I would suggest giving some more texture on the skin, some more colors than just the shading.

I would work on the hands, they look to flat and plain. Maybe have her hands bending a little, or something, just to give them life.



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Well, I dont particularly like the style of the art, but thats just me =/
The one thing thats bothering me most, are the feet. They're kinda.. small. XD And the hair is odd... o.o
But I do love the coloring, especially with the water droplet thingies =3

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I love some of the brushes you used in here. While it's not bad, I would really play around with the composition and posing in a piece like this. It doesn't flow as it would with a more natural pose, and if you're not sure of a good pose, try [link] It's good for crazy poses, and it really lets you get the anatomy down!

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Hi!
Great work first of all, the colours are excellent.

However, you have requested the harshest critiquing possible, so here I go...

The first thing that caught me as looking off was the legs+feet. The legs look too short and the feet look tiny. Also the right leg look s sortof detached because of the angle its at.

Next, the fingers bug me - they look very small and seem to have no finger-joints.

Finally, the colouring on the wings look great, however the wings themselves are textureless and might look better if they were more elegant (but of course that's just my personal opinion).


OK, I apologize for making that sound as harsh a possible - it was almost painful to write it like that...
Honestly though, you've done smoe amazing work. Good Job!

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love the colors. but the whole peice is far too saterated. intense colors are often best used to draw attention to the focus of a picture, in this its hard to tell where you want the gaze of the viewer to go.

another common trick is to ad a texture to a piece to add interest. the wings could use a little of this. as could the dress. it doesn't necessarily have to be a texture -of- the thing your portraying. for instance, grass doesn't have to be textured with grass. play around with different textures to see if you can find something interesting.

finally, the pose looks flat. my art professor calls this "fly swatted." foreshortening can be a major pain to master. but its worth it. try to do figure studies from photographs near to the pose your trying to create. do enough of those are youl be golden.

you've got a good sense of whimsy here. the personality of the character really shines through. work to keep that quality as you improve!

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I can only give you my amateur impression!!

First; I absolutely love it!!

I really like how you did the coloring... the textures look great...

I especially like the 3D bubbles.. awesome!!

I like the wings, the color mixture create a very cheerful atmosphere without being overly loud...

The texture and patterns on the wings hair and clothes look great...

I also like the colored lineart, it helps soften the pic a little...

The pose looks very fluid, but I'm not sure about the position of the body... One part of the body is looking at one side and the other to the other side... even though that adds dynamism to the pic, I think the leg position is a little bit too much to the side, especially considering where she's looking at... I'd still keep it bended to the other side, but not so much...

Also to add to the cute factor you could add a little blush on the cheeks...

The anatomy looks fine, but the hands look a tad small... I know it may be the the style but I'd suggest for you too look at references of hands and feet...

Finally the whole pic has a lot of saturation, and even though I'm a fan it'd be nice for a little break, maybe you could create a little soft light to soften things out a little and also create a little contrast... (just a suggestion, but I may be a little bias since I'm fan of contrast)

Anyway, hope it helped...
Nice Work!!

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I would suggest trying to think more of dimensions. This is critique not strictly towards this piece, but a tip to make the next one better

Mainly, there is some elements that is confusing in terms of 3d here. As for an example, it isn't very clear how far the wings stretch backwards, or if they're pressed flat against the back of the fairy.
My tip would be to sketch out roughly how she would look from the side, as an example. This would give you a sense of what goes were.

And lastly, the piece is very pretty, and the composition stretchers nicely from the bottom left corner to the upper right.

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Well it is very cool

I think the idea is there and the texture/effects are amazing - actually bedazzling.
I think you could add some highlights of the little globule things near her of the colour of them.
I think you need to work on the shading of the skin.
I know feet are hard to draw. I think you should take away the little line on the right leg that goes into the foot.

The anatomy is very basic, but maybe that is the style you were going for.

Obviously it's not actually needed to change.. But imo (and yours is as good as mine) I know green is a colour of life, but I think if maybe you added a bit more different colours to her clothes/hair it might looks more.. life-ey. However it might look like there's too much going on, but I mean more solid colours, not the awesome rainbow effects you've made.

I hope you understand what I mean, and I hope it helps

Yeah I noticed that too, the skin is hard to texture though espeically for a girl of her age, I tried putting some textures on it but it just ended up looking very distracting.

The hands I've always had a lot of trouble with. I looked up some tutorials and they really did help me a lot. The idea of more fluidity in this is great, I never thought about that.

Thanks a lot for the input, it helped a lot!

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lol yeah I took it more into a chibi approach since she should look like a kid anyways.

Now that you mention it, the feet really do look kinda small. I guess I should've payed more attention to the figure itself.

Thanks for the input!

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