C+C for friend, please!

[Flippy_D]

This is her pencil sketch, called, simply, 'Earth'. She'd muchly appreciate feedback, if you wouldn't mind giving some. Bear in mind if I get no replies you're UPSETTING AN INNOCENT GIRL and I might eat you.

Ta muchly,

-Flippy.

[Andail]

Flippy, it's ok - nobody will question your manhood just because you draw girly elf-queens like this

The drawing; not much to say except it looks pretty good. The drawing technique is fine and the cloth texture looks realistic all right.
Her pose is slightly unclear - is she leaning to a wall, sitting on a chair, or just bending over? Her hands are clearly resting on her knee(s), but the dress doesn't suggest satisfactorily that one leg is in front of the other (i.e there is no real depth in the dress).
Her fingers/hands are too sloppily drawn. Hands and fingers are very important to draw clean and clear in this kind of manga-influenced style. Her fingers are way too short and stubby, and her wrist too thick.

Apart from these minor flaws, it's a very good drawing.

[Domino]

Great drawing. But with a little color and a background would probably look amazing.

I like what i see so far.

[stuh505]

I second everything that Andail said, but I'd like to add one word -- gorgeous

I think it's ready to have a final ink version drawn, be scanned in, and colored in Photoshop...if it were to be professionally finished, that is

[Squinky]

Me likey. It looks great.

[Oliver]

I hate that the edges are darker on the dress. They seem a bit too dark. But that is just the only negative thing I can say. Everything else is amazing!

[loominous]

Quick face mod:



I) Looks like her left eye is too far to her left in relation to her right eye. That is, her left eye is further away from the centre than her right.

II) Her right eye looks too small vertically in comparison to the left eye, even with foreshortening taken into account.

III) The ears are very close to the eyes, which might be a feature of the character, but usually they re set way back on the head, past the centre.

IV) It looks like her right ear is connected to her right eye. Seperating that part with a cheek contour will help it make more sense.


Quick, somewhat exhaggerated shading mod:



I) There was some shading done, mostly on the dress. Shading some areas more than others will render the unshaded areas very flat and the small value difference will make the image pop out only slightly.

II) Using a darker shade is as fast as using a lighter, and a single shadevalue per object is sufficient to create some depth so I d strongly recommend it.

III) Giving objects some values to distinguish them is useful even in a sketch. Since I m assuming that she has a white dress and white/yellow hair, what I would make darker would be the woodbranches.

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Really nice sketch in any case, hope you ll post some more. The hair and decorations in particular look great.