Suicune: the North Wind

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Kasumi

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After several weeks on working in this drawing, I've decided it's finally finished. Here you have Suicune, also known in the Pokémon World as the North Wind.

Enjoy! ^^;

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Damn! That Suicune looks great! What program did you use? Good job!
 
SUICUNE! *spazz!* Eeeeeeee, I love Suicune. <3 But I think there may be a reason for that....

NEVERTHELESS! Tis very pretty and very well-done! <3
 
That turned out awesome, Alex!

Suicune looks so graceful, and your shading is so lovely and smooth. ^_^ I love the pose and how well Suicune's body parts flow from one to the other (sounds weird, I know, but often animal body parts are done in a way where they look choppy, and this looks quite natural and flowing). I especially like the head/neck/chest/front legs. Lovely sense of balance that many animal drawings lack.

The background is gorgeous and sooo nicely detailed. *_*

Let's see...I feel unhelpful if I don't offer a little constructive criticism. *Thinks*

The crystal thing on Suicune's head seems to have the same texture as the rest of Suicune, so it could be a little glossier to show that it's hard and shiny, and not, indeed fur. A minor suggestion, though. Only I'd notice something like that. ^^;;

Two other very minor things-- Suicune's paws don't have the appearance that there is weight on them, but, again, only I'd notice that, and the only reason even I notice that is because I draw about twenty wolves a day. XD Totally minor. In fact, Suicune's paws look just fine in the Pokémon style--I'm just being uber-picky because I draw too many realistic canines. XD

The hind leg in the back should appear slightly shorter because of perspective, and the joints should be a little lower down, too, on both of the hind legs. It looks a tiny bit stiff how it is. Again, only I'd notice this.

Overall, a beautiful drawing. One of my favorites of your drawings, I'd say. So pretty! I love it!
 
That's so beautiful, I can't see a single thing wrong with it. (Well, after reading what Kristin pointed out about the crystal, I can agree. I can't even see her other two pointers, though. o.o) It looks like you worked really hard on it, Alex-san.
 
Thanks so much for your input, Kristin. I wish you could have seen my work in progress pic in deviantART, because that was the moment I needed all the constructive criticism. But well, I'm glad you noticed all of those things and I'll take them into account the next time I draw Suicune. Sadly, I doubt I'll be making any changes to this one, since I lost the .psd file. X__X Don't ask.

Thank you, too Hitchi-chan. ^^ Your words are always appreciated.
 
Damn, that's good fanfic of Suicune you made!!! I like Suicune and this is one of the very few fanpics of Suicune that I like!! Nice job!
 
Hitchi said:
(Well, after reading what Kristin pointed out about the crystal, I can agree. I can't even see her other two pointers, though. o.o)
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That's why I said only I'd notice it. I just draw too many canines, and thus then I start wanting to superimpose the rules of drawing real canines to Pokémon and I confuse everyone. XD

Kasumi Chan, don't worry about not changing it! I didn't intend for you to change it in the first place. It's perfectly lovely the way it is--I was just pointing that out for future reference or something. XD Even if you wanted to, I don't think I'd want you to change it. It already looks beautiful.
 
From one Alex to another...great job. :) Only little thing I wanted to mention is...I can't really put my finger on it, but to me something seems kinda off about the angle in which you shrunk the trees as they go towards the background. I'm not sure why it seems that way to me though, so that probably wasn't much help. :p But a great pic once again.

And I hope you don't mind, but in order to show it to a user on another forum, I had to host your pic. Here's the link if you want it for whatever reason.
 
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