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Published: 2017-04-01 08:45:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 240; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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Description I know I won't get many favorites for this, but I worked so hard on it.. Dx

So I know you veterans/army fanatics will critique this hardcore (I say that cause two army friends already told me what I got wrong.

1. I know with the salute, the fingertips need to be at the eyebrow, but fingers are hard, yo.
2. The uniform's camouflage needs to be lighter (cause the Army's changed their uniforms since the times of the picture took the reference from). Plus, I don't even think it's the right uniform design. But again, the reference I took it from had that style.
3. "You're not an E4, you don't have a rank yet." Yes, I know. I made that my rank cause that's what I'm working towards (first, anyway) when I get in the Army.
4. The flag isn't precise. the blue part's a bit too big. There aren't enough stripes and stars. I was going towards a close-up look of the flag, and this is my first time working with the line tool on my drawing app.

It wouldn't have taken me so long if I wasn't trying new tools while I was drawing/coloring. And since this is a military-based drawing, I wanted to get every detail right before posting it. But of course, I couldn't exactly get everything right. I respect the military too much to screw up on it.
Plus- People are mean when you get something wrong on things they like..

Well, those are my critiques. I have a ton more (the pose is a bit off, the eyes are a bit wonky, the smirk looks weird, etc.), but I'll leave it at that. I have work in 3-4 hours, and I need to at least get some sleep. Hope you like all my efforts in one picture!

Thanks for liking my art!
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Comments: 10

FireNotez [2017-04-01 12:36:44 +0000 UTC]

I really like this! I don't know anything about the army....or about flags to be honest, but it looks great.

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ElliTheInquisitive In reply to FireNotez [2017-04-01 12:54:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yeah, I just put that info for the people that night it pick it, like my army friends. ^^

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Blue-Swallow-Comics [2017-04-01 08:54:02 +0000 UTC]

I like it! Truth be told, I love military stuff, so I dig this. And...I never knew about the salute above the eyebrow thing, I learned something new. xD

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ElliTheInquisitive In reply to Blue-Swallow-Comics [2017-04-01 08:56:29 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, a proper salute has the finger tips at the eye brow. But fingers are tough.. I mean, it wasn't that hard drawing that, but having to adjust the arm just to fix the hand sounded like a pain. Dx So I chose not to.
And thank you! It was tough, and surprisingly, the camouflage wasn't that hard to color.

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Blue-Swallow-Comics In reply to ElliTheInquisitive [2017-04-01 17:30:55 +0000 UTC]

The camouflage I find really nice, also. :3 Softly colored and not distracting the eye. Fingers are tough! But keep it up, and you'll get better at those too.

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ElliTheInquisitive In reply to Blue-Swallow-Comics [2017-04-02 07:47:20 +0000 UTC]

The style of uniform isn't even right. Cause they updated it to a pixel-y camouflage design. But I found that kinda hard to do. Later, though!
And yes, I'll get better with time in hands. Just gotta research hands a bit more. Though, to be honest, they're my favorite things to draw. They make the picture if drawn right.

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Blue-Swallow-Comics In reply to ElliTheInquisitive [2017-04-02 12:42:12 +0000 UTC]

Oh, right! Those pixel camo's, I love those, in real life, got like a t-shirt of those from a military shop. In fact, I'm thinking about getting a cap that has the pixelated camouflage on it.

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ElliTheInquisitive In reply to Blue-Swallow-Comics [2017-04-02 16:51:51 +0000 UTC]

Soon, I'll be getting those for free! ^^

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Blue-Swallow-Comics In reply to ElliTheInquisitive [2017-04-02 18:02:16 +0000 UTC]

Lucky you! xD

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ElliTheInquisitive In reply to Blue-Swallow-Comics [2017-04-03 02:39:06 +0000 UTC]

Yup, I'm pretty lucky. B)

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