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Published: 2016-07-16 17:23:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1421; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 0
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Here, enjoy some cutesy stuff!
Yes, Emilia again. I couldn't resist.
And yes, Ralden also has facial expression other than his typical "I'm awesome and I'm also mentally undressing you right now"-smile.
It's funny, but even though Ralden is pretty hardened and also an experienced lover who would engage in almost any depravity at any time without blushing, Emilia can make him flustered with nothing more than a few warm words and some soft gestures. I have no idea what she's saying to him in this picture, but he sure didn't expect it.
Emilia is my OC and Ralden is 's OC. They're both from our original RPG.
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I like this work very much, great rendering of the hair
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Thanks, I'm glad to hear that!
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I really like the tenderness of the moment you depicted and how the colours and expressions of the portrayed characters all come together to support this mood. You can see they share a very important moment toghether. I did read some other comments below, as not to repeat something but help you out with further critique, and in this context I want to express that I am totally okay with the lack of "real" background in this image. I think it helps to support the mood further and I also think you wanted to represent the characters abstractly in the background? As the right colour matches her and the left colour matches him... But correct me if I'm wrong. In any way, I would use this kind of background in a bit different way. Think of flipping right with left - this would surround the light character of Emilia with a dark background and the dark character of Ralden with a light background. This way you could improve the contrasts in your image and also tell the story a bit further. You would have a good focus on her and I think you might be able to portray something like she is helping him out of dark thoughts or something like that (if you want to do that of course). In any case what I want to express is, even with this very simple backgrounds you can tell quite much and try something beside the expected
Other than that you already got some helpful critique below, and I hope we all could give you some useful tipps 
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Thank you for your comment!
Yes, you're right, one reason I chose to make this kind of background was to represent their personalities. But you raise some good points and it would indeed fit their relationship well, since in a way, Emilia is helping Ralden out of his personal darkness.
Thanks again, I'm always happy to get some advice and I'll definitely be able to work with what you and the others told me.
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It is definitely an interesting thing to note that Ralden isn't easily flustered. They sure do seem to be having quite the tender moment. It almost looks a little bit like a confession or thanks of some sort (if that even makes sense. I'm NOT a romantic person) The light that seems to be coming in from the northeast corner feels like it is illuminating the scene, so that kinda further makes me think that something was revealed that was both touching and perhaps a little unexpected. Ralden's lightly raised eyebrows and slightly open mouth also add to this, good work with that
There are a couple anatomical things I will point out for future improvement. Ralden's eyes look slightly too high on his head. When you draw a head, you have a circle with the eyes below the halfway point and the nose typically at the lower part of the circle. Everyone's faces will show some variation, but I'm thinking either his nose is too long or his eyes are too high up. I notice this because I used to put eyes a bit too high on the face as well. Another thing I think you might do to improve is your hands. You have the basic form down, which is quite the accomplishment. Hands are hard to draw! Although the overall form is good, there are almost no details. We should see some wrinkles over the knuckles, some suggestions of tendons in Ralden's hand at least and we should see some fingernails. Emilia's thumbnail is visible, which is good, but then we don't see any other finger nails. I'm thinking based on the lighting, the east side of Ralden's face should be more shadowed under his hair, and Emilia's face should show a little shadow from where her hair is falling partially over one eye. You have done a wonderful job of suggesting the muscles on Ralden, and I really love his eyes The texture in the eyes is wonderful, and the little highlight makes them more life-like. Plus you also added some red to it suggesting blood vessels. You did a phenomenal job on the eyes. The hair is also very wonderfully done on both characters. I like Emilia's curls too. You don't see curls very often (probably because they're a bit harder to do), so it is nice to see that she isn't just another character with straight hair.
Something you might consider (this is not a criticism) is to add more background. Right now we just have light and color, but perhaps you can add more background to tell your audience things about your characters. Are they inside or out? Do they live in a primitive or advanced society? Is their meeting public, secret, an open secret, etc.? There is nothing wrong with what you have now, but this is something you might consider in future. I read the descriptions, but not everyone does.
Anyhow, very nice work overall. Keep up the good work!
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Don't worry, it makes perfect sense to me. (Despite of what I draw, I'm not a very romantic person, either. XD) It might well be a confession or a thanks. I didn't have a specific sentence in mind, just that it must be something very personal and unusual. I'm happy to hear that the lighting and Ralden's expression worked!
You're right about the position of the eyes, they're too high - it's a problem I've had ever since I started steering away from a mostly manga/anime inspired style towards something more realistic. I think these guidelines will help me.
You also have a good point about the hands, a bit more detail would definitely make them look better. (And it's also the next logical step now that I've learned the basics.) I'll be sure to consider this in my future drawings!
I'm glad you like Ralden's eyes, they are always a bit difficult to draw! They are permanently reddened because of an accident he had (same on that gave him his scars). I love adding such details. 
And yeah, I also love drawing hair! Curls are indeed harder than straight hair, but I don't care that much... it's always a personal highlight for me, haha.
Thanks for your thoughts on backgrounds. When I drew this it was mostly to relax a bit, so I didn't feel the need to draw anything special in the backgrounds (they are difficult for me). But since this is an issue I want to tackle in my art, I'll definitely keep your words in mind.
Thanks for this long comment, I really appreciate it!
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You're most welcome Glad I was able to offer some good advice
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Here from Project Comment:
First , really love your work.I especially like how you shaded the girl.mostly the hair.It looks like when someone looks a thr picture he/she could tell How the hair is flowing , i mean to which direction, and Which parts of the hair are from the inside or the outside .
Now for the skin shading , a lot of people shade withe the darker color , which is natural , but personnaly I think in order to make the piece look more alive using luminosity layers where light hits the character , and multiply layers with a shade of blue or purple would make everyhting pop up out of the drawing .
Now to the male character's hair, I really love that you didn't keep a solid color , especially when the hair is white it usually ( from my opinion) , needs a lot of shading so it doesn't look like you forgot to fully color it . Pluss the eyes look really vivid and the shading on the skin is spot on. Overall , It is a great work , I would love to see more ! ^^
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Thank you, I'm glad you like it.
I agree about the skin shading, it's a bit dull - luckily I recently found a way to make it look better and more alive.
(If you're curious, here's a slightly newer picture with a brown-skin/light-skin couple where I utilized that new method: fav.me/daac0h5 ) ^^
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I like the different tones of the background, it seems in touch with the character, a dark colour for the tough one and a light colour for the soft and caring one
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Thank you very much. That was indeed part of what I thought while drawing this, I'm happy you noticed.
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Thanks.
When someone has clear what to do, it's easier that the others manage to see the author's thoughts, and this is exactly your case
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Thank you! I loved drawing them, I think they give him a rather distinct look.
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This is lovely, the shading is wonderful and I love your style^^
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