I really see nothing wrong with your art it's fantastic plain and simple

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got a little trouble with the post journal button, huh?

I know, I apologize. Nothing happened so I pressed it... a few times too many

Anyway... I checked with your gallery... I really dont have much to critique... 'cept maybe for your penchant of using dark colors and violet hues.

Hemm.. your ast is good and also well but, when it comes to darkness you make them to dark and add less light. Your liquid like this like here
> http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3005959/ Wonderful but make sure that the physical feature of the pool would make there legs wobbly and not standing still. ^^

Also in the light picture's add a little more shade ( not to much) so it can bring out a bit more ^^

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3018323/ < this one i love the blue water effect ^^

really brings more relaxation to me ^^

I'm not so sure about a critique, but I can tell you what I DO like:
The way you shade and use glow is really awesome - your pieces sparkle and stand out.
Your composition is really good and your poses are great.

I really enjoy your work overall!

-The tails, in a lot of your pieces seem like they are just tacked on. Perhaps add a little bit of lead up to where the tail is coming from if it's going to be so fluffy, such as putting a bit more fluff up the spine or making the base a little closer to the body texture. The tails are fluffy and pretty, but they do, in some images, seem to just be sitting beside the character, instead of being a part of said character.


I hope that helped!

That definitely did and much appreciated!! Thanks and Cheers

You have some good art. The style and way you color as well as do line art both look really nice. ^^

Looks like you get a lot of commisions from others, so it has to say something good as well that people seem to like your art if they will pay money to have some art done for them. ^^

A couple of your pieces are too dark to show properly on my laptop.
-That's just my PC though.
Your art is awesome and the darkness suites the pieces so, can't really say it's anything to be improved.

Good point, I might have to calibrate my monitor, mines might be to bright! Thanks.

^#^
You're welcome.

What can I say? Your art is great, the only way to improve on your art is to practice, use reference pics and photos (I see nothing wrong in that BTW).

giving you some critics is quite easy. In my mind there is nothing bad. I like your drawings and your light effects and hair are like 'OMGWTF so awesome'. Anatomics of the chars is also ok, I cant find something whats looking strange. Well, you see, I have nothing negative to complain about. Perhaps the pics could be a bit bigger ^^

Well I wouldn't know what to say about your art. I don't like to judge people for how they make there art, but I do however appreciate all art by everything and love it equally

I think you you could use more colorful..colors. You use a lot of dark stuff, or make pictures too dark. :3 Just my opnion, I'm a colorful kind of guy though. Thanks for doing the raffle, that's awesome!

DUDE you posted this journal FIVE TIMES. o.o;;

As for your art- I like it. I think its messy in some areas but I still like that-it gives it an authentic feel that I'm not sure how to describe. Aside from that, you need body refs at times to do your external anatomy, hands seem to be an issue for you, so you should practice them more. And feet. I won't link to the one I have in mind, but there's one picture that you needed to focus more on the feet on. Sometimes your tails look a bit like they were sort of sewn onto a furs or other, butt.

If you'd like more, let me know. Otherwise, I love your art. You do very good art and your detailing is insane/crazy at times and I just love that.

Thanks!

 flyingfire

YO, I KNOW RIGHT?! haha @w@;; It wasn't posting for me so I just hit the button... one time too many

Thanks, hands are feet are areas I am working on. Yes, please post more I find critiques helpful ^^

I hate to critique your artwork since I enjoy it so much, but I can see one aspect that has room for improvement that I have been able to see. While your backgrounds are great and colorful, I think you could work a bit on creating texture effects on objects such as grass, walls, etc.

I know every artist always looks for a new perspective on their art to develop and continue to grow, but for you this is really hard to see anything bad or that would need improvement... Honestly I can't see any... Everything from your sketches to your fully detailed pieces show every ounce of effort your put into your pieces regardless of the simple to the fantastic. Your ability with showing dynamic action poses to angular perspective (especially when you blur some of the objects in the background) is just absolutely amazing!! And your works with background sceneries look so realistic its like something taken from a actual photograph. Your anatomy is superb and textured details from hair to skin to fur from wet to dry and emotional expressions are truly a skill to be envied and strived for!

