| Deviant Login | Shop |
 | Join deviantART for FREE  |
Take the Tour  |
#ArtOfThePawAndFang
#TheWolfPack
#Realm-of-Fantasy
#clubanthro
#AnthroCommunity
#AnthroCity
#WerewolvesAtHeart
#Animal-Art-Community
| Anthro / Digital Media / Drawings | ©2011-2013 *AmorpheusArt |
The Journal Portal
Browse Journals |
Polls |
deviantART [dee·vee·un'nt·ART]
Keep in Touch!
|
Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
|
Sta.sh
For one, the figure seems completely upright when the background is angled, or at a different perspective. It's hard to tell, the background is obscured by sun shafts.
Another way the figure is separated from the background is how she doesn't appear to be standing on it. The brightest, or most opaque area of the sun shafts are around her feet, where they should have faded away by now. Her foot is surrounded by light and is not on any ground. There is a shadow, but an unconvincing shadow that looks like a dark halo around her toes. I also think the sun shafts should be a warmer tone.
And I have a few points on anatomy. On her uppermost hand we see a thumb and finger. Without any other fingers, or even a hint at them, the hand looks flat alongside a body with so much volume. The shape and volume of the body are fine, but that hand and the knee directly behind the other knee bother me. Perhaps it's just me, but her head looks very sharply turned under her arm, too. Otherwise, she has a beautiful face.
Nice work on this! Since you requested critique, here's some tips to make this even better.
I'm gonna split it into different parts to make it easier to read.
Anatomy and the character
The detail on the character is quite nice.. Although the pose seems a tad stiff and quite a bit uncomfortable.
I understand that she's supposed to be in mid-movement?
The upper body seems to be where it lacks the most. In particular the shoulder area. The arm on our right side seems in an arkward position, especially considering how the head is bent. It's almost as if her shoulders are too far back compared to the rest of her body.
Also, it's a bit of a shame that you seem to have payed less attention to the arms that the rest. For example, the upper arm (right side of the picture) is considerable thinner than her other arm.
Lighting and shading
While the colors are nice and I like how you detailed the fur, the shading is lacking quite a bit. Doing characters inside rays of light is tough, especially since the sun is also shining through the trees behind her which creates multiple lightsources.. On your character, it seems the lighting is coming from nowhere and everywhere.. Before you start shading, when you're planning your drawing, lay down exactly where your light is coming from and if you have trouble, look up references.
Also, I am not sure if the character is supposed to be glowing? The light is bending around her body unnaturally on the right hand side.
Background and composition
Since you obviously spent a lot of time detailing your character, I really really wished you could have spent a little more effort on your background. It actually made me a bit sad when I found out that the background is just a stock photo.
The background is just as important as the character. Without a solid foundation, your entire image will be lacking, even if you have a really beautiful character. It's not about how good you are at it. It's how much effort you put into it that counts.
The character seems disconnected from the background - the entire forest is blurred and there's no real sense of depth.
I understand if you're not comfortable with backgrounds, but that's what practice is for. Wouldn't it be much more fun to practice and become great at drawing exactly the background you want instead of being limited to what other people photograph?
--
I hope some of my tips will be useful to you
The Artist has requested Critique on this Artwork
Please sign up or login to post a critique.