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Published: 2010-05-13 11:29:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1018; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 22
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Description For *Kittydakitsune from the Poke-fanclub Pokeswap volunteer event! Lucky last!

Comments & critique encouraged! Please read artist's comments below first.

This is Gengar telling a very entranced Eevee and tired Pikachu some ghost stories, with special effects from his shadow.

Another try at a speedpaint, although this took probably 10-15 hours to do (although it did have 3 characters in it). Still much shorter time than I would normally take on something. Very rough background, but I'm happy enough with it. I would love feedback on the composition of this piece, and any mood/colour/lighting issues. First time I drew these Pokemon, with some googled images for references.

Brushes used were mainly the photoshop one, and one of my own and then the grassy one from here: [link]
PS CS3 with Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet

Pokemon (c) Nintendo, Gamefreak etc not me
Art (c) me. No touchies.
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Comments: 5

gingerbreadcat [2010-05-13 19:21:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! :> I'm so happy that I got one in return! haha
This is a really nice style of painting - it almost looks like it belongs in a children'/s illustrated book.
Eevee's expression is adorable1 It looks so suprised!

I didn't want to critique this since it was a request pic, but please let me know if you would like some from me anyway.

Again, thank you for the beautiful picture! <333

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lutrasilvereye In reply to gingerbreadcat [2010-05-14 08:45:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for commenting. I like that you think it could almost belong in a children's book.

I'm always happy for critique. This is a new style I'm trying out (speedpainting) and so there are issues with that (because I tried to make myself pay less attention to the details and work on getting it done quicker), and also that I've never drawn these guys before.. but if it will help me improve, I'm happy to hear it!

Glad to help out.

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gingerbreadcat In reply to lutrasilvereye [2010-05-16 11:06:37 +0000 UTC]

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All right! I'll give it a try!
I think you might have used much too light colours on eevee and pikachu - they look as if they are under bright sunlight.
I think gengar would also have a much stronger presence if you had used bolder shading and colours on him. One last comment is their shadows. Gengar's stands out a bit too much because it's such a different colour to the grass. If it's on a separate layer to the rest of the piece, you could have used the 'multiply' option, and perhaps played around with the opacity-levels in order for it to blend in a bit more. Eevee and Pikachu, however, seem to need to have darker and more noticeable shadows in order to ground them a little more onto the piece.

Regardless of this, it's truly a beautiful piece! :>

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lutrasilvereye In reply to gingerbreadcat [2010-05-19 12:23:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the critique!

I must admit, I agree with most of what you said - the lighting being too bright (I could've sworn it wasn't that contrasted when I finished but anyway) and bolder shading & colours.

With Gengar's shadow it was supposed to not look like a shadow in that, when I was 'researching' him I came across one of the game's info about him where it described his shadow as being able to move independently and also that if you see your shadow overtake you, it's actually a Gengar running past you and using your shadow.. I kind of wanted to make it like his shadow was 'helping' him tell ghost stories. Eevee and Pikachu's shadows weren't large/strong enough for the lighting, something I see now.

Thank you very much, all very useful and I hope I can improve next time!

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gingerbreadcat In reply to lutrasilvereye [2010-05-23 17:21:04 +0000 UTC]

sorry for the late reply!

I'm glad I could help, and I understand that about the shadow - cool effect! ;D

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