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Published: 2007-10-05 02:24:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1274; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Her red fur scanned really dull and dirty.
I mean, I accidentally made it too dark in the first place (Chaka should be more orange) but the scanner made it into an ugly hue. Well, at least all my shading appears to be present everywhere but her clothing. The middle value of blue was eaten by the scan, so know that the shading is better in real life.This was the last sketch I did before school began, and only now have I been able to finish it. By procrastinating on my schoolwork.
I'm pleased save for the aforementioned issues with her red fur and some anatomical problems with her torso. Her boobs and navel just aren't aligned with her midline... Whoops... Makes her legs look like they're attached wrong.Notice that Chaka's arms are more defined and muscular than my other characters. I didn't show it well, but she's supposed to have somewhat skinny wrists and ankles compared to the others. She's also the thinnest after Shirinara, but is more shapely.
Sakura Pigma Micron, Staedtler Triplus Fineliners, Prismacolor markers.
Chaka and artwork © me, *Peachfuzz .
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Comments: 58
The colors! They are so beautiful! D: *dies*
I love the hint of the wind... how it's blowing all the grass and her braid back... the swirl of the clouds... and most especially, the joyful look on her face. She has a lot of presence, too. 
Your characters are all so sweet and warm! I just love 'em.
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Wow, I'm so glad you like it.
Thanks so much for all of the awesome comments, Starrie. 
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She's so pretty. It's a gentle reminder that I need to get back to the anthro challenge one of these days. I really like the pose and the swirling clouds behind her. Great work.
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Thanks so much.
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I like Chaka! She is very interesting, and different. Her colours, hair style and clothes are really beautifull (I love her hair colour
Besides you are making really cool reference pictures, showing all the differences between your characters. That really helps a lot, when it comes to make pics of them
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Despite the problems it's quite nice. The pose and expression are dramatic, making me anxious to know what's about to happen. The rock formations and swirling clouds add to that effect. It's always hard to talk about colors with all the hungry scanners out there, but I like what I can see in color combinations.
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Aw, thanks!
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Very nice! Pose and expression are great, and I think the colours look really vibrant, even if you claim the scanner ate them
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If this is scanned dull then the original must be one glowing bright! 
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Again, thank you!
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love the colors even if the scanner ate them. Great pose too!
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Thanks so much. 
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welcomes. Sometimes poses can be troublesome to get accurate but I think you pulled it off pretty well despite the anatomical flaws ^_^
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Really love the gradations of color you do in this one...! Her hair looks so pretty like this. I'm sorry the colors didn't scan right for you again, although they are lovely.
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You're too kind, Catgoyle.
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I must say, I do love the way you do the hair on this chara...she always has such amazingly colored hair!
I love how unique she is, she's just so great! and I love her expression as she looks at that gnoll..teehee, what a fun word.
hmm, as critique, I'd say you might want to create a bit more depth with the rocks. YOu've done a really great job showing the texture of the rocks and all the different rock faces, but its hard to tell if she is in a rock valley sorta thing or if she's just got two rocks behind her that are flat. So, I'd say create a bit more depth by having the forward part of the rock face be a bit darker than the back part of the rock face. I'd also make the different facets of the rock a bit more pronounced...of course, this is me getting picky! You really have gotten really really a lot better at percpective and unique backgrounds! Out of curiousity, are those clouds done with the blending marker?
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Thanks for the kind comment and the helpful input, Skye! 
Nope, no Colorless Blender at all in the clouds. 
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well, the only way to make things better is to try, right? and I'm so glad to see you always workin on those rocks, they really have improved!
I love cream...it rocks my socks.
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Deco Yellow is the marker I use the absolute most, but Cream is up there. 
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I see what you mean about the soft-edged blending. It's great! Don't feel too bad about her skin tone darkening, because she looks backlit with that golden sky. The only suggestion I'd make based on this one is to make the distant cliffs more rugged, hard-edged when you do another landscape like that with cliffs. Even distant cliffs have a broken, jagged look to them. They don't have strong value differences, they get cooler and bluer and less distinct but they do still have a sharp look more than that.
Streaks of golden highlight in the cliffs and long shadows that are that purply-bluish gray would help with that. Look at photo references of cliffs and mountains carefully, especially when the mountains are in the distance. You'll see the patches of highlight and shadow on them and the way highlights will change color just after dawn and right before sunset, to be yellower. But it's a minor point in a great picture, this is more for future reference. I don't think you could do yellowish highlights after it's dried.
I think you're right. Markers are applying liquid and in essence you're painting when you use them. Which is why you're so good and I'm better with pencils. I'm still learning painting.
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I do seem to "paint" with my markers, but I'm still useless at painting with paint!
Rocks are always the death of me. 
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Try sculpting cliffs out of modeling clay, just cheap kids modeling clay, in gray or blue. Set them up on the desk, do two sets sort of facing each other. Slide your desk lamp down till it's coming in at a low angle across these little sculptures. Look at what the shadows do to the shapes and what promontories are highlighted. Then draw from it. Very often doing a kneaded eraser or modeling clay model of a background element can give really good shadows and highlights as long as you arrange your lamp to be at the angle the sun is for the art. With that color of sky, the sun is low but not quite behind the horizon.
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Looks really impressive, excellent work. I really like the pose and the expression in this. Wonderful work with the colors once again, amazing looks with all the warm colors.
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Great to see another drawing of this character. She's my favorite of your characters. You don't see very many bongo antelope anthros around here. I also really her hair!
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Thanks so much! 
Your deer are always a joy.
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Aww..-slaps scanner-
Scanners are so mean 
But I think this looks pretty cool
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Thanks so much, Amaguard! 
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That's really neat
and the legs look fine, too, btw.
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As always, thanks so much, Poo.
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You're welcome.
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Yeah.
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Even with Scanner Attack, it looks great. :3
I love the pose. n3n
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Thanks.
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Boobs is such a funny word.
I still love that outfit.
I guess I personally cannot understand that problems that you have with this picture.
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Thanks, Eclipsis.
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I would not know what is wrong with it! I like the shape though... but that is probably because I am a guy.
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Wow...spectacular colouring! Love the hair!
Excellent work overall!
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Aw, thank you.
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What wonderful personality she has! I keep wondering what she's about to say.
~SnoCat
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She's probably yelling for her friend Dia (who isn't as athletic) to hurry up.
Hahaha, thanks SnoCat.
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~SnoCat
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Her bangs blowing in the wind look great. The background looks great too, how the outlines become less obvious to give that sense of depth. Nice nice!
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I'm starting to really like using subtle colored ink in the backdrop.
Thanks, sistah.
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I really like how her hair changes colors, it's so cool. *0* Nice background, too.
Oh, and I noticed Chaka's hands look a bit small, but I'm not too familiar with this character so you might have done that on purpose, huh?
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Hands too small? Whoopsies, no, that certainly wasn't intentional! 
Her hair changes color like that because the pigment in bongo fur rubs off easily. So I figure that by the time it grows that long, the color would be gone at the end.
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