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When I read this yesterday it seemed weird to me that you specifically asked about consistency. There's so much of interest on all those pages that I'd be thinking about just about anything else before I got to that thought. 
To me, looking at the 3 of them, it feels like the girl is from, like, the middle ages, and then the tall gay guy is from, like, the Renaissance or middle ages, and then the wizard below is from a little while after that. 
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Ah! Another person working on character design!
I clicked on your Gallery
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*Checks to see if you've done that*
Well, it's not your character but it still looks like you did it! 
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It would depend on your medium. Like, for colored pencils, I'd suggest using a kneaded eraser, if you use it gently.
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Hi
It's hard to tell from the photo, but I think what you need here is finding a light direction and give better determined shadows to the body and dress. The hair and face and right (her right) shoulder show more contrast between light and shadow than the dress, also the direction seems to be different (light comes more from the right, while the dress looks more like it's lit from the front). So, defining the shadows on the dress is one step towards realistic look. Think 3D. Find where light comes from, give large soft shade on the opposite side, then add contrasting deep shadows in small areas completely hidden from light (folds, crevices), and don't forget to leave highlights on the closest to the light areas.
Second thing to consider is adding more hues to the dress. Think about making colorful shadows. Or you can add subtle tints on the highlighted parts. Make the fabric look more variative.
And the third thing, that will be trickiest, but can give a nice finishing touch. Reflexes. The sky-blue dress can give subtle blue reflexes on the skin, and closeness to the skin can give warm pinkish reflex to the dress (especially if it's a glossy silky one). Don't overdo it (and don't forget that reflex is never darker than the surrounding color), but a few touches here and there can make the image look more unified.
Hope this helps you! If something is hard to understand, feel free to ask, I'll try to explain better or find tutorials 
I love the idea of your drawing, a pretty girl with non-classical body constitution is a great idea and you did a good job showing her beauty
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Hello!
If you would like an answer, please include a specific question. Example questions are:
- I know something is wrong with the chin of the person I'm painting, but I don't know what it is exactly and how to fix it?
- I finished this piece, but now I'm not sure about the colours. Can someone tell me if they work together?
- I don’t think the composition of my photograph is quite right. Is there a way I can crop it to improve it?
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I am an aspiring art hobbiest. Just in the last year or so have I started working in the digital medium. I know in this picture some of the anatomy is a bit yuck so that's not a great concern for me at the moment.
In every picture I make I try to do something new or more complex than the last picture. That being said, any advice on the background, shading, clothes or even the little dragon would be welcome (these were 4 areas that I tried to improve on in this time around).
Thank you all for your time and consideration, I look forward to hearing from whoever wants to comment ^^
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Thank you for the advice
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How do I reduce the 'amateur' look this drawing gives off? What exactly makes it look odd?
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That's a really difficult question to answer. The simplest answer is to entirely change the way you do backgrounds. Whatever the technique you used to make everything in the picture except the subject, it's a very amateur technique, so it makes the whole picture look amateur.
The most specific thing I can say is that... the coloring has this... flatness to it.
So I guess it's amateur looking because it does this thing amateurs do where they want to just color the whole background flat and be done with it, BUT they know that's a problem, so then they start putting gradients in the flat colors... but you can't color properly with gradients, so they add highlights and shadows to the edges of them... like, really soft, like, colored on shadow, or something. Like airbrush on some shadows and clouds, and then DONE. But then also sometimes novices rely too heavily on brushes that are too obviously brushes, in an attempt to look better than they are.
It doesn't look like you colored the subject this
So yeah, you clearly understand that the background should not be treated like background but should be part of the piece, like the character(s), but it still looks like you treated it like background. :/
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Well I wasn't trying to say you weren't putting in the effort. 
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While I'm an amateur myself, I woud suggest to look into composition and perspective. I also think you coud tune the colours in the background down a bit, they're too bright compared to the chareacter (I assume the character is the main focus because they have the most detail). ,Your linework, while not bad in most places, coud also use some more experimenting with line thicness and maybe a bit more practice... I think that's all, your piece is actually pretty good and far better than anything I coud make, have a good day!
