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jnupaun [2017-11-18 21:21:09 +0000 UTC]

Hey! I was looking through some pieces wanting critiques and yours caught my eye! Before I say anything, if you decide you don’t want this to be in your comment section, you’re totally welcome to delete the comment and/or PM me about it to talk privately! I won’t take any offense haha

First of all I wanted to say that this lighting is so pretty! It’s really comforting and warm looking, which adds to the feeling of the drawing! If I had to say anything more about it I’d say maybe make it a bit less harsh since natural lighting wouldn’t quite work like this, and to be careful of where you place it! Showing the lighting on the edges of the characters is pretty nicely done, but I noticed you continued this throughout the entire silhouette of the characters, even tho there’s a bean bag behind them halfway down! The edge lighting would no longer reach their backs because of the beanbag, so I’d say replace that with shadow. Otherwise nice job!

Your shading is really nice as well! I love the details you paid attention to throughout the pieces, it’s awesome! However, I noticed some inconsistencies in there. The character’s clothing is really wrinkly, while items in the environment are much flatter and realistically shaded. This make wrinkles may be the case if they haven’t ironed their clothing in 25 years, but for this case it doesn’t make a ton of sense. There would be much fewer than this, make sure you’re only placing them on places that are likely to wrinkle! example places would be where the clothes bend often (under the shoulders, elbows, knees, etc), and wherever the clothes may bunch up or hang loosely! If you’re having trouble deciding if some wrinkles somewhere make sense, look up references or put on a similar piece of clothing and see how it reacts with you in the same position. I do this often with baggy clothing! The shading you used for the clothing is also rather dark, and it looks like you only used one color throughout one outfit. One color is normally fine, but when it’s this dark, it just looks slightly odd. I’d just say switch to a lighter shade for lighter clothing!

Last thing, I promise! I really wanted to compliment the background you can see in the window, it’s sososo pretty! I also wanted to compliment the glare you have on the floor, it’s much more realistic than just a flat wooden floor so props to you! I wanted to point out one more thing that stuck me as odd however. The crumpled pages and crayons are a super nice touch, but they quite aren’t in-proportion to the characters! If you’re having difficulty figuring out proportions of environment items like this, try taking the item using the lasso tool and place it next to one of their hands. Is that how big/small it would be if he character held it? If not, then adjust accordingly! I use this trick ALL the time, I also compare the items to head size sometimes to make sure I haven’t drawn the head too big (which you haven’t!)

Again, you are totally free to delete this comment! I can understand why you would and I will take no offense haha. I know I typed a lot so here’s a recap of what I said:

-Really pretty lighting, but doesn’t make sense I’m a couple spots!
-Pretty good shading as well! But I said it was inconsistent in some spots and may have bene over the top on others, I suggested some tips and fixes for this!
-Also a gorgeous background overall!
-Some of the items in the scene don’t quite fit well in proportion to the characters, but I also suggested some ways to help prevent this next time!

I really hope I was able to help! 💞

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