I feel like the lighting could be improved. I'm having trouble figuring out where the light source(s) are supposed to be based on the shadows, and there are a couple highlighted areas that probably ought to stay dark (looking at the edge of her back and right thigh near the sofa).

Good luck honing those skills!

Biggest problem with it iis there isn't enough stuff like it lately >.>

And that is being serious ;p

I find doing this sort of thing therapeutic, so I popped open the image in SAI and started going over it. Here's what I came up with.

- You tend to draw heads really big, I think a smaller, more realistic size works better for your realistic coloring style
- Nipples should face a bit more outward
- Belly meets vulva without pelvis in between
- Though the scene has one stark light source, you drew some light hitting your character from the bottom left
- Some minor ambient occlusion errors around the face, and in general
- Hair and bottle colors are odd, try color-picking from reference images
- You tend to overemphasize the jaw, try shading it darker and making it thinner
- Light gets dimmer the further away from the source it is, highlights of a part closer to the source will be brighter than those further

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbnw1e470.....vb/theroop.gif

In general, I'd say try using more reference images while you work. Looking closely, these images do seem to be some of your best work, though. Learning to look at your own work completely objectively really helps out, as the first attempt never looks right. You can just keep working until things stop looking weird.

I hope I didn't overstep any bounds here.

of course you didn't overstep anything, I asked for critique and you gave it! let me talk with you about a few of these points-

- you're totally right about the belly without enough pelvis, your pic looks so much better.
- you aren't the first person to mention the lighting from the left. I've been trying to do a thing I've seen higher-end artists do, where there's one light source, but also a softer I guess reflection coming back on the backsides of where the light would be hitting. I -did- go too heavy on the intended effect in this pic though. here's one I did that's not as pronounced (under his upper arm is a good example) http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21804404/ tell me what you think about that when it's softer and done better than my last pic. (it's still a technique I'm only starting to try)
- the occlusion errors, can you tell me what you mean by that? I don't know the term.
- hair color is definitely off, and that's because I normally have my colors written down, but since I just moved my notecard is missing in a box somewhere, and I winged it. totally should have pulled a ref for it though, you're right.

thanks for this feedback man

I'm more familiar with it as a 3D modeling term, but ambient occlusion is a way to estimate how indirect light (from bouncing off other objects) should look when shining on the surface, as compared with direct light. Nooks and crannies should have soft shadows etc. This pic I found shows it pretty well, I think: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S2xPX4lL.....e+lady+tut.jpg

Sorry for taking so long to respond to this.

Pretty much what tupo said about ambient occlusion, nooks and crannies like where surfaces meet get darker, like the eye sockets.

That image looks alright if he's in shade, though it seems you made the light sources emit white light. When outside, the primary light source tends to be intense yellow light, and the entire sky acts as a secondary light source, emitting pale blue light from above. Though, the sky in your picture is yellow-orange and emits the same.

Also in bright light, like sunlight, objects cast stark shadows on themselves. Much of improving as an artist is learning hundreds of little tips about how light acts.

Consider me triggered!

I'll consider it