NDA Art Critique Message Boards

Okay here we are. First of all, try not to shade in a darker tone of the base colour, shade in blues or purples - I've shown here - also, much darker shadows make the creature look much stronger and 3d, and basically more real. I couldn't do anything about the wings, but I think the way with wings is to simply draw the out feather by feather.

I don't think it needs to be that dark, but thanks for the reminder Although I haven't started shading it yet (that was just to give it depth, 'cause looking at the flat creature really annoys me) I'll keep it in mind

And I guess that's what I'm going to be doing on the flight down to Vegas, then, if I can't find an easier way XD

Ahh, well I was a little over zealous with the paint over, but you see my point yus? :D

Don't worry, I understand what you are saying!!

Unless you're going for photorealism, which you're not seeing as you're using lines, there's really no need to draw every single feather. In fact all of that detailing can really take away from the overall drawing. Right now the feathers are drawing all the attention, both by their definition as well as the colours, the dragon is completely uninteresting to look at.

In terms of anatomy there's a lot of work to be done, and you may want to look up some pictures of bird wings to get a better idea of what they look like.

Drawing and painting is all about suggesting. By drawing a couple of strong outlines and very lightly adding in some detail, you can very easily suggest feathers. The human eye and brain are quite smart, they can fill in a lot for themselves and this makes the art much more interesting. For that second wing I would suggest you don't draw in a single feather. Only draw the outlines and leave it at that, everyone will understand it's a feathered wing just like the one we're seeing.

Here are some redlines for you;



Oh and another thing, try not to use straight lines too much. They tend to make a drawing horribly stiff-looking.

Thank you all for the wonderful critique and redlines on the wind jackal! Sadly, I've grown tired with the piece, so I'm just going to leave it as it is. And speaking of the Wind Jackal, I'm done it!!! You can come see it here!

http://silver-drake.deviantart.com/#/d2sx0a7

Now, onto Bob for weaslrocks!

Now on to the next request, wealsrock's Bob :D


The ref can be found here http://weaslrocks.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2mlpk5

And here is my first real drawing with my new tablet The blue is sketch, the orange is possible changes.
Is the neck too long?

Thanks for the piece! I really enjoyed it (:

@Lhune, though realistically the tail should be shorter, the serpentine tail kind of fits in with my character more, so I think she was satisfying me more than being realistic. On a side note, that may cause me to rethink his construction, perhaps a shorter tail would allow him to fly better.

It doesn't have to be shorter as much, just more stiff. With 'serpentine' I meant that it has too many bends in it. Utahraptors had pretty long tails but practically straight, to function as a rudder and for balance while running and jumping. The same would apply to flying creatures.

Makes sense, either way, you've given me something to consider.