i like everything mostly expressions, shading and the choose of colors
like these two: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/17226934/ https://www.furaffinity.net/view/17876441/

Thanks dear :3
And i very much tend to lean on the purple/blue teal side of the colour spectrum XD I cant help it i love those colours :P

Same. also loooove ice blue ~~

I don't think it's a marked dive in interest of your art, but of the site as a whole.

I've noticed I get far fewer favorites / views when I upload things I commission than a year ago.

yea, that is certainly something that's had an effect on it. I dunno just feels like a lot of my peers in this case haven't felt this dent quite as much :x

It's odd, in 2013-14 I'd get 100 favs on an awesome picture in a matter of a few hours, it got less and less over time.
Could be just the season since people are committed to classes and stuff.

Could be it's been a while since you've uploaded often.

As for artwork, expanding your horizons to sci-fi, machinery, vehicles and stuff would prolly expose you to more people. Keep up the good work and WHEN CAN I COMMISSION YOU FINALLY?!

(In all seriousness, I'd love to someday.)

Asking about our dislikes is not a good way to improve, since you won't get any solid or consecutive answers. Bad choice of wording for the title.

As for suggestions on improving: Dynamic posses, possibly backgrounds, is definitely a sound place to start. Maybe try out armor/complex clothing, just as a way to expand your skill range?

Perhaps you're right there. But I've asked several times in the past about what people like my art for, so i thought I might approach it a little different and see what people say. Plus asking what people like about it turns more into asspats than something more constructive, I find :x

I don't like how your Black and White Shaded images look like they have more detail and depth than your full color images.

Hmm you really think so? Maybe that's an effect of not having a background and only focusing on the characters? I can say though that I spend a hell of a lot of time on details for my full colour pieces though, particularly where digital is concerned. (being able to zoom in and paint individual hairs and scales and fine details, which perhaps get cut out when the image is sized-down.)

Do you think you could possibly show me a couple images where you feel this is the case? :)

Sure!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19306883/ Let's use this one for a black and white example: The shading done on this feels far more organic, and natural in my opinion than an image that has been colored. For one it feels like the shading adheres to detail, rather than a color edition where everything is perfectly smooth and blended..

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19298238/ In this image, I feel as though the lines for shading are too obvious, too inorganic to afford the detail in which is given in the black and white image. The lines here are smooth, cut off suddenly, and do not allow for a blend from one to the other as natural lighting often may account for.

I think that the quality and the level of detail you put into your drawings is really impressive already, maybe you could try experimenting a little bit with the colours? Like using limited colour palettes, doing realistic colour studies from photos, trying to mix in different brushes, working with more defined shadows...

All great ideas thank you! Definitely should sit and do some colour studies from photos, maybe play with doing stills for practice etc. And ah yes brushes. I have unfortunately fallen into using the same few brushes now and not experimenting outside of them too much. so I really should play with others more :)
Cheers!

One thing that stands out to me a little is that your "cast" shadows are relatively undefined. I think your art would get more striking and captivating if you have stronger light&shadow play for pieces that focus on individual characters or pairs.

Really good point there actually! Even when I try doing that, I wind up shying away from it a bit. I hope I can come up with some exercises to practice that a bit more :) Cheers!

There isn't enough of it!

This!

I wished I worked a bit faster XD But well I guess its better to take my time with pieces than pump them out quickly? o3o

That there is a very difficult question. I'd not really say that I dislike anything but honest critique is such a better way to put it and easier to apply. Okay as such I think the one thing is that you sometimes spend too much effort on background detail. Such as the one time you spent hours on the bark of trees in one piece you were doing. That is great but really the main characters are where the eye is drawn most so you could lose much of the background detail without distracting.

I think you should definitely pursue more science-fictional themes in your work. However, that may just be a personal bias speaking, considering my personal preference of what to do with my work.

I think you should also concentrate on less blantantly sexual and/or erotic material, only having tasteful nudity, and feature more prominently clothed characters in either casual, or intense action sequences. Drama and comedy may also work too.

