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TheChaosController — Let the Flames Begin
Published: 2012-12-18 00:08:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 1019; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 1
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Yes, I know that a lot of people have done a drawing of Mikemeleon already, but I had to. Just try to convince me why I shouldn't.I also thought that I could get back into the swing of colouring after a long while of no digital art caused by school work.
I'm always open to criticism, 'cause I definitely ain't a da Vinci as you can see here.
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what a shame we all became
such fragile broken things
a memory remains
just a tiny spark
i give it all my oxygen
to let the flames begin
to let the flames begin
oh gloryyyyyyyy
sars the title just made me want to paramore lol
i could give you an honest critique, but i hafta warn that my critiques can be rather harsh; you up for it?
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Who wouldn't want to Paramore
You can deal out the critique if you want. How else will I learn?
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phew alright, gotta go get my critique gloves on
so, im gonna point this out right away and ill prolly mention it a lot along the way, but it's real difficult to critique stylized art since it's, well, a style; im a little more used to critiquing semi-realistic pieces, but hey ill try my best! so dont take offense to anything i point out that may just be part of your style~
aight, lets do this. first off i adore the pose; its got a lot of movement in it and really brings out the power in mikes flamethrower there. and i really like the fire too; the flamethrower and the flame on his tail, the way you painted them looks really nice and whooooshy.
again, the flow of the image is real nice, though, hm, the arms and legs looks a bit unproportioned; they dont match up with each other [one arm is thinner than the other, and one leg is longer than the other]. i dont know how to say this without being blunt, since i dont know if you /do/ do this or not, but have you tried using shapes to help flesh out your figures? as in, using ovals for the forearms, lines for the upper arm, and like a circle for the joint; sketching these little things out [although it may seem tedious] really helps out with the figure and proportioning of the whole figure. it seems like you squished the foot closer to us in because you didnt have enough room; sometimes its just easier to reposition the whole thing on the page, and itll look nicer in the end.
fhoo okay hard parts over. the only other things that directly bother me would probably be the claws; maybe its just me but it doesnt look like it flows well with the rest of the pic; the claws are kinda abrupt how they curve away from the curve of the arm. if they had the same kinda angle curve as the arm, it would look a little better... idk maybe thats just me. oh, i wanted to mention the way that the mouth snarls; see, when an animal snarls, its lip curves up away from its gums, exposing the gum and the teeth, and sort of wrinkling up around where the curve of the snarl is; often times this makes the bottom part of the eye lift up a little bit. its kinda hard to explain, but hopefully you get my meaning. just a little something that'll make him look more menacing lol
only other thing i can suggest is that maybe the highlights on him could be more extreme and more yellow-ish, as the light coming from the fire would come off as yellow. also enhancing the shadows would work well too.
i think thats about it; im no good at backgrounds myself and what youve done is better than what i could ever do xD oh, did i mention that i really like how his hat is flying off his head? that made me smile xD overall its a great picture, just a few little improvements and it could be fantastical c:
[sars its kinda late and im talking to two dorks over skype, so if this is really lame and rushed blame them lol]
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Thank you so much for this! It's good to get an honest opinion on these things.
I did have a bit of suspicion on the arms, legs, and claws, so I'm glad that I knew that there was a something to it. I actually do do the posing thing that you talk about, so I guess that it's just my sense of proportions that I need to work on. The lighting thing is also something I desperately need to work on (I've only been doing digital art for a little over a year along with detailed colouring, so that's my excuse 
And I'm glad you like this piece overall! Thanks again for this!
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oh yay i wasnt overly rude after all <3 im glad you appreciate my critique!
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This is really awesome! 
Criticism huh? Well, the main thing I spot is the back of the hat. It's rather long, making it almost like a musketeer's hat of sorts instead of a cowboy hat. I think it could be shortened. That's just a opinion though.
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Glad you like it!
Yeah, usually I over exaggerate length and width on my drawings sometimes. It is good to understand what a limit would be before you end up changing the appearance entirely into something different, even if it's a matter of opinion of other people.
Thanks for the feedback.
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