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Now I fully perceive my power. But what is my purpose?I decided to redo my drawing Controlled Power from 2004 for the So I Herd u Liek Progress contest (the goal being to redraw an older piece of fanart to see how much you have improved). I missed the deadline for the official contest, but I still get the prize of seeing how much I have improved. The original version of Controlled Power is one of my most popular submissions to deviantArt, but it is so old. I can do this much better now.
Comparison: [link]
Media: Pencil Sketch, Derwent Colored Pencils, Eraser, Tortillion
Begun: May 29, 2011
Completed: June 5, 2011
Critique is always greatly appreciated!
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Comments: 14
cheesecakeOO [2012-06-08 08:40:40 +0000 UTC]
great work here! i'm not familiar with pokemon, but still i want to give you some general critics.
first, i really like your composition and your general lineart. the proportions look great, everything fits together, your lines are consistent in their thickness and the curves look just right. you evenaccomplished to add some mimic in his face. also, i like the way you melt the colours into each other - how smooth you got them as well as how you added mirrored colours (i don't know how to describe that in a better way) like when you added the purple of the tail in his upper thights, for example.
still, when i look at the piece, the first thing i notice is the floor on which the light reflects (which is great, by the way). To get the viewer to look at the pokemon first, i would suggest using brighter colours in the fire (leave more white! i think smudging here might be the problem, it makes the colours look a bit dirty) and if i'm right and the pokemon is partly metal-ish, it would reflect the light more (like the floor does). i also would suggest a brighter red for the cables/wires you have here. one last thing, then i'm done: it would not hurt to leave a bit more room to the left and the top of the drawing, so the flames would have a bit more room.
other than that, a really really good piece, keep up the great work!
(sorry for my english by the way, i'm not a native speaker)
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ritabuuk In reply to cheesecakeOO [2012-06-15 05:19:48 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for your critique (and I am sorry for the late reply )
I definitely agree with all your points, especially about needing more space on the top and the left. Wow, I hadn't noticed that at all, and now that you have pointed it out, it is suddenly glaring.
Your comment makes sense, no worries. The only part I am a little unsure of what you mean by "mimic" in "mimic in his face".
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Tetrodoxin [2012-03-18 19:50:55 +0000 UTC]
First of all I have to apoligize my English, I'm not a native speaker
I admit I'm not that familiar with Pokemon, but I do have family member who's a fan. And I do like Mewtwo
Smooth work with your chosen technique. I like how you've made the blue fire, there's something dreamlike about it. I also like how you done those metal parts, especially how you've created that texture (= metal looks like metal ) I also love the colors and how you played with darker and lighter tones near the light source.
I checked out the comparison link and I must say you have improved tons
A little critique : While I think you've gotten the light right near the light source, the shadows seem a bit flat in wires: maybe if you added more brighter red near the light source, it could help. Also if you darkened just a little bit those wires in where there is the darkest spots in the picture, for example where wires disappear out of the picture, I think it would add more depth in the picture
Overall I think you done great work with this one, it's not that simple to manage with pencils, which you did great with. To me it seems you do know what you are doing when you start to draw a picture
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ritabuuk In reply to Tetrodoxin [2012-03-20 20:57:44 +0000 UTC]
You make sense, and your advice about the wires seems like a great idea. Thank you!
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Tetrodoxin In reply to ritabuuk [2012-03-20 21:20:15 +0000 UTC]
No problem, I'm glad I could help
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Becky-GirlDDD [2011-06-13 09:10:40 +0000 UTC]
luv the medium, so effective for this! Mewtwo is my all time fav Pokemon
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Atticus-Morwing [2011-06-07 19:39:45 +0000 UTC]
Well, well.
Someone just re-defined the word "kickass".
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roleplay4life [2011-06-05 22:40:00 +0000 UTC]
Amazing improvement. (: But personally I think the first one was pretty well-done, too!
Love the tangle of wires. So striking. I also like the dark lighting.
Nicely done!
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ritabuuk In reply to roleplay4life [2011-06-07 00:25:56 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! When I started sketching this, one of my thoughts was, "This time, there will be a lot more wires!"
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