*shuffles through the gallery* Honestly, I've seen improvement over the time I have been following you and that's been at LEAST three years. If you notice something that bugs you, work on it, but honestly, I don't see anything wrong. :) A casual skimming of the comments so far also look to be mostly talking about the style or scene you draw and not the art itself.

I think the coloring is a little faded. A more vibrant use of color perhaps. Also lighting/shadow techniques could improve just a little bit, to show more definition. Anatomy seems really good, those a little more work on arms might be an improvement, also the eyes. I notice the eyes seem a little...bland, to me. You could make the eyes really stand out more, I feel. ^^ If you're ever in the mood to try some interesting techniques, I have a PDF book you might like. Just me know and I can send it to you.

Personally, I prefer non-human anatomy in my anthros and the like. But that's just my opinion. :3

Well, in more difficult positions, there's maybe some work to do with proportions and shortening (it's a difficulty for me as well).
The best to do: take photos on the internet (pinup, nudes, pronz, whatever), and try to doodle a character in that position. It often helps. It's aso good to doodle the musculature.
Otherwise, you can doodle about anything, take a step back, and look at the drawing as a whole. Then, it's easier to correct a detail.
That's all I can see, really.

By the way, for those who don't upload art everyday or every two days, or who've been scarse during a while, they're easily forgotten. Old beasties leave, new people join, tastes change, that's not the same mentality, and... that's internet. Also, I blame the extreme diversity of social network: when I joined, there was LiveJournal. Now, there's Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and a bazillion other places. Too much network kills the social aspect.

Not enough tigers.
But that's just me.

That is actually a rather intresting question. I can guarantee you that everyone here will have different things that they like and dislike about your art, and that is just there opinion. Now there are certainly several levels of skill to people's art style. I would put you on par with people like Strype and Wolfy-Nail and other artists of that caliber in the furry community. I really can't judge your artwork aganst the standard because you don't draw true to life things. And you don't draw that many feral animals and I don't think I've ever seen you draw a human. The only thing I don't like about your art is the fact there isn't enough of it. I think the only time you should ask this kind of question is when your doing a Comission of someone else's character and usually only to the person that comissioned you. There will always be someone that dislikes something about your artwork. So I would suggest don't let it bother you if it does :3

I haven't lost interest in your art ;p I may be bit biased since I've been following you for uh... oh shit a decade now. remember when the FAP website was cool. holy shit. umm. anyways.

I haven't seen any obvious simple things, so no quick easy comment, I'd have to ramble on and chat with you about your process and stuff, lol.
I would love to see you experiment, it's time and energy consuming but it might help you feel more capable and less in a rut. I've been practicing gesture drawing (erratically) for a few years and that helps loosen things up. I'm still sloppy and lazy half the time, but not as stiff, lmao.

I really enjoy your art mostly for your coloring style and the content, though i have noticed that it is all pretty centered around more....Halloween-esque themes/tones/palletes/etc, which is not a problem itself as that might just be a stylistic thing.

There are something that I that I think could add some diversity and that might be a change in color palette and subject matter. Example would be trying to draw a bright daytime piece of like a lake scene or something. As for color palette more specifically I noticed that there are a lot of shades of blue and purple and sometimes things are more subdued, maybe try brighter warmer colors along with more earth tones.

Some of the things I have really loved seeing are the dynamic lighting effects of rain-forest scenes, the bright vibrant colors of coral reefs.

But I think the thing that kills a lot of artist is diversification and it is something that even I am struggling with as I would like to do more scenes with background or even just landscapes, but they use so many materials that is makes it difficult.

In my opinion the issue isn't the quality of your art, but rather its being lost in an ocean of other work. You were a forerunner of your particular style of furry artwork along with a few others, such as Shinigamigirl, but that success resulted in emulation by a rapidly growing subculture. Basically, it's very close to what happened to Playboy, faced with the ubiquity of Internet porn. To reattain a higher degree of relevance, I think you'd need to renew your novelty. Something clear enough to stand out in a thumbnail, but subtle enough to not scream "LOOK AT ME!!!" Is there any unusual subject that interests you, but which you've shied away from for whatever reason? Maybe this would be a good time to experiment with it.

