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Published: 2009-01-24 07:47:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 6471; Favourites: 208; Downloads: 1
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EDITED AGAIN...this is the fourth time. T_TWhen the wind whispers....the secrets of the trees, the secrets of the rivers, the secrets of the world are revealed.
Btw, PLEASE feel free to give critiques- either in msgs (preferred since I'll be updating this) or as comments. Thanks!
Thank you to iDNAR for advice on the face- it helped loooots when I was still fooling around with the rough colors/shapes. ^_^
Also, pleaaaaase buy print if the urge overtakes you. Me + art + art supplies + college = very, very poor. XP
DETAIL shots can be found here: [link]
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This is my main entry for the Leekeworld contest....won't win, but it was sooo much fun to make. I think this is my best one yet! <3 Thank you leekeworld for inspiring me to make it.
Plus...he's shmexy! 
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Love the open-shirt :giggle beautifully drawn, very cute face and overall expression, and the shading on everything looks so soft and clean too! I'd say he's gorgeous, but he looks like he's 15 or something and so a little young for me to say, or even think that without feeling a little creepy 
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Thanks! ^^ (And I think everyone secretly wishes to have gorgeous silver hair, haha. At least I do XD)
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Absolutely beautiful <333 The background is breath-taking and the character is so gorgeous 
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Whoah, now I do declare. That is fairly sexy. Very nicely drawn. O:
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I can't belive I forgot to fave this before, this is absolutely amazing.
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When I saw this, I was like, "holy damn that is freakin awesome!!!" Amazing colors!
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Haha, thanks! ^_^
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wha? hibit? how? who? dgjisdfo? soarhjas? NDo? gjdsiog? WHAT? how do u DO that?
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His face is just awesome 
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soo amazing, i don't even know where to start, everything about it looks so perfect!
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Such a beautiful painting, really shows your great style; and the attention to the details is amazing as well!)) *loves the necklace*
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amazing! The color and details..good work!!
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Gorgeous work. The way you paint facial features is amazing!
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dear lord he is handsome. OwO
I LOVE the necklace you chose for him.
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how do you do the hair 
anyway, in case you couldn't notice⦠I love his hair!! and his eyes! and just about everything else looks totally awesome too!! 
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(For white hair, you can use shades of blue to create shadows- his hair was originally grey. If you paint grey hair first, you can lighten and use contrast to produce a more white-hair-looking...well, hair LOL. Also, a layer above set on color reaaaaall helps ^^).
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ooh! thankies so much!
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It looks great so far! 
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Composition.
He's looming and doesn't seem quite part of the picture - which is a shame as it's a lovely picture.
Ummm. It might be partly the point you cut him off at.
Looking at it, I could suggest perhaps adding more on the left, and continuing that branch so there's a branch or tree level with or very near to him, depth wise, to ground it all/add depth (currently feels like he's on a flat background). And/or adding a branch in front of him - there's a lovely arcing pattern of the branches moving down and away... they just don't quite stand out enough.
And perhaps - make the sky more clearly separate from the trees? It takes a bit of looking to see ... it all runs together at the back. OR maybe bringing some of the background colours into him, so they aren't so disjointed.
On closeup: petals are very good, work well with the grounding/depth/perspective.
I like the eyes a lot, um. And the jewelry, they are detailed and good colour choices.
Yeah, if you just look at the top half, you have near branch /him /background branches; it works well. The bottom half is a bit too ungrounded in perspective and drags the rest down a bit.
Either change the bottom part or make the near perspective 'stronger' by adding another branch or something.
Skin tones/shading - too uniform/plasticy for me (but might work better for manga style? Not so sure here as I don't like that look so much). Also the shadows aren't as strong as they are on the branches or his clothing, so the light source looks slightly different where the figure is concerned.
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Thanks a bunch for the critique! *Getting to work on it asap*. 
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wow very handsome
I love these delicate colours adn structure
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