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This is set in a Cyberpunk type world, Shadowrun, Snowcrash, that kind of thing. I used a book cover motif because my portfolio coyld use it. I know this one has issues so bring on the crits!
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nice. There are only two things that i could critisize. First, she pops out of the bg a little too much imo. Although i like the composition, making some of the bg elements more prominant or a slight change in the colour/contrast might help pull the peice together. Second, her shoulderblades look a slight bit rough compared to relative clenlieness of the rest of the peice. btw, are you in illustration? Good Luck!
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awesome. bladerunner me baby. haha. rock on mate.
- apparently neurotic and her psychology
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I have read through the comments on this one and so will not repeat the "crits" especially regarding the bike and girl. I would add though that perhaps she would need to look more metallic, or rather the clothes and bike.Her headgear for example looks more like plastic than metal, but saying that maybe that is what you were aiming for. I can imagine that in a city like that there would be all sorts of reflections. I know you are going for a more stylised then absolute realistic look and trying to draw focus on the main character.So it's really a matter of opinion.
The background looks stunning, very dark,futuristic and beautifully painted. I love the look of the wet streets, simply superb.
I will just end by saying that I would buy this book/magazine in an instant.
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Well, the laser looks like it i skewed. And I also think that the character is to bright. If you'll be able to fix these things you'll have an absolutly wonderful picture!
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This is stupendous! I love the comic book style you have used in this instance. Impeccably skillfull! The only critique I could possibly add is that the girl doesn't seem to be properly shadowed in view of her venue.
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I think this looks Phenominal. The background city-scape is simply stunning in its dark grittyness. The angle and perspective on the girl/bike loks really good to me. I can imagine her just having swerved around a vehicle and turning back to take her shot at it... Only critique I have for you here is that I think she is rendered to brightly and doesnt perfectly fit into the darkness of the world around her. I suggest adding more dark shadow to her form...trying to capture almost a spotlight type of effect on her. Which would make her apear to bit lit up by headlights of a vehicle behind her. Also I would suggest trying and seeing how it looked if you made those two Horizontal slits on the back of her bike Red instead of blue to add some tail lights to her bike...also painting those lights with tracer like effects would really add to the illusion of motion in your image. I really do think you did wonderful work on this...and my comments are mearly suggestions. I already love this piece...regardless of if you make any changes or not. Very well done.
-Silverbane
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VERY nice! I love the angle you put her in. The background is excellent as well! <3
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Very cool. The only thing that bugs me is the lazer, it seems like it should be pointing further up.
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hmmm...great piece of work here...I'd agree with the other things pointed out but the real thing I'm having trouble with is the angle of that gun and the angle of the laser...her arm and her hand holding it looks rather bent and awkward and the laser beam looks too close. Perhaps if you tweaked the positioning of the gun that would make it work better...Other than that I love the unorthodox angle, a difficult thing to pull off and you did it extremely well. I love the girl herself. Uhm one thing...I can't decide if that's bare skin or clothing. If clothing you might could differentiate a little more between it and her skin tone. Unless of course the effect you wanted was her in her altogether. All in all
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I'm not in any way qualified to utter any criticism other than the fact that this is utterley superb and one of the finest examples of this genre I have seen. As far as this and that wrong with the bike etc. it is a fantasy piece and when did Stan "the man" Lee worry about such inconsequentials.
I absolutely love it and want more.
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First of all I have to say that I absolutely adore this.
The piece is well thought out, original and has a nice little twist to it. (Okay, big twist). You must realize that I really find loads of things very good, but like the other commenters have said, something is off.
The character doesn't really fit in with the dark and wet background, you could have added some wetness and gleam on the girls skin, and some of the metal could have had reflections on it. The shadows could also have been a lot darker. Her skin should look more alive in some way, because of the blueness of it there should be a lot more going on in the colouring to make it look - alive.
Also, I applaud you for the anatomy of her (well everything! 
Her face would also look better if it were turned a little further away from us (and I fear the fact that she is not looking at the road, but hell this is a picture).
This is a great work of art, and youre a great artist, but hey, you asked for the crits 
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I like it a lot -- but I'm a biker, and little details about the bike bug me. Like it looks as if her legs are squeezing the exhaust. Ouch! And her feet need to be resting on footpegs. The bike lacks tail-lights (bright and red, usually) and a license plate (or other ID tag). This is just MHO, but if she's wearing some kind of headgear, it'd probably have a HUD on it. Also: the rear tire / rear end of the bike just doesn't look right somehow -- the shape of the tire is odd, plus usually the tail of the bike is longer and will stick out more. I apologize for putting a self-link in here, but I've got some web pages with lots of unusual and exotic bike pics on them at [link] -- if they prove to be helpful, I'd be honored.
On the other hand, the rainy wet city street scene is el-perfecto!
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It's a very interesting piece, I must say. I like the way the character clashes with the background, but, at the same time, I don't see her fitting in with her world, that is, the city.
Of course, when I consider the Shadowrun world, which is full of shaman and whatnot, she DOES sort of fit, and fit well. I really like the way you've used perspective to put a nifty angle on the action. You've also rendered the figure skillfully...
Something just seems off..
Perhaps it's the tilt of the motorcycle + the opposite tilt of the background. She looks like she's on a straightaway, and a tilt like that would only be employed on a turn. To do differently would send her sprawling....
I'm not sure, but that's what I think might be throwing me off.
I might also suggest a different name for the piece, as most fixers (to my knowledge) are relatively peaceful fences and whatnot, not as likely to go zipping cross town on a cycle and fending off bad-guys.
Honestly, it is a breathtaking work, well rendered. You have a lot of talent, and I find myself inspired by your work to create more of my own. I think I'm going to keep an eye on you.
Thanks for sharing this piece.
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