My Drawings

[sizzlemebacon2]

So these images aren't all Brawl related (I guess Samus) but all the criticism I've read here has been pretty constructive so I'm going to post a few drawings I made and see how everyone likes/dislikes them.

Thanks in advance!

(P.S. I know the first dragon's head isn't proportioned correctly. It bugs me but I still feel this is one of my best so there it is.)

(Watermark by Joey Saladino)

(Watermark by Joey Saladino)

(Watermark by Joey Saladino)

 

[PMKNG]

I like the detail on the first dragon, especially above its first left leg. You could stand to get some more gradation in your pieces overall. Personally the first dragons head doesn't bother me too much, yea it probably would look better a little bit bigger, but as it is it doesnt bother me too much.

Now for samus, her arms are a bit funky. Her left (our right) for one isnt long enough, her hands should reach her thighs, just above the knee area. And the shoulder on that same arm is connected to....? The shoulder plates are a very nice idea, however it doesnt leave much room with the way the arm is positioned for the shoulder to attach.

Overall I can see you are a stickler for detail; the texture on the edges of the rocks is nice, however you can get a gradation there by making the texture close in closer, instead of leaving them rougly the same distance apart.

The first IS you're best, but something about the dog, he blends in with the grass. So work on your greys once again. Great to see some people posting pictures instead of sigs. Hope my crit helps.

 

[sizzlemebacon2]

Wow! Thanks PMKNG It's nice to get a reply and yeah I need to work on my human figures quite a bit; I always did think Samus' arms looked a little iffy lol. But by gradation you mean how my shadows don't exactly blend right? I'm self-taught so my shading sucks and any specific advice there would be great.

 

[PMKNG]

well what I mean by gradation is the amount of greys that there are in you're piece. there's a lot of whites and a lot of the same toned greys. You seemed to have handled it very nicely on the picture with samus, for the trail around the planet, whether that is a meteorite tail or the planets ring. I can give an easy example, and hopefully you can understand it this way.

You see, the top is you're tonal values.
Below is a rough idea of what you should strive for. There are more different tones of greys.
I think the samus piece is actually a whole lot closer to this than you're other ones. Probably to distinguish the parts of Samus's suit, you're mind; whether consciously or not applied it to action.

also note: in the example I have given that the bottom greys are a lot "tighter" and closer to each other, I don't know if that was an obvious metaphor, but I intended it to be that way.

 

[AranOcean]

I like them a lot. Especially the second one. I <3 Dragons. *Applauds*

 

[sizzlemebacon2]

Thanks again PMKNG I get what you're saying and am already working on incorporating different shades into my stuff, also I'm glad you like them Ultra Nova. I have a collection of my drawings from between 7th and 8th grade here -> http://joesalad21.comli.com/seanmcmillan/?album=1&gallery=1 if anyone wants to give those a look. I'll throw another drawing at the bottom of this post from Gears of War if you don't care to sift through a lot of my crud for an ok picture.

(Watermark by Joey Saladino)
Lots of erasing for that pic lol