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Kasumi

It's tasting time, my steady!!!
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I don't know why, but I felt inspired and decided to make this picture based on my character from the Poké School RPG: Ruby the Eevee, along with Drake the Mudkip and Legacy the Dratini. C & C are truly appreciated.
 
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Oh. My. God. Those are SO adorable! I espcially love Eevee because not only is she cute like an Eevee should be, but she's certainly more beautiful than an Eevee normally is ^-^ It's like she was fed Blue PokeBlocks, hehe. The only critisism (sp?) that I can think of is that when I first saw the picture, I noticed that those two towers in the background didn't look erm...totally 100% appropriate ^-^" Sort of like The Little Mermaid XD But yeah, it's still a 10/10!
 
Wow, wow, wow, Cool!!

Especially Mudkip! I love that mudkip! It's perfect! Plus the background is really good! (especially the floors, and the faded out building)
 
Wow, this is an awesome picture. Eevee does indeed look more beautifull, and graciuos too. Mudkip sems ok to me as well, although his right whisker (or whatever it's suposed to be) seems a bit transparant. Dratini loks fine as well, although it's apperance is a bit snake-like. And I( agree the background's really well done as well, esspecially the texture of the ground and grass
 
Slap me if I'm being overcritical, but let's see, I have a lot to say. Normally I don't comment on your works, but I decided to for once.

Firstly, your lines. I personally think your lines are a little too thick. In fact, they're kind of distracting. Alright if there's a general consistency in hte lines, but that's better when the lines are thinner and you can see more of the thing you're drawing. In some cases I wouldn't mind that kind of line, but you've got a lot of objects in there, and lots of lines... The lines also don't make the picture smooth-looking, and it would be nice if you tapered off your lines in some parts.

Secondly, the colouring. Your grass and your ground are really quite nice, especially the ground, but I think your pokemon colouring could do with some improvement. Firstly the soft brush - I find that most of the time, using only the soft brush and at such a small size looks a little... weird, because for one thing, only fewww things look good with the fuzzy effect. When you make the fuzziness like that by using the brush at that size, it just... doesn't look ince. Sorry I couldn't explain that better. Also, some parts haven't been shaded correctly, and the pokemon aren't forming shadows on the thing next to them. Some of the shading looks incomplete and thus a little off, like on the Mudkip's tail. The shading should go down all the way. The round type of your brush also makes some of the more precise shading not-so-precise. Like Eevee's cheeks - I firstly doubt they need so much highlighting, and besides that, some of the highlighting has only certain areas/shapes depending on the contour of the object, and if you look at the area between Eevee's left cheek (from the viewers POV) and its nuzzle, it's a lighter shade than the skin, when it shouldn't really be, because it's a slight depression, then the nuzzle extends out. There should also be shading at the part of Eevee's head not facing the light source. That's just an example, btw... Oh, and the towers in the background, they COULD be a little more clearly shaded, since they are in the background one should see the shades and highlights clearly... and the edges could be cleared up.

As for shapes, generally nice, except the Dratini I have a bit of a bad problem with. The lower half of Dratini, unfortunately, just looks distorted. Sorry to be so crass, but the thickness of hte body just unnaturally changed like that, and later it looked weirdish. The paws also look a little unrealistic, or at least they really don't fit in with the rest of the picture like the grass and the ground. Those were nicely rendered, but the paws look more childlike... I know paws are !@# to draw sometimes, but surely they could be tapered a little.. still, not much of a problem with that.

I know I've been criticizing too much and not commending enough, and I'm sorry if I depress you or make you pissed off or anything, but that was a very honest post up there. I don't know if my advice is the best or anything, and I hope I didn't strike as acting like I was so good and all, but hopefully it's for the better. x_o

Blehness.
 
*Sarcasm* Oh thanks Didsey, now it's my turn to post and somehow I'm expected to make it better... bah.
*Sighs* You people are on like serious revenge trips or something, pointing out every little minor defect. "Why, I think that blade of grass is out of place." "I think that because of my warped imagination, that the towers in the background should be censored as to not corrupt the minds of today's youth." Pu-leez. There have been waves of destruction where seeminlgly all of us tread lately. And being the usual me, I am no help. Apologies in advance Kasumi Chan.

If I were truly cruel, I can point out the... *Starts counting* roughly two and a half dozen or so errors you made. Color, perspective, proportions, shading, style, composition. Usually the basics that everyone forgets. Frankly, my pictures have about that on an average, usually in more minor forms (except for say, neglegance to shade certain areas, or proportioning incorrectly, which are often my major problem areas). But still I must admit that you need some work. (The moderator of the Art Lounge has to be able to flaunt her stuff in some respect.) A cruel blow on some people (not mentioning names, but you probably know who you are) but you are a lot better than some. It is good to see color, good to see decent proportions, good to see a background that has more detail than just a couple splashes of color. But take some time into reconsidering your approach to your pieces.
 
Ouch! I'm feeling depressed right now by reading some of the post above...

Oh well, like I said a ton of times, I'm not a good at building criticisms nor finding out mistakes. But overall is a good picture, many people wishes to at least be able to draw something besides stick figures, don't you agree?
 
Me? Depressed about this? No sir! It was about time someone pointed out my mistakes, and I really appreciate the criticism. Thanks LoD and VLK. And thanks to everyone else who commented on this piece.
 