Thank you for your wonderful review, thoughts and words I hope to improve and entertain you more :3

I really do like your colouring style, the use of hue variation, contrast and lighting is very appealing really brings a lot of life to your drawings, which is pretty skilfully done. You have a pretty firm grasp on anatomy and proportion.

However, something tells me that you're afraid to open your wings and explore the realm of perspective, scenery and backgrounds. There are some images you've made where it seems that you either left the background as the last step and an afterthought, or even cheated with it. While those images are very good in itself, a lot more could be done to make it a lot better, with a well-done background that meshes with the foreground objects well to name an example.

A good background with a visually striking composition could mean the difference between a good/excellent image and an amazing image.

That is very true, I've never could bring myself to do backgrounds. Always been a portrait/ character person, although that is just an excuse in the end. The next few pieces in the works I have been adding perspective and backgrounds, hope you'll let me know how I do.

No problem, I'll see what I can do.

i've enjoyed your art for sometime =3 i like how your coloring is done and how some of your stuff almost looks like it wasn't lined, and was freehanded after it's colored. =) also the subjects you draw range from cute to smexy =D

There's really only a couple of things I could offer critique on, those being your penchant for dark, cool colors, where some more warm colors would be nice, and what said about the tails in your work. What I'd do, with regards to that, is add some more volume to the connection, where the tail meets the bum. Besides that, not much to say, your art is fantastic.

Thank you! Will do more studies of the backside and tail, not that I will complain ;D

No problem! Like I said, that's really the only thing I can see, so anything more will have to come from artists of a higher caliber than myself! XD

I don't really know... umm, when you put a background on your art it turns out being dark, which isn't bad, but, maybe use light colored backgrounds on occasion?

I notice that too now.. I use alot of dark tones. Will try to lighten the colors up. Thanks.

I usually suck at critiques, so I'll just say that I find your grasp of anatomy to be simply stunning!

Still good

well, i really like most of your stuff and really cant think of a lot to critique you on. but the only critique i could really give is be careful when you use a lot of dark colors. A lot of times you will have a lighter color in there that stands out because the rest of the picture is relatively too dark for the other color, or your darks will tend to cause the eye to blend them together, losing the cleanliness of your art

*Ears pick up* Free? =D

Hehe. Uhhhhhhh... What to say. Your art is dark and sexy <3

Not enough cock me thinks XD

Will see what I can do about that in the future.

might just be my laptop screen but some look a little dark?

otherwise
anatomy, poses, emotion are top notch!

I've been getting that alot, is it realllllly dark? It might be my end and my screen is too light lol.

I really can't find much that might need improvement. This is far from saying that there's nothing, but in my experience, I'm not seeing anything specific as I look through your images.

And with the lack of mentioning anything that could use improvement, I hope you won't mind me adding in something I like. Your use of light and the reflection of it off surfaces is beautiful to understate it by quite some measure. On the other side of the coin, your darker pieces are gorgeous in their absence of lighting, the clever use of what is there is awe striking.

Hope this counts.

That counts. Thank you very much.

No problem, I'm glad I could offer something.

Honestly, i see very little problems with your artwork. Contrary to someone above i'd not say "more cock" as much as "less boobs", but... other than that, which is of course a bit of random, well... In particular your work on light is truly stunning :)

It is hard to critique an artist who is actually good. Perhaps you might want to include some brighter pieces since many of yours seem a bit dark and dim?

Yes, will do!

Your art is amazing the only thing i would say is that its a bit sharp and dark on the colors they seem a bit to deep even in sunny places some of the characters seem to be in a shadow. Other then that i love your art work and it is amazing

Your art is really goo, the detail is amazing and the characters seem to eb very genuine. Only complaint would be that you don't really seem to branch out much.

