 Comments Hey, thanks for the crit!
 I keep having issues doing his hair... it seems like 70% of the time it comes out looking okay, but the remaining 30% it doesn't. Apparently this is one of those latter times. -_- About the legs... I wasn't totally sure how to resolve that whole area. I wanted to include her legs, but honestly, I'm not that good at the lower part of legs (especially ankles and feet!). I do think that it's theoretically POSSIBLE, but it doesn't really look comfortable. The legs were kind of driving me crazy and I just wanted to get them done, so that's certainly a fair criticism. Thanks again! -- Co-founder at #ATC-Exchange www.MollyBrewerStudio.com  Haha - I definitely know whatcha mean about the legs, its a problem area for me as well. Hell, I use my own advice and sometimes I still have trouble getting that perfect angle. I find that many times, its all about the angles and you might have the right idea but it just doesn't want to work for you, or even when you do get the anatomy perfect, it just looks weird or too forced. Ugh, the perils drawing.
You have a fairly sound knowledge of anatomy though, definitely better then myself. The hair doesn't look bad either, so try not to look at it that way. It looks fine. I was just making the suggestion mainly because, if you want the hair to look tight as thought it been styled then you are in the right direction, but I assumed from the composition you might prefer a more natural approach where the hair is completely loose of any such products, etc. Your on the right track in every area though. Keep up the good work, you can only get even better. <3 -- Goodbye my Sunshine, for we are but smoke and ash... I sometimes do weird things with hair. Some of my characters have really natural-looking hair (like Rian, for instance) but a couple others have this sort of anime-spiky thing going on (younger Trean has this to a huge degree, which is why Farael inherited it
 ). Occasionally it looks more pronounced than other times, I guess. Generally I think I just need to be a little more aware of whether that clumped look is pushing the boundaries of unnatural. Good suggestions -- Co-founder at #ATC-Exchange www.MollyBrewerStudio.com |
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Firstly, the hair. Hair is probably the one this I could say I am best at (simply because I love big poofy locks). Her hair is wonderful done and has a very natural flow to it, but his does not. In order to remedy this, try thinking of how your hair lays when you tilt your head down in a position very simlar to his. Keep your hair down when you do this. Where does your hair go? Naturally, hair will flow over the shoulders and possibly even slightly over the face in strings rather then tight points. This basically means that the hair in back would most likely lay a bit more flat on the nape of the neck and then hair in front would appear to cascade over his shoulders slightly and possibly cover a bit more of his face.
The only other critic I can give is that, other then very well down anatomy, there is only one bit that seems a little out of place. Its hard to tell, but after looking at the piece for a few minutes, it looks as though her right leg is in a bit of a strange position. Again, I find to remedy this, look to your own body when trying to sit down in the same position. Is it possible? In this case, I would recommend her leg not be on its side, but rather the foot be near where her cafe is now and facing foward toward the viewer. This will make the anatomy a bit more spot on.
I realize this is a finished piece, but hopefully these critics help in the future.