Originally posted by Vaporeon Lugia Krabby
If I were truly cruel, I can point out the... *Starts counting* roughly two and a half dozen or so errors you made. Color, perspective, proportions, shading, style, composition. Usually the basics that everyone forgets. Frankly, my pictures have about that on an average, usually in more minor forms (except for say, neglegance to shade certain areas, or proportioning incorrectly, which are often my major problem areas). But still I must admit that you need some work. (The moderator of the Art Lounge has to be able to flaunt her stuff in some respect.) A cruel blow on some people (not mentioning names, but you probably know who you are) but you are a lot better than some. It is good to see color, good to see decent proportions, good to see a background that has more detail than just a couple splashes of color. But take some time into reconsidering your approach to your pieces.
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Oh, and by this you're telling me you can do better? I would think not. I've seen a few of your pictures, but not many since I don't particularly like them. One with a girl...it looked like her face was sagging many more inches than a regular face would, and it was pretty thin to even be a face....anyhow Kasumi Chan is one of the people I respect most on this forum (all of BMGf, I mean). One of her pictures, if I didn't know better, I would say she was a manga artist from Japan. I have the common eye, one that 90% persent of the people see her art have. Now, if I'm not mistaken, if she changed all the proportions and whatnot to simply please the 10% with the artist eye, it would take away from the artwork as a whole, and look bad to the common eye. And I know who I am. If you look around you, you'll find the only thing proportainal is your math homework. I don't think you all should get so angry over stupid things, if you can't do better.

I am only 13, my pictures aren't very good, and I have a lot to go. But if Kasumi Chan has a lot to go, I won't be able to do crap until i'm 76. But it's not like I care. What I want to do for a living involves nothing of me drawing pictures, I want to be a songwriter or a voice actress for anime. But I probably won't be able to do either (because my singing voice and my speaking voice both suck, but others say they are pretty, and others don't care, and others gather around me to hear me sing. Life is too confusing). But those who use artwork in their careers are good at it. Alex wouldn't be an advertiser if she couldn't draw well. And that's that.
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Ouch! I'm feeling depressed right now by reading some of the post above...
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I'm not exactly depressed, it just makes my fingernails grow ten times faster than they're supposed to.
Originally posted by Myuu
those two towers in the background
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The Pokémon school RPG is based off Hogwarts, so those towers are supposed to be turrets of the castle. And btw, they look fine to me.
Originally posted by Kasumi Chan
Me? Depressed about this? No sir! It was about time someone pointed out my mistakes, and I really appreciate the criticism.
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You shouldn't be so hard on yourself, you artwork is the best fanart I've seen. Don't listen to jerks like them. To me, what they said was pretty cruel. Or maybe I'm just too sensitive for life anymore.

For my review - one of your best, right up there with your Kimono Girls piece! The Eevee definitely is the most beautiful I have seen, I cannot describe it well enough...it is definitely the eyes. The face is shaded exceptionally well, great job on that. I really like the way you did the trees in the BG. Also the way you can see every blade of grass, well done. I cannot say enough good things about this piece.

Instead of 30 complaints, I have but two. One would be what Flare-Espeon mentioned, Drake's right (our left) whisker looks a little too light. And Legacy, she may be a little big in proportion to the others, but she has fine proportion within herself. Then again, I don't know the size of a Dratini, so I am probably the one who is wrong here. o_O
 
Um... o_o; I came to comment on a piccy and I see tons of stuff... um.. <_< I'll just ignore the above posts and post what I think regardless what they said ^^;;;;;

I like this picture. The eevee is uber kawaii, and the mudkip is really cute! The dratini's head looks a bit weird, but, I dunno. Just a little note about mudkip... that shade of blue doesn't really seem it's color... but I guess mudkip can have all sorts of colors lol
 
Ahem, I guess I'll jus' post my two cents worth.

Poké School Art Overall, I like the piece. There are both pro's and con's in it, so I'll start with only a couple con's.

To me, the Mudkip's color is a bit too dark, BUT that may be the way he's supposed to look. ^^ Everything else looks great!

I know this'll sound cheesy, but I like yer grass. Lol, and I really like all three of the pokemon. It's a real nice serene picture, an' that's how it should stay. Wonderful job.

Keep up the great art.
 
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Oh, and by this you're telling me you can do better? I would I have the common eye, one that 90% persent of the people see her art have. Now, if I'm not mistaken, if she changed all the proportions and whatnot to simply please the 10% with the artist eye, it would take away from the artwork as a whole, and look bad to the common eye. And I know who I am. If you look around you, you'll find the only thing proportainal is your math homework. I don't think you all should get so angry over stupid things, if you can't do better.
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Ooh, bad time for me to come in, and even worse of a time to tick me off. *Growls* Maybe you should shut your mouth. I know I'm not the best, but I know how to place my replies. And you missy, just stepped on a very mad Krabby.
You're a major suck-up, one of the biggest I have seen so far; by big, I mean huge, enormous. Over complimentary past realism and to the point where it is a wonder if you're dellusional or not. And do you have any idea what you were talking about?!
That 90% is likely really stupid if they can't see anything wrong with any picture that ever came across their way. Generally, people have a basic sense of proportions. Accurate proportions of course appeal to the more critical people, but the ones who don't care, still won't care. As an artist, it is a must have ability to be able to proportion. The inability to do so results in a lot of failures. And I know this for a fact.
By they way, there is a numerical ratio for proportions, something like 1.614. This applies to every living thing as well. It has been tested. *Watched a documentary on this.* Apparently something that is proportionally accurate and follows to the given measurements is considered generally more appealing. So proportions cannot be neglected so easily.
As for my personal ability to proportion, maybe I should tell you to "shut-up!", because frankly, you definitely can't do any better.

Sorry Kasumi Chan for bringing this in here, but I saw that and it just bit into me.
 
Just thought I'd drop in and point out as head of the fanworks section that as it happens being able to flaunt your stuff is not a requirement for moderatorship here.

What IS a requirement here is maturity and decent degree of activity, both of which Kasumi Chan has.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled closed topic.
 
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