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Published: 2009-06-16 11:40:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 13580; Favourites: 303; Downloads: 213
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Yay finished! 8D I was doing this while i was supposed to be practising for my driving exam and working on an assaignment, but, art comes first XDThis is 's gift for buying me a year's subscription! ^w^ I've actually been meaning to do her a gift anyway, for being an awesome friend 8D And this is just a great oppurtunity to do so.
Death ballerina is her and her brother 's creation, go check it out at their pages! 8D
I wanted to make her look really dark and creepy, thus the abuse of burn and dodge XD I love how she turned out though. I hope you like it sally!
Death ballerina (c)
Amy rose (c) sega
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Great coloring! Looks fantastic..and creepy °__O Brrrrr...
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This is a very, very nice piece. I like the sort of dark, entranced look about her eyes. The shading is done very nicely and the pose is well executed.
~Cake-the-Crab
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woah this is really epic and makes me love Amy rose more ^^ ! i loove the dramaticness of this, and the angle of the dress looks nice 
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wow great work she looks realy creepy and burn tool? i cant even use layers 
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no prob and yay 4 over comenting go me 
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The shading in this picture is excellent. Not only is it smooth and soft (just the way I like it), but it looks like it's been applied really carefully, because it really helps make the character look 3-D. The shading makes the Death Ballerina look very impressive and striking, and gives the impression of bright, soft light shining behind her.
The anatomy is brilliantly drawn and brilliantly proportioned. Her expression is very well drawn, too - it clearly shows calm, determined confidence, and this impression is strengthened by the grace of her pose.
Some people might say that the rather thick, dark outlines make the character look "too cartoony", and that the character would look more serious and impressive if the outlines were drawn more faintly.
However, I like these outlines. They're distinctive, and they're actually nice to look at - quite pretty. They make the character look more striking and impressive, because of their darkness and the way they make her stand out. Also, the contrast between the main outlines and the skirt's outlines make the skirt look all the more interesting!
The skirt is very well drawn. The faint outlines, the skillful use of gentle shading and lighting, and the way it's been made translucent - these are nice, creative ways of giving the skirt the delicate look of a real ballerina's skirt.
One small criticism, I suppose, is that the ribbons on the Death Ballerina's legs don't really look like ribbons wrapped around her legs. They look more like marks which are painted on her legs.
Still, that doesn't stop this picture from looking great, and I suppose you could always say that the ribbons are so flat and so delicate, and they hug so tightly to the Death Ballerina's legs, that it LOOKS like they're just marks on her legs.
The background is absolutely excellent. It's bright and quite explosive, and I love the softness of the light - it gives a subtly impressive, and yet quite cosy, look. What's more, the colours of the background go very well with the colours of the Death Ballerina. There's a danger that backgrounds can make a picture look garish or jarring... but not here! You've made a background which is not only nice to look at, but which also exists harmoniously with the subject.
Also (just in case you're not sick to the stomach of reading my words), I really like the way you've signed this picture. It's nice to see someone's personal handwriting instead of a boring, soulless computer font, the handwriting's neat and attractive, and the colour of the words is not only pretty and warm, but it's nice and dim, so that the words don't stand out too much and distract attention away from the main picture.
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Wow! Thank you very much for the critque and analysis! ^w^
Constructive critisism duely noted, perhaps i could have drawn the ribbons to be loose and flowing around her legs, could have added effect to the overall nature of the imagery.
Thanks for the time and effort put into the comment, always welcome and appriciated ^__^
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She looks very very deadly especially with that burn tool effect! What's the comic about?
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Thanks ^w^
I dont know the exact specifics, but pretty much amy (who isnt amy, shes like an actor i guess) is a murdering ballerina ^w^ Ask sally for more on that.
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You're welcome. :3
Eh...I'm too shy to ask. I mean to pop up on her profile and ask about it...uh....well, I think its rude to intrude like that.
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rude? Not at all! ^w^ She really appreciates when people show interest in her projects, and im sure, no, POSITIVE, that she'll be glad to tell you what you want to know 83 Shes a lovely person.
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Cool, the pic gives me a intense kind of feeling
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I don't know whether to admire, or to wet myself with fear.
... So I'll do both.
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Man! Year 12, driving exams, SCHOOL exams and art. How do you juggle all that? your... not... HUMAN! D:
Very well done on the drawing! ^^
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Ha ha XD its not that stressful, at the moment anyway.
Thanks ^w^
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woah creepy but cool!! XD
how do you draw hands??? EEEYYYAAAKK!! going crazy...need to know HOW to draw hands!!!!!! lolz
awesome artwork!!
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Oh god, i'd better get practising!! XD i can't spell!! XD lol, randomness..
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Woh Creepy yet awesome art!
I never knew that you got another year subby! 
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Beautiful! Awesomely done with the colors! x3
O: She's calling to me or something, and I want to go randomly dance, but then I have that feeling that she might eat me. ;~;
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woah, spooky. She looks like she could kill me right now 0.o
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