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I think it might look better with more space around, especially at the top. If you have the time, expand it out and then you can crop it again to an ideal size.
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Ello!
So, the colours look a bit strange to me... And, I wanted to get a 2nd opinion.
If anything else looks odd, please tell me...
Cheers!
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Thanks a lot, mate!
I'll try to work on that in the future!
Cheers!
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Good work for such a quick production! Solid anatomy and cartoon style without too much exaggeration.
Colors look fine as a combo of warm and cool, though you might want to consider some white edge accents on the stars to add some depth, like you put edges on her legs. Dark eyes have me put off, but it's your style. Consider adding contrast there - eye shine at least. You're implying texture (bricks?) on the base object. Follow through with some texture/edging on the side clouds and heart flowers.
Just some tweaks needed to bring some depth to the scenery like you did to the character. Have fun!
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I'll be sure to work on my backgrounds and things like that in the future!
Thanks a lot, mate!
Cheers!
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heyooo
does this look really bright on your screen?
you don't have to answer anything else below since this is a quick comment thread ;v; but it'd be awesome if you have any tips!
more info and questions: it looks fine on my screen, but when i look on my friend's computer it becomes intensely bright. i don't know which color is the correct one. is there a way to know? i find this to be a major issue because this means that i have no way in telling what my art will look like if i were to sell it as a print.
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It looks quite bright, but the colors match each other nicely and it looks like it was intended this way.
I agree to the other commenter's suggestion about calibrating the monitor, but some monitors are just discolored due to old age or low quality. If you have a phone with a nice screen, it's actually a good way to check yourself too.
As for other tips - it's hard to tell anything because this is quite a stylized image. Still want to point out that the hand's fingers look boneless or broken (but maybe it's a demonic hand which is meant to be this way
Another thing that made me pause a moment - the preview looks as if those black fingernails are the creature's eyes, it was a bit confusing until I opened the fullsize and realized where the real face was. Is the blurry and undetailed face done this way on purpose also?
I really love the color scheme btw. And I think that the image looks unusual, metaphorical maybe. It makes one stop, and look and think for a while
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Display calibration is very important for your work to be seen at it's best. I've visited websites with darker themes were apparently hiding things from me, until I learned my monitor was set too dark! Here's a good calibration site to try out: www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/
Play with the settings until things are working well for you, and then see how it looks. Proper settings will get you closer to how things will look when you work with a professional printing service. They can make adjustments at their end, too.
Good luck!
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I really didn't like how this one turns out. How can I improve my painting of the water?
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Loving your work on skin and structure! OK- water. The big question is what you want to portray. I'll assume you want more realism, so you can work from there toward your goal.
The first question is viewing angle. The more overhead looking into the water you are, the more you can see into the water, because lower angles become more and more of a mirror. This image is a high angle view, so the arm and skin should be visible (in clean, clear water) down to the elbow and chest.
Next is how disturbed is the water - smooth, rippled, choppy, etc. The small waves on the surface act as distorting lenses which move the edges under the water. Consider this image: ralucamelaniaphotography.files… This is similar to your pose, so should be a help to modeling your character.
Lastly is the water surface. As a mirror, it will reflect what's above and behind the subject. Whites and blues for sky, distorted lights for night bridge reflections, and so on. Note how the circular waves in the reference image are only close to the moving parts of the swimmer. Is your character moving, and how much? If stationary, then only the overall water pattern is needed.
You're using wavy blue/white streaks to show the water surface quite well. All I see needed to add is implied water depth by adding transparency showing more of what's under the water. If the water is murky, think of portraying fog to have thing fade into the distance. Murky water can fade over very short distances.
Happy editing!
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Does someone have a tutorial for clothes falling in different positions? I made this not to long ago, and still don't like the how the clothes looks like in her outstretched hand, the fabric looks to tough.
Any help?
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I think this might be what you're looking for:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqH9ew… How to Draw Clothing (folds and creases) This one links to another he's done about cloth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIO4OD… Clothing Folds and You
Hope this helps
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