This might be an odd thought, but I think it might be exactly posts like these, which cause the drop of interest in the long run.

Please don't understand me wrong, I am not speaking about them being annoying, most people probably even enjoy them.

It is more that I believe you to care too much about specific content, techniques or kinks. What really made me look at your art in awe and made me both watch and commission you in the first place was the identity and charm of the art that you actually want to make for yourself. This is where true inspiration and motivation comes from and you might have lost some of that in your pursuit to please.

I think you will please people the most with your art, if you try to please yourself with it ^.^

what i dont like is that there isnt more :P

It is VERy hard to see anything BAD about your art or anything I don't like. agreeing with what a few people have said, I just wish there was more. Sorry to asspat, but your my favorite artist and I think everything you have done for the many years you've been around is gold~

Now then, fanboying out of the way, I saw a few suggestions I like; Dynamic posses & try out armor/complex clothing, just as a way to expand your skill range? Like I have noticed most of your art; while great, is a little static. Maybe Experiment with more angles and perspectives like you've down with these.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15163067/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10147849/
And Clothing and armor, you make beautiful character designs, maybe some pretty clothing to fit the style would be neat to see every now and again. I know your not a fashion designer of course :P
And there was mention of color pallets. Im plenty fine with the darks and greys, it fits your unique and personal Gothic style which NOBODY has, but you should incorporate some more brighter colors into some more works, and not just backgrounds.

And then my personal favorite I always bring up, and i think I mentioned before; more Diverse Species. Lamashtu is awesome and I love that Im seeing her more, but Im still craving more Xochi , and Blu. Or heck, just seeing more and different species in general that you may find time to create idly and possibly sell off.


And lastly since Im on the Agreeing train here. I doubt its so much YOU and your art, but more so how the Community here has been shifting and changing over the years. People just don't comment as much anymore because they don't always have anything interesting to say, or anything to say at all that others haven't already. And don't always fav stuff.
And then everybody hates FA so much, the staff, dragoneer, IMVU buyout, Peoples personal Problems not being handled the way they would want them and creating Exodus's, move to THIS new site thats "better" And the whole community is just dividing.

Anyway, how there was anything helpful in there, even if its just me adding to what others have said, with me possibly contridicting myself a few times.

I think it's due to there being a gap in your art submission, I always look forward to your work UV ^^ I'm biased towards scaly characters but still appreciate the other ones.

The only thing I noticed on some of them was they can turn out quite flat, might be worth experimenting with lighting effects and shading :)

"What dont you like about my art?"

... NOTHING

BOOM
In all seriousness though I must commission. I MUST

Your work is always lovely Cass :^) though I think experimenting or approaching illustrations differently than you usually do might encourage you to expand your current work. I noticed a lot of artists reach a level where they just produce similar quality based pieces and forget the elements of experimenting because it's usually safe to stick with what you know without making a mistake or least knowing to yourself it is not a mistake ;)

have you tried using different digital brushes? or creating your own? maybe look into vector based artwork, think design and bold shapes! :D

What might help is think back to when you first started drawing what inspired you? who inspired you get that thought back and extend it further by looking up similar artists of today and even better, ones outside this fandom :)

I must've missed your recent uploads! I imagine the lack of interest may be that people aren't reminded that you exist often enough with more regular uploads?

hm. well i really love your grasp of detail and shading, you put so much into each image... its astonishing. honestly there is a slight... well peeve that i have about your anatomical preference. everything has the same long muzzle. i feel like you need more variation with muzzle length. perhaps try some more humanoid or feline characters. that being said, your technique is flawless, linework is awesome. i do enjoy your work.
hope this helps

I ADORE your original art stuff, it's moody and rich and everything has horns .. But you also do a lot of commissions that I basically totally skip over. I don't know who the drawings are of, and really it's just a character standing in place. That's what commissions are, and I get that's how commissions work, but I like your own original stuff the most.

youre not drawing enough foxcoons! seriously I dont see any problems with your art myself.