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Long awaited trade with ~Waittiz of these two absolutely adorable characters, Hönkeln and Enigma! These two are Waittiz's valhund-silkie chicken critters, called Silkiehund! Silkie chickens are fantastic and valhunds are cute as hell, so obviously I couldn't not draw these two.Now I know this was supposed to be a single character trade but I figured since you've waited quite a while and I also couldn't pick between these two, I decided to draw them both c: I'm really sorry if I didn't do them justice, I'm no good with wings and not having drawn anything in months, this took a while. However this was really fun to do and I do like the result! Hönkeln is a little bit irritated at Enigma for being too hyper and loud.
Also I should just give up on lineart as I end up trying to paint over it unintentionally anyways, it was fun doing this style of shading again though. I think I should practice lineless more, what do you guys think?
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Firs off the shading in this piece is absolutely beautiful the colours and detail in it make this picture so soft.
What brings it down is the stiffness of the animals, forgive me if i'm wrong but it looks like you didn't spend much time int he sketching phase, sketching is arguably the most important part of a drawing as you can lay out all of the structure and flow nice and fast.
Also the characters eyes seem very expressionless and 'dead' though there is shine in them they seem to be blank and looking far away, perhaps if the two characters were looking and interacting with each other it wouldn't be so strange feeling.
Overall id suggest checking reference to improve the fluidity of your poses ( so they don't look so stiff) and spending more time sketching, and planning. Don't just do one sketch and keep tweaking it, do 4 or 5 and pick the one you like then refine it a bit.
Keep Drawing <3
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Thank you so so much for the critique!! <3
I always have trouble with posing, especially in these two unfamiliar species (No clue about chicken anatomy or valhund/short legged, small dog breeds) and it was amplified this time due to lack of practice. Definitely agree with you about the stiffness there.
Thanks again! I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out!
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No Problems im glad it made sense <3
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Well first off Syph, this is really so prettu, i absolutely love how you do fur, i really really do. And the characters are adorable, and the way that you've used those subtle blues and purples to shade the white area is just amazing.
I cant remember the characters names, and I don't want to click away so i'm just going to referr to them rather rudely as the dog and the bird. My apologies to their creator!
The two things that bother me the most in this, are firstly, the sixe of the dogs head, which appears just way too large for its body. This is partly caused by the way the wing overlaps the body, but i also think that its just too large.
Secondly, you need to be carefull of your character placement. Their feet positions indicate that the bird is in front of the dog, but the dogs head overlaps the bird. Now while I've been learning about how this is totally legit in early renaissance art, I'm not quite sure thats the effect that you're going for e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w… " width="15" height="15" alt="
Finally, the actual legs themselves are a bit problematic in terms of their angles and placing. The dogs back legs, I cant tell if the far one is on the ground or just in the air. If its on the ground then theres no weight on it and its at the wrong angle, but if its in the air, then it looks very stuff, and its other leg seems to be at the wrong angle to bear weight. its a similar situation with birds back leg. Its a cute pose, but the leg looks very stiff. It almost looks as though if you rotate the image 90 degrees the bird could be standing on the floor. Try and relax it a little. Don't give it such a stiff posture, remember the toes can bend in a little, there isnt a floor pushing them out.
Other than that, it looks really great, i simply adore how you shade things I really do. And I know that you're just going to keep improving e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Eee thank you so much for the critique Ama!!! <33
Firstly, I was checking up on valhund anatomy (being very unfamiliar with small dog breeds..) and their heads are actually really large in comparison to the body, really emphasized by their short necks and tiny legs.
As for the second point, now that you tell me it's like opening a whole new door. I didn't think about that! But thank you so much for pointing it out, I'll definitely try being more careful with feet/limb placement in future c:
And lastly, completely agree with you there. Bleh I always have a tough time trying to pose things, I always find my poses look too stiff and rigid. Guess I really need to work on relaxing and flexing things around a bit.
Again, thank you so so much Ama! I really appreciate you taking the time to give me some good solid critique, it really helps out a lot <3
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You're most welcome Syph!
After your comment, i checked out what you meant, and i can see the big head. However most of the dogs heads still look like it'd fit into their chest, and yours looks like its bigger than the chest area.
<3
The poses themselves are fine, just loosed up a few of those limbs a little bit. Things like changing the direction of the toes would make a huge difference 
You're most welcome Syph, I'm glad that it was helpful.
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Oh, wow! This looks absolutely stunning! *~* All the details, the poses, the shadings and colours are amazing! You draw both Enigma and Hönkeln looking sooo cute that I'd just want to grab both of them in my arms and ruffle their fluffy hair and feathers <3 I'm also really fond of Hönkeln's expression, he really looks like he's a bit annoyed about his 'little sister' fussing about again (and Enigma looks so cheerful - as always!)
And really, the shading and colouring details on their fur/feathers is just amazing! I really love that style of yours, and you should absolutely do more lineless things like this
Thank you so, so much for this picture and for drawing both of those creatures! This is such a lovely piece of art
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.... I wasn't done yet, comment <__<. BUT ANYWAY YES OMG I love all that fluffy detail on both of them! And I love the way you did the face on the dog! It's so lovely and... idk dog-like. I love the tiny small eyes! And the FEATHER SHADING. LORD. Omg I wish I could shade feathers like that. omg MAKE MORE ART THIS IS THE BEST!!
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Omg IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE ART FROM YOU AGAIN!! Aaaaah this pleases me so greatly yeeesssss. This is so LOVELY too! Omg all that DETAIL and all the anatomical goodness in these two!
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I like! Such good fur definition too -although I have to admit the head size and wing placement of Waiitiz is bothering me a little....I think the lineless approach is good. For example, on Hönkeln's right wing - without the lines the feather definition looks, idk, better.
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