Honestly, I got nothing aside from saying your style is cool and don't be afraid to try new things in your art to keep it evolving. :)

I'm totally in~

And as far as your art, there's nothing I've ever noticed that I don't like. But I have to say, what I love most is the way you color. It's got such a unique fashion to it, that's what I love most from your works

You've gotten over 2k watchers for a reason, you're quite the growing artist with a very smooth style and a great concept of anatomy. I'd like to to see more Luanova to be honest, or to see you develop her more as a character.

Keep up the good work I say.

Really, i adore your artwork X3

I'd have to say that sometimes the contrast is a little stark, but thats just in my tastes.

Also, your glow effects can be a bit overdone on some of the darker pieces. Not saying its a bad thing and it really draws the eye, but it really makes the overall pic look darker.

I find I like your art a lot. However maybe you can experiment with different expressions, moods and atmospheres. :3

So.. I am a sucker for any chance of free art, but I am also a somewhat rude critic of art (though in all the best intentions of being contructive..)

Now, I took some random submissions from your gallery and looked them through... There are some minor perspective and proportional issues where the body doesn't seem to flow naturally, making it shorter, out of proportion, too wide and simply in an inhuman angle. Limbs look slightly out of place in some, and too up front in perspective, making them look larger than meant to be.

Overall though, nothing too serious, just minor flaws which can be fixed with just moving a few lines.

Good stuff, I do need to work on my foreshortening and perspective. It's something I've always need to study more on. Thank you.

Ooh, count me in!

Far be it for somebody like me to critique your work, but I'll give it a shot. Overall I think you have a spectacular usage of anatomy and lighting, especially the latter. The neon-glowing highlights sometimes featured in your works is just awesome. Gives it an otherworldly feel.

One thing I feel is sometimes missing is a genuine sense of emotion or involvement of the characters. I know it can sometimes be hard to depict in erotica, but it seems some characters exist, but don't feel -- if that makes sense. I'm not saying it's a consistent feature, but it sometimes feels like the characters aren't really excited by the scenarios. Again, it's not overwhelming, and by no means does it make me not check out and appreciate every single piece you upload :3

I will pay more attention to the facial features, I think it would help if I start drawing backgrounds so the character actually have something to react to in their situation :)

and Thank you!

Hm, this is hard. I guess every time you draw water, it's the same shade of iridescent blue with a near glassy surface. Almost like it's being lit from beneath, which doesn't fit every situation. What if you experimented with different textures and colors when drawing water?

Always a fan of artists who don't shy away from critique.

My top recommendations would be to work a bit on lighting. In some of your full color works the shadows are a bit too thick and detecting the direction of the lightsource is difficult at times. Unfortunately this takes quite a bit away from the picture, furthermore lighting is rather difficult to fully master.
Your eyes in most pictures are personally off putting. They seem fixed in a stoic position and often come off as lifeless.

I like your pictures and your coloring really catches my eye. I actually found I liked your linework a lot more than I had first noticed upon examination the other day but I'd have to say I don't like your dark pictures sometimes. They seem to blend together pretty closely which works well if that's intended but at other times just seems to detract from the picture itself, like the focus is lifted from things in particular and gives everything an almost murky look. That's just what came to mind upon thinking, though.

I like your use of colors usually though. Excellent use of contrast a lot of the time and I like how much you put into your sketches. They turn out very nicely even as just that.

/suckup

I really like all of your art and the colouring style you have, as it's really good at making your peices atmospheric and dramatic. The lighting you use is always good and the only thing I can think for you to focus improvement on would be expressing moods and feeling through your art :3

i guess shall take a crack at this: i love your art becuase it has a realness (more to the higher detail pieces youve done.) like the poses and antaomy seems pretty good, i would have to say in the realm of improvment i remeber you saying on my commission you did(which i just love btw) you had a tough time with objects like the chainsaw my character had. most likey practice on more features of things like clothes, weapons, or just things caracters hold. otherwise i love your work fudchan and hope you dont mind the lenghty rant, i tend to go on a little too much when it comes to critque or opinions.

its hard to give construcive crit over someone so talented, all the pictures i see are a pleasure to look at.

you are especially good with manipulating colours and contrasting colours into your picture, as well as water effects, its stunning. eg/http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3005959

only crit i could give is the slight lack of weight on some pictures the characters dont always seem 100% part of the background..if that makes sense eg/http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3116967
- but i cannot crit too much about that because i know i lack that myself (as well as many other things :()

im sorry i should of read the rules better,
the examples are not specific, just an example of what i mean in general ^_^;;
im so sorry, i should read it all before comenting

really love your art too...always so clean and detailed...a certain texture to it unlike any other artist kitty has seen on here..

oh. now are you really?

