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nonecansee — Secret Santa for CookieManiacXD
Published: 2012-12-24 21:54:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 714; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 4
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A snowflake fairy showing off his recent work to you
A Secret Santa drawing-gift for
It's not exactly something out of her gallery but I hope she likes this new OC I made for her.
I made him loosely based on the lore of Disney Fairies and after watching Secret of the Wings, I was struck out of my indecisive stupor with the idea to draw a winter fairy (she was okay with anything, according to her wishlist, you see
)This is actually the first time I played around with Photoshop to create the background and lighting and the snowflake and to shade in the character (not with cel-shading technique but rather a traditional approach, only digitally haha). I tried to apply some of these tips: Common Digital Painting Mistakes
I really liked how he turned out. I'm kind sad to give him away.
But! I drew him to give him away 
so here you go, CookieManiacXD! I fully hand over to you the copyrights to the design of this character 
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and all that jazz DISCLAIMER:
Snowflake was made with this texture: Ice texture
Disney Fairies is owned by, well, Disney
(C) this character design and to-be-given character name to
Art by me
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Comments: 9
Cons: Too soft and fluffy. It looks blurred, and combined with the overly low amounts of contrast causes a bit of eye strain when looking at it. Also, notice that the light rays coming in from the top left--pretty though they are--do not accurately reflect the light source you have chosen on the figure. The image could also benefit from more variable line weight.
Pros: I like the analogous color scheme. They emphasize the icy, winter feel of the image. I also enjoy the character design--clothing, too--and overall creativity of the scene. Despite the cons I mentioned, I enjoyed looking at it. This is actually a very nice gift for someone. I'm sure they were very pleased with it.
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Hmm I knew there was something weird with the final piece
Oh, and thanks. My receiver liked it
Thanks for showing the way 
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You can go either way. For more painterly techniques, you can still emphasize lineart, but you would want to do it without any sort of line tool. Think of it as sketching. You still darken in portions of your contour, but it's not blocky. That's a bad explanation, I know. To see what I'm talking about, check out this guy's work: [link]
Really, as you get used to adding more contrast and volume to your painting, the painting of your lines will become more instinctive, as well.
Honestly, I'm not a fan of line tools. They're clean, and that's nice, but they strip any sort of realistic weight from your lines, leaving your image somewhat flat no matter how well you shade it.
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It's okay 
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I think you'll be fine, especially if you draw often. You're obviously willing to grow and try new things, and you have a creative imagination, so you should have no problem eventually producing incredible drawings. I've enjoyed looking at your stuff so far--I'll be on the lookout for future work.
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I saw that you put me on your watch, haha.
Thanks a bunch!
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This is really cute >w< I love it! Thanks so much ;w;
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