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TheMakeSnake [2016-11-25 21:36:55 +0000 UTC]

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Hi SakuraKentasha, I see you've requested a critique so would like give one!

This is a decent piece with only a few subtle areas I might suggest tweaking. First and most notable to me is what looks like a slight perspective issue between the chest and shoulders. The rib cage appears to be slanted and tilted at a greater angle than the position of the shoulders would warrant. I would either drop the bottom left corner of the rib cage a bit, or raise the right shoulder a tad (the shoulder on the left in the image).

The second point I would make is regarding the shading / colouring. It looks like you've mixed soft and cell shading in a slightly curious way. Either type shading is fine, but mixing them together seems like an odd mashup of cartoon and realism. For instance, the green 'hair' is mostly hard shadows and shading, but the pink / purple body is soft shaded. I'd pick one method and go all out with it.

On the topic of shading, the lighting also seems slightly ad-hoc. My best guess is a light source that is coming from top-center. If that is the case, I'd modify the bright white highlights a little. The highlight seem to be appearing in places that should be in shadow in a couple areas. For example on the sides of the arms, which suggests them coming from a different source. It's perfectly fine to have multiple light sources in your work, but I suggest trying to incorporate them one at a time to make sure they are consistent. It is easy to get caught up in adding highlights where they don't necessarily belong, especially since highlights are such a fun way to make a picture more dynamic.

That's it for now, keep up the good work!

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