My critique would be that sometimes your colors are a little bit oversaturated/overcontrasted. But that could be either my monitor or yours,or just your style in general. Otherwise,its very nice,very clean lines,very clean coloring.

cant wait to see what the new year brings C:

well i think your art is great just practice more

I am not an artist so i am not good with this kinda thing, but the thing i notice the most is.

!. Your Artwork always seems to have a them color which while good makes it harder on alot of the dark color themed images for some of us to actually see in detail all the hard work you did on the image.

Really thats the only thing i see wrong with any of your arts, you do amazing work and i think whoever wins this will be extremely lucky to win it. I love your artwork and how detailed it all is, your work is great, thanks for letting us watch your art ^^

i find you hard to crituque, your lighting is amzing, your anatomy is sound, your style refined *shrugs*
if anything i would just say make things a touch brighter, so they can be seen abit more easy..

thats about it ^.^;;

One of these days I should just write up a furry art critique checklist. The furry art community is kind of trapped in a rather insular bubble, so there's a few things that very frequently get overlooked.

The first is colour. A lot of furry artists have a very literal interpretation of colour, and really don't experiment with it, especially in regards to tinted illumination or restricted palettes. I'm happy to say this is not a problem your art suffers from.

The second is, paraphrasing Steve Ballmer: portraits portraits portraits portraits portraits. It seems like every single furry picture is just "picture of [character] possibly doing [something] to/with [other character(s)] in front of [background]". It's incredibly rare to see a picture that depicts an actual interesting scene, a snapshot of life, a moment of a story, that just happens to have furry characters. It's bad enough that it's hard to even come up with a counterexample (Kacey does one on rare occasion, as does Mr Dog). Yeah, it takes more effort to draw a whole scene, and more inspiration to even come up with a scene to draw, but I think it's worth it.

Thirdly, we have style. I don't mean to say that any one particular style is good or bad, the problem I see is that so many artists only have one. Now, it's no crime to have a preferred style, whatever that style may be, but it's disappointingly limiting if that's the only style you can manage. I think the mark of a truly great artist is that they can not only draw masterfully in their own style, but can also draw competently in any other style. I think it should be a rule of thumb that, as an artist, you should strive to spend at least 10% of your creative time drawing in styles completely foreign to you.

Finally, furry art needs more corsets. Mmm, corsets.

So all in all, there isn't really a lot wrong with your art that isn't also wrong with everyone else's art on here. Besides the above, you could probably work on better and more integrated backgrounds, and drawing tails that don't look like someone stapled a wig to their butt (there's bones and muscle in there too, don't forget!), but those points have already been covered in other comments.

So many good comments; this is a great idea fudchan - I can see why you are doing it!

I know! It's a great way to get an insight on areas I need to focus on and improve. Then I can draw even more pretty Belle!!!

And of course we all want more pretty Belle and Luanova - oh yes we do!

looking thrugh your gallery, l can honestly say that l find your artwork to be quite refreshing. What l love most about your artwork, is the facial expressions on most of the characters, they all seem to match the mood of the peice perfectly, and its rare, at least to me l think, to find an artist that can capture it in the face, and yo seem to have done that. Another thing l quite enjoy very much, is yor attention to detail. Even the very small details in a picture is like eyecandy to me and l cant wait to see more of it ^ ^

l hope that helped, lm not so great with critiques =3

I'm not one to critique, but I'll do my best.
Your art is wondrous, it's so different and unique from others, that it provides a fresh taste of something new.
Anything that I could ask you to improve on is just one of the things that makes it your own unique style, so I dare not make you change that.
You like using dark colors. You shade a bit thickly. Your lines are soft and smudgy, and they're not very defined. These aren't flaws, they're what I notice that make you different from other people. Or at least, they're what I notice first off. The minor details that I notice that make your work so wonderfully fresh is the faces, and the poses/actions.
Honestly... Don't change a bit.

