Nice Matt, read this please!
Wow Matt, excellent. I love the shading, and I love the creativity / idea. I don't know if you were going for a Marth as MK, but either way, it looks great. Forget changing the font, as for this competition, I hardly see why changing it is necessary. Few people update their work on this thread, they'll leave you with something and that's it. Why should you have to waste time making a change that many others wouldn't bother with?
If I were to change the font, I wouldn't specify a specific font. When it comes to fonts, fonts are completely fine (doesn't have to be hand written), I just scroll through all of my fonts until I get to a few that I think look the best. So, it's up to you.
Your art style, in general, is far different than my own. I mean, for example, did you look at a picture of Marth, draw him, than make the MK changes as you went? So, I'd imagine you had reference images of both Marth and MK with which to make your image. If this is the case, this is how I would draw what you drew. I'm not the kind of artist who would whip something like this up from my thoughts only, I'd definately need reference images.
To that end, as of lately, my greater interest is super realism. I've improved more since that model I was drawing for Zelda btw. No, I didn't finish the image. The problem with me is, that I take TOO much time. But, I'm working on that. The reason I stopped working on the "Zelda" painting was because I met the girl of my dreams... As a special gift to her, I've decided to do a painting of her. The painting has taken me little time actually (about 10-12 hours), it's coming along far more quickly than the "Zelda" image. With that said, it is now my latest, best work. Generally, I feel that my latest piece is a reflection of my best work. :D
BTW, Matt, I have some questions, that perhaps you could answer. I have a slew of digital paintings, but have never sold any, nor have I printed and framed any. It's kinda sad actually, I should print some of them. My paintings are drawn at high resolutions, generally 300dpi, and the canvases vary in size, but are generally around 3,000 by 4000 pixels. If I were to print a painting, what should I do? What file type would offer the best printing results? I'd like to go for the sharpest image possible. Also, where should I be looking to print something like this? Is something like Walgreens photo printing enough? Or should I find a printshop of sorts.
Anyway, I'd like to show you a piece I've been working on for my girlfriend, which, is actually a painting of my girlfriend. I'm not done just yet. I'm more than likely going to crop it and make it more of a portrait painting. In the end, which, could be later today or tomorrow, I plan on making it look like a professional photograph, with those fancy backdrops. Like a senior photo or something.
Anyway, what do you think of the painting, and, think I should change anything?
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I removed the image link as it was off-topic :D