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PillowRabbit

Published: Feb 27, 2017

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snek

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ReckonCat

Feb 27, 2017

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_{Alright, let me start off with saying that most people can not pull off so much negative space, but girl did you! With such a tall canvas, most people have a hard time with not drawing the attention away from the focus of the piece with adding too much "filler." However, you did a phenomenal job with not distracting the viewer from the subject of the painting.

The dulled out colors and deep blues help the viewer interpret that they are watching a scene underwater, along with the bubbles and floating hair of course. You did a good job with the poses, however your anatomy is something I should point out. I've noticed that you have a difficulty with hands. These hands are backwards, the thumbs should be on the outside, not on the inside. If they were on the inside, the palms would be facing the viewer. I recommend doing some hand practice, which can sound lame, but it will improve your artwork! There's never any reason to say no to that, right? c:

I have just a few more errors to point out: there aren't enough cast shadows. The hi lights are great! However, with that bright of a light underwater there should be dark, dark shadows on the two subjects. This would improve the visual quality of your piece. Some places these shadows would be seen: Wherever Ashley's body is in front of her Milotic, there should be a dark shadow cast onto the Milotic's body. But this is also a preferential aspect, so you're fine with not including it. Stylistically, you did great showing the brightness of the light with the hi lights on the trainer's hair, their eyes, the swirls in the water, and the hi lights on Milotic's body. The trainer's head is also a little misshapen, but hey it's way better than what I could do! It's also a stylistic choice of yours. Also the color of the Milotic's other, what is it, an antennae(?), that is shown behind Ashely's right shoulder is a little off. It is too eye-drawing compared to the muted colors of the piece.

I just have to say, the way you did the clothing and her hair is amazing. I don't even have to think for a second why they look like that, and my mind's eye automatically accepts the gravity in this. I believe that you set out whatever it was you intended to do with this piece, and who can argue otherwise? The only thing that isn't clear, maybe because I don't know the Pokemon all that well, is what is actually happening in this piece. Did they find some little glowing object under water? Is there an egg hatching? Is Milotic performing a move? I can't tell.

Overall this is a beautiful piece, and I am enjoying watching your artwork improve each time you publish a new piece. I hope that this helps, and if you ever want any more critiques just let me know!}