cityscape itself feels detached from the subject. I think it's the shading technique used. The subject uses a mixture of hard and soft shading while the buildings use mainly soft gradient shading. The trees, however, look superb, and if you can give the buildings texture, I think it will improve it. That also goes for the foreground, the floor on the balcony(?) needs a bit of texture.
Overall, it's a very impactful piece with great vision and originality.
(Just my 2 cents. I'm not at your level yet, but I think that's what I would do if I were to do this. Keep up the good work!)
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Thank you very much for your compliment,critique and suggestion.It's very useful,i will remember that.
You're right,i should use hard shading on the buildings too.I will try to do that in my next work.
I ever tried to add texture on my work but it looked dirty(as you can see,i prefer clean and clear coloring).But i will try to add it and see the result again.
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Well, I'll be watching! ^.^
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You put a lot of hard work on how you did this illustration of girl, in including the city and the blue sky.
First of all, I really like how you drew the girl in the background with the clothing that she's wearing, including the orange skirt and the detailing surrounding her cloth.
I also like how you drew her hair flowing down her body as well. The posing on the character, including her anatomy came out wonderful too. I also like how you did the railings that she's holding also.
As for the city surrounding her. You worked really hard on how you drew the buildings (including the detailing of the skyscrapers and the houses) surrounding her.
Lastly, you worked pretty hard on how you did the shading of the sky and the clouds surrounding her. I even like how you did the shading and colouring surrounding her.
How long did it take for you to do this illustration and did you run into any problems doing the illustration?e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/h⦠" width="35" height="17" alt="
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Thank you very much for your compliment and rating.I'm glad that you like this work.
Around 25-30 hours.Only one problem,i had to fight my laziness^^
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I see that you mean there. Being lazy is not a way to finish the drawing.
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The background is AMAZING! Its just so detailed and everything has perfect porportions. As for the girl she doesnt stand out of the picture, she fits right in(i mean that in a good way). Also the shading is absoulutly perfect! All in all the every bit of the peice really comliments each other(uhhhhh does that make sense?). I can only whish to be as good as you in paint tool sai, only because I just got is the other day, but just by looking at this I wonder how does somone make spmething so impressive? You must spend hours on your peices, and they are all beautiful and amazing, someday I whish to be as great of a digital artist as yourself.
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Thank you very much for your compliment.I still want to improve more.I hope your wish will come true.One day you will draw like me or better if you don't give up your hope.
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I love digital art, I love to look at it and I love to draw it. It makes me happy. Ya i wont give up on something that makes me happy ^.^
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First of all, i really love how the girl goes well with the background. I can tell that she is enjoying the view of the city/ town. You did really well with the background since it looks lifelike and it gives you this city like feeling. And you really did well with the setting on how the houses and the buildings are all three dimensional if look though it in perspective. The only problem is that the background pays much impact and attention than the girl which is just the only slight problem. All in all everything is good~! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
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Thank you very much for your compliment,critique and rating.
How can i disagree your comment^^
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βThereβs always a lighthouse.Β Thereβs always a man.Β Thereβs always a city,β Β this is in no way related. I just thought of it when reading the description.
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Gorgeous, especially that background... So much detail Tl - lT ....
may I ask how long this picture took you?
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Thank you very much.
Around 2-3 days.
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Just to be honest, I'm always impressed with how detailed things like city buildings and other urban structures are when they're drawn anime style. It gives me a good feeling knowing that there's somebody who can do building better than me.
(Seriously, I SUCK at drawing buildings, unless I use a ruler.)
Nice work!!
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I see.Thank you.
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REALLY AMAZING!!! i always love your drawings! they inspire me alot!!! hope to see more of them ^^
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Thank you.I'm glad that you love it.
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You made a pretty important mistake...
that people generally don't care about.
And that's the shadows. They go in different directions, and their intensities are different. Seeing as you have 5k views, and a decent fav : view ratio...
I doubt you have to make this change.
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Yeah,you're right.Thanks for your critique.I still have to practice and learn more.
Sorry for my late reply.
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i love this piece for 2 reasons. 1:i love redheads 2:its fucking gorgeous!
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I'm glad that you love it matthew.
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The girl is so cute and beautiful, but more than that I wanna mention it's awesome and amazing of the background, especially the detailed buildings! I wonder how you could make that ^^ Is this the actual landscape?
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Thank you yuko.Sorry for my late reply.Yes,this is the actual landscape.
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now that is a wonderful point of view
the background is wonderfully detailed and i feel as if the clouds can come alive.
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Thank you very much for your compliment.
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The detail on this illustration is simply incredible.
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