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Arasteia [2016-12-16 00:52:27 +0000 UTC]
Your gallery is gorgeous! Like honestly it was so hard to pick a picture to critique, they're all stunning! Your shading reminds me of Artgerm, in a really good way I LOVE the way you did her scarf, like I can't stop looking at it. That slight blur really gives an awesome sense of movement. I love the way you've blurred the background too! Sometimes that can look kind of messy or pretentious but you've absolutely nailed it! The colours you've used are gorgeous too - I like how it's mostly cool blues and greys but still has those yellows and pinks to break it up without looking brash. Your use of lighting is amazing too! The blue tint works really well, especially since a lot of the time I just see white light used to highlight, but your blue both adds a sense of depth and doesn't wash it out, still keeps a sense of colour. Your anatomy is really good too... overall I just love this XD
One thing I do notice is the shading around the chest. While I know what you're going for, the shadow directly beneath the breasts kind of looks like a huge scoop out of her chest. I think it would have worked a bit better if the shadow were lighter, and maybe didn't have such a hard edge? Skin often doesn't have a lot of sharp edges so it can be difficult to use them and not make it look kind of like clay. There's also something a little strange about the anatomy of her right arm, I think. I think it's the part where it connects to her body? To my eyes it looks kind of as if it bulges strangely, or maybe continues down too far? Yeah I think that last one is it, it looks slightly too thick, going down all the way to the shell like that. One last thing is that I've noticed the white of her eyes seem totally white, and I think it would look better if it had some kind of pale shadow below the top eyelid. Maybe it could be good to also have some bigger shadows on her hair? You have some but I think there would still be some towards the front of her face as well.
Sorry I didn't have much to offer, hope some of this helps XD
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SgtDelta In reply to Arasteia [2016-12-20 19:56:17 +0000 UTC]
First off all, thank you for even taking your time! Nowadays it's really rare (on DA more than elsewhere) that anyone takes their time to write some words, mostly people just like or repost... but hey, thanks again, your critique really made my day a bit better and even helped me see some stuff in the picture I haven't seen before. Like the skin issue or wtf should I do with the background... (I try to imitate a 35mm Objective by adding a bokeh and blurry background because I'm too lazy to build up a real 3D scenery). But looking at this, I should really start with 3D sceneries more
To be honest, I'm often thinking about my art and most of the time I can't see the purpose of what I'm doing and then I scrap ideas and sketches because there is no motivation left. And lets be real... to this day my art had no purpose rather then killing time and trying to get some upvotes. But as time passes, you get that sense of "no one cares about you so why should you care about being famous" and you start to see that art really shouldn't be self-marketing but rather individual fullfillment. And hey, it really helped! After I stopped trying to hunt a ghost named "daily deviation" I started to get better because I stopped giving a fuck about art ...well I should give even less but then I wouldn't upload anything anymore...
kk... enough philosophical nonsense, thanks for the nice comment, I'll try to review some of your pictures when I catch some time ^^
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Shipping-Guy [2016-12-08 20:44:47 +0000 UTC]
Love her. Awesome job
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Shipping-Guy In reply to SgtDelta [2016-12-10 08:52:05 +0000 UTC]
You are so welcome! oh and will you draw Classic Daisy or Classic Peach to?
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SgtDelta In reply to Shipping-Guy [2016-12-10 13:08:20 +0000 UTC]
Maybe if I get to it. I've got so many projects and so little time ^^
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thehonorablereese [2016-12-07 01:29:35 +0000 UTC]
Wow...I love how the picture draws your focus to the- shell. Yep, the shell- that's what I'm staring at...
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thehonorablereese In reply to SgtDelta [2016-12-08 19:21:25 +0000 UTC]
Well my eyes can be guided, but slip away sometimes.... lol
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SgtDelta In reply to Nova-V [2016-12-04 17:45:00 +0000 UTC]
Naja um ehrlich zu sein ist mir nix gscheites eingefallen und dann hab ich halt improvisiert ^^
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ZucankiDev [2016-12-04 13:47:09 +0000 UTC]
Oh my goodness! The Star Goddess is beautiful! This is jaw dropping!
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SgtDelta In reply to ZucankiDev [2016-12-04 16:59:52 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much! I feel really honored c: *closes your jaw again*
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