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EnigmaticEpidemic [2018-01-27 16:07:10 +0000 UTC]

Greetings!   I'm from ProjectComment and I'll be critiquing your work today. Let us begin!

I'll start with what I like about the piece...

First and foremost, the subject matter is a guinea pig and I adore these little guys  (I had the same reaction you had in the description). The overall shape of both the head and the body is pretty well done as well with just a few errors here and there (I'll discuss these later). Overall, the color scheme of both guinea pigs is decent with only the yellow (the bottom guinea pig) coming off as a bit unnatural. Not so much as it comes off as completely jarring, however. The bit of blending around the top guinea pig's cheek/whiskers I find interesting as well and while I'm not sure if it was intentional or simply a mistake, I believe it looks quite nice and this blending could possibly be used in future projects with markers. The little speech bubble featuring the signature noise of a guinea is also rather cute and a nice touch. Overall, this a really cute piece (How dare you subject me to such cuteness. It burns!) and is truly a cuteness overload. Kudos!  

Alright, now onto what I think could use some work...

While the overall form looks like a guinea pig and is, to reiterate, pretty well done there are a few things I'd like to point out. Guinea pig eyes tend to be a bit more circular while the top guinea pig's eye looks more like a rectangle/square. The bottom guinea pig's eye is better, albeit a bit too almond shaped. Some of the proportions are a bit off as well. For instance, the top and bottom guinea pigs' noses are a bit too big in comparison to the rest of their faces (I'd advise shrinking them just a tad) and the bottom guinea pig's head also appears to be a bit too big for its body as well. The bottom guinea pig's whiskers could also be a bit thinner and longer along with a bit more detail being put into the feet (they look a bit awkward as just scribbles). I'd advise using reference pics (there's a ton of guinea pig pictures on the internet all of which are squee worthy, minus the ones of cooked guinea pigs) and I found this video on Youtube (2) How to Draw a Guinea Pig - YouTube. Granted, I don't know if you'll be drawing more guinea pigs in the future and the tutorial is for pencil, but perhaps it could be useful . The color scheme of the bottom guinea pig (primarily the yellow) is also a bit...odd. The yellow is a bit too bright in my opinion and against the black it makes it look like a bumblebee’s color scheme. I believe you were trying to make it appear as cream, however, and mixing/blending some colors may be able to make it a lighter shade although I'll admit, I've never actually tried drawing with markers so I don't exactly know how well they would blend.

Apologies if this didn't help/wasn't what you were looking for and feel free to disagree with or ask me to explain the reasoning behind any of my criticism. After all, it's all just my own opinion and in the end, it's your drawing therefore, your decision. Best of luck to your future drawings and endeavors  (I've taken a look at your gallery and can definitely see improvement ) Always keep drawing and always keep improving!  

-EnigmaticEpidemic

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ProtoTEnterprise [2018-01-24 17:31:00 +0000 UTC]

I´m from

Rodents or Hamsters are one of the most adorable and tender animals that I saw in my life, even more than a Chihuahua.

However, this drawing shows that it is made by one who just enters the world of the draftsman completely and what better to start with a Hamster.

The way they are drawn is very good and I like that the one on the bottom has a kind of "shirt with abjea colors", but it is confused if it is your skin or your clothes.

The colors are fine, but you notice some blank spaces that could have filled the inking markers.

But honestly, I do not understand the one above that screams "WHEEK!". It seems that he used a mask or that's his head, it shows something out of line and the mouth is too confused with the nose to be drawn both with the same tone of the red marker.

To finish, I do not say that the drawing is bad and in fact, I like it and the Hamsters have style. But it is clear that with time, you will improve for good and beyond. Keep it up.   

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charmedstudio [2018-01-24 16:52:02 +0000 UTC]

I like the simplicity of the guineapig, what is the other image above the guineapig?

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