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PolarisAstrum — Beautiful Ruin
Published: 2009-10-03 18:19:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 786; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 0
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Gift art for of her character Rune.After Molly uploaded a new reference sheet for Rune, I just felt like drawing her again.
Her design is too challenging for me to resist it and I needed to draw her again, but alone unlike I did the first time [link] .
This was a fairly quick work, only Rune took a bit longer because of her markings.
Those rocks are awful, I really need to pratice shading them.
I'm pretty happy with this overall, there are some things I wish I had put more time into, but I like it.
Again, drawing horses lying down isn't something I do too often and I think this is the first time I drew one without a reference.
No critics on this one please, thank you! Unless they're about the rocks, those would be greatly appreciated!
I'm sorry it took so long Molly! Hope you like it!
Rune is © to
Image is © to me.
September 2009
Colored pencils and white oil paint(water).
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I like your rocks. 
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Haha, I understand what you're saying XD Thank you!
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XD I remember, when I drew my vision of your newest character, trying to incorporate geology lessons... Yeah, didn't work too well XD
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OH MY GOD JOANA!!! you seriously are the best! this is so gorgeous!!! i love the ruins in the back.. all of the unicorn statues.. this is seriously the best gift ive ever gotten!! i love it SO much!!!!
you are amazing joana.
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Aww you're most welcome Molly! I'm really glad you like it!
And thank you so much for the comment and 
Btw, I've seen your awesome gift, I'll stop by later!
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of course i love it! its gorgeous!
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absolutly stunning.i lvoe the detales and the background is beautiful.nice work.
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Thank you so much hun!
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wow hun this is stuning! Well your shading has always wow-ed me! (no surprise there XD ) I love the use of all the colours (this must have been some colouring job!?) The equine looks amazing! great job with the pose chick! ^^ He/she just looks like he/she belongs there, I love it! ^^
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I thought that some ruins in the bg would look great along with Rune, because her design reminds me of those ancient buildings and such.
Thank you so much Tara!
And thank you for both
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This looks wonderful, you have such a skill with colored pencils. I think you did a really great job on the pose, and the sand and water looks amazing. I know people have already commented about the shapes of the rocks so I won't really go into it but maybe use some other colors. Usually rocks around waterfalls are kind of mossy or brownish with slime so maybe make them really dark on the left side where the waterfall would be shadowing them, I hope that helps a little, rocks are super hard
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It does! I never really thought of that, and it makes so sense XD
Thank you so much Clara!
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Water looks awesome here! And horse as well.
And I agree about rocks. Their shapes are wrong.And shading could be better as well. I could suggest taking a look at this tutorial [link] I personally like this one. It's for digital paintings but honestly with pencils it's almost the same. You start with highlighting the basic shape of each rock and give it a light shading and then go into details, only difference is that with pencils you must remember not to make them too dark while shading roughly, while in photoshop you always have a chance to add lighter highlights whenever that's needed.
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Thank you hun!
I'll take a look at that tutorial then.
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Oh, this is gorgeous darling. You really have a talent for working with colored pencils, they have never liked me very much at all. 
I think the rocks look good, though as far as critique goes, i would watch out for making them too 'wavy'. You did a good job making them look jagged (which is what you were going for, I assume) but the harsh, straight lines make them look more geometric than organic. I would try using the really dark shadows you used on the sharp lines, but spreading them out, in circular motions, to give them more depth/roundness.
Ugh, what a half-assed critique, i'm sorry. ;-; I'm a terrible person. But I hope you understand what I was saying, and that it was even just a tiny bit helpful.
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Oh no, it's a very good critique, I understood what you said perfectly
Thank you so much!
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Wow, what a nice character! Love this work, everything looks perfect.
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Rune is an awesome char!
Thank you so much!
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