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ZODIAC


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My Zodiac comic and characters. Superhero anthro!

Critiques

by =inaliak

First off, It is a beautiful work to be sure. An envious piece of art and worthy of a critique. If you don't mind, I'm going...


OK. A nice pic and traditional colored pencil to boot. Let's begin. For this critique, I will be using the method coined by the ol...

by *Moongara

OK This is a good piece and a better camera shot. I admire the time it takes to construct something like this from hand and I think th...

If you would like a critique, send me a comment. Please leave me a critique if you can.

ARTISTIC CHARTER

Wed May 27, 2009, 6:47 PM
  • Mood: Zest
  • Listening to: Radio
  • Reading: Mastering Digital Painting Techniques
  • Watching: Dr. Who
  • Playing: Street Fighter IV
  • Eating: Sunflower Seeds
  • Drinking: Mello Yellow (Nectar of the Gods!)
COOL ARTISTS / FRIENDLY PEOPLE - They talk to me!

:iconaelius24: :iconjodimest: :iconchochi: :iconjusticefrog: :iconlqctim: :iconebonyleopard: :iconwyntherknight: :iconincarnadine91: :iconlone-wolverine: :iconself-replica:

:iconkindergirl: SHE'S MY POOKY!


It has come to my attention that I have a long way to go as an artist. Mind you I think I have improved quite a bit even in the last year and DA has a lot to do with that. I've seen the great art done by some many others and it has encouraged me to strive for the same level of competence. Competition can be a good thing.

Still, I've seen many areas where I fall short and somethings that I keep doing which I should not. I'm going to keep a list and update the list as more of these things are revealed to me. My main method of acquiring these nuggets of wisdom is from critiques. I'm not the best at accepting criticism I admit. There is an art to delivering the critique without crushing the soul of the artist. Some have it, some don't but I'm going to try and be strong and pragmatic about this.

If you can think of any qualities about my art that need to be corrected, please let me know. If I agree, I'll add them to the list here and we'll keep this as a list of self improvement goals! OK?

5/27/09 - BOOBS! Okay, this one needs some explanation and is not as shallow as it initially sounds. I just couldn't come up with a wittier tag line. The problem, as it was pointed out to me by my father-in-law, is this: I draw all my female characters boobs very similarly. That is, quite large and almost perfectly spherical making them all appear to have had breast enhancement surgery and gone about one cup size too far. He was right too. I do tend to make them all roughly the same cup size and sometimes way too round.

Good God, I think most of the population of artists on DA seem to have this same problem. Shame too, cause there can be so much variation in the female form that it is staggering and a woman does not have to be an oversized triple D to be beautiful. I'm honestly not a fan of the boob-job stripper look but I guess I'm just imitating what I see so much of. Maybe too much of. Need to work on that.

I once even had definite plans on how to deferentiate my female Zodiac characters from each other by giving them definite differences in cup size. In order from smallest to largest that would be Scorpio, Virgo, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Aquarius and Taurus. That was my plan but looking back they are all roughly the same size. That's just boring. And just as boring is making all the guys roughly the same physique. That just means I have poor range as an artist. I wanted each of my guys to have a recognizable body shape and I've gotten away from that too. Need to redouble my efforts so this is a good wake-up call.

Allright, that was a good start and something to think about and work on for me. Like I said, I'll update this journal every so often with some thoughts on how I can improve based on what others have told me. I encourage other artists to read it as well especially if they know they could use some advice. Most of the advice I get could probably work for most beginning artists.

ZODIAC FOR SALE AS TRADE PAPERBACK! New Price of $13.99!
Available through Indyplanet. Contains the first 100 pages from here on DA plus all the character bio pages. All you need is paypal to purchase!
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COMMISION WORK TO DO
Monthly Zodiac Quetzalcoatlus comic for :iconcalhanthirs: June-finished!
Valkyrie cover for :iconamtrak: in July
4 "First Mission" pages for :iconamtrak: in July
Villainess pic for :iconradarnocturn:
Kangaskan ghostbuster pic for :iconashkihyena:

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Tennessee
  • Interests: Anthro Art, Comics, Kung-fu
  • Favourite movie: Shao-lin Soccer
  • Favourite band or musician: Gorillaz
  • Favourite genre of music: Anything fast
  • Favourite artist: Vicki Wymann, Artist for XANADU
  • Favourite style of art: Anthro, Comic Book
  • Operating System: Vista
  • Favourite game: Fighting Games & Roleplaying Games
  • Personal Quote: Touch It!
  • Tools of the Trade: pencil, ink pen & photoshop

Would You Be Interested in buying a printed version of the Zodiac comic from me?

36%
45 deviants said Yes. Depending on the price
29%
36 deviants said Maybe. Not sure
22%
27 deviants said Yes! Definitely
13%
16 deviants said No. No thank you.

Comments


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May the gods be between you and harm in all the empty places that you must walk. ^_-- an ancient Egyptian blessing...
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Always looking for more talented anthro artists!
I was actually curious how you do a few deviantart-related things.

Like when you refer to another artist, how do you have it be their icon/link to their profile?

How do you make folders in your gallery? I got everything piled in one thing and would like to separate my drawings from my writing.

I've been on deviantart for years and i still feel like a browser, not an artist sometimes!
well, there are two ways I know of to put someone's name in a comment. The first just shows their name but it works as a link. Type the word "dev" before their name and put the entire word between colons.

the other shows their avatar and instead of putting "dev" before their name you type "icon" and again put the whole thing in between colons. No spaces!

As for making folders in your gallery, go to your gallery and click the button that says "edit". When you do that, you'll see to the left a button that says "new folder". Once you have some folders made, you can move your stuff around while in "edit" mode.

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Oh, one other thing.

What do you call those blue line pencils?

I see pieces done in faint blue pencil all the time but I never figured out what it was much less where I could get one.

I found an art supply store near my place so I can go get one if I knew what to look for.
they are commonly called "non-photo blue". They are good because if you scan in black and white, the scanner won't pick them up.

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Thanks a bunch!

Now i just have to remember it!
Hello there, I'm not much for anthro but I do like your page. I don't really count it as anthro but I have a gnoll you might like =)

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Thanks!

Gnolls actually are anthro art by technical definition. Hyenas given human-like bodies and behavior it totally anthro as are many creatures in D&D like minotaurs, bullywugs, werewolves (debatable) and many others.

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