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naught101 — Down and Out in The Arctic
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Published: 2011-01-03 12:45:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 612; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 4
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Maybe this is a comment on the exploitation of animals for no pay. Or maybe it's just a joke.All done in MyPaint, cropped in gimp. ~2 hours.
I would appreciate any criticism very much, on any aspect, but especially on the drawing side of things.
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Hah, cute.
I don't have any criticism: your style is spot-on for a cartoon. It's readable, pleasant to look at and even the colour scheme is realistic. There's no need to include "special effects" (such as the cloud or the shadow). They may even detract from the main point of the drawing if you overdo them, but I don't think that's the case here.
Sure, some people will tell you need to make smoother lines, always colour within the lines and stuff like that. But frankly, I don't think that's necessary. There's a place for messier styles of drawing and they sometimes feel more alive/interesting.
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Awesome, thanks for the that. Much appreciated.
I agree, I like a bit of mess, but I also think it's valuable to be able to do both messy and clean well. I will be trying more clean stuff (with less realistic effects) soon.
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I love the shirt and the polar bear looks great, especially his expression. Really original, nice job.
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Haha, Brilliant. The colours are really nicely blended.
His right foot (our left) looks like it needs to be angled a little further away from the viewer, less front-on. It could also be a little bigger. Also the bear needs to be showing a bit more booty! The curve of the bum on the right hand side makes him seem a little off-balanced. I think it should be flatter on the bottom to give the bear a real sense of size and weight.
Other than what other people have mentioned it's all really good. The hands and the face are great!
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Yeah, they're two things that I also noticed, but I'd already coloured them, and couldn't be arsed fixing it. I think I'm seeing a pattern here.
Cheers
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*chuckle* maybe he should come back down and ask for a rematch? hehehehehe
In reality no human can match the strength and ferocity of a polar bear, I don't care what your technique is.
Only two things I can see that need improvement, and they're not biggies. First the cloud seems to have a "halo" around the bottom edge. Could I suggest doing the sky as one layer and putting the cloud on another layer? Might save some trouble. Second, the ocean doesn't go to the bottom of the left hand of the page. Quick fix would be to smear it in.
Again, not biggies. Otherwise it's pretty dang good.
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Yeah, the ocean and the cloud - that's just me being lazy 
Thanks!
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Welcome!
It does come across cartoony. In fact if it hadn't been for those two little flaws, I'd have thought it a professional cartoon for a magazine or something. It is good.
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hey, I did a version of yours. It just came over me *grin*
hope you like it [link]
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great idea! 
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Yeah, that was a bit of a toss up. Really I should have gone for a cross between the two, but I'm not really good at expressions yet.
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me neither, but I guess a cross between those two emotions would be really hard to show
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