I love the way you use colors and lighting in your art. It makes it seem very mystical and yet can get the emotion of your art across. Plus you have sexy charecters.

One thing you can improve on all of your charecters seem to be in the same area in the art. Maybe have it off centered could improve it a little and make the art seem more varied.

You know I'm a fan of your work.
You a talented artist. :3

:)

Your work is great, you use a good colour set for each picture and the contrast always seems the right amount.

Improvements.... hmm, I'd say you should do more art with clean lines, more like you did in the past.
Also, experiment with lighting more often, you're clearly quite capable of pulling it off!

Keep up the good work!

Bravo on your bravery asking for commentary.

Some of your pics use entirely low-value/luminance, high-saturation colors, to the point of not having enough contrast for the viewer to see what they're looking at. A "dark" feeling is communicated with several techniques including lighting design, but you can't just turn down the lights. Contrasting these to your pastel flat-colored pieces, it's almost like you're two different artists (which is good, but meet in the middle!)

Purple hues over-represented - the green half of the color wheel got nuked from orbit? I've got nothing against a favored palette, but if it wasn't for Xianos's commissions, I could go red-green colorblind looking at your gallery and not notice.

Your compositions sometimes break out of pinup and into a scene / compelling gesture / visual storytelling; there's always room for improvement there. Every time someone asks for general c&c on FA, I can always say, your compositions could use more background work, but you're better than most in this regard.

I hate to just criticize; good anatomy (not perfect, but everyone needs to practice hands and feet), dynamic line weight, detailed fur rendering (when you take the time to go into detail), dynamic poses and composition (for pinup, at least). Even if you think I'm completely off-base here, you do good stuff, and you'll always be on my watchlist.

This is an interesting way to get critiques I have to admit,Your work has great linework and anatomy in general though i think youre colourwork especially when it shows the furs texture is especially good.On the other side of the coin some of your coloured pieces are especially dark which i think detracts from the work youve put in,Id love to see you play with angles and perspective more.

Others have probably said this, but there's quite a few comments so I'm not gonna try and read them all. >u<

I think the only thing I'd suggest is experiment! Alot of your art is really nice, so maybe try for some warmer colors instead of darker. And maybe do an expressions experiment. :D

I had to go through here for... like... days, lol, to find something wrong (it's really hard to scrutinize when you are aghast at the amazingness of art XD)

BUT what I've come up with are two relaly simple things: number one, maybe work on more dynamic poses and shots. (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2609237/ is a good example of what I mean... actually, that gallery has SO much amazing stuff in it @.@ again, overwhelming) instead of simply having the charact(s) 'standing' there, or just right in the middle with little to know 'camera' angle, you know?
My second thing is speed. Maybe work with speedpainting some? Lol, like I said, I had to LOOk, so this is sort of graspoing at straws, since you want to for sure give your commissioners quality work, but... it's something that can be improved, right?

happy new year :)

I think it may be the particular species or commission style, but on some of the pieces the muzzles look a bit out of shape/oddly proportioned.

The only other thing is that some of the images that depict "rougher" acts of sex seem to be lacking sweat. o.o

Otherwise I cant say I see much else c.c

so...who won? :P

You did!

really? *gasps in shock looking like a fish out of water* that is awesome! i was just wanting to say congratz to the winner >,>
well i hope you got some good advice out of all of this. i saw a good amount of nice critique when i was reading through other peoples responses.
Hope you had a nice new years!
=<^-^>= ~~

It was pretty funny, I saw your comment and said I better go pick out a name from this raffle and yours came out! I got alot of great advice and reviews for improvement so I will definitely be using them. Please see my newest journal, I need a link of your character!

lol, that is quite random that it worked out that way :P ill go over to your other journal here in a sec =<^-^>=~~