Looks comfy!
After work doodle, somewhat refined sketch since I'm usually so messy it's hard to tell whats going on
Please comment on the image! c:
After work doodle, somewhat refined sketch since I'm usually so messy it's hard to tell whats going on
Please comment on the image! c:
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Lizard
Size 1280 x 1280px
File Size 419 kB
You asked for feedback as to WHY we feel the way we do about your art, so here tis. This is one of the best linework drawings you have ever done, or at least one of my most favorite. Personally, I find dark on light backgrounds easier to see than the usual light on dark ones, but the latter have more of a unique feel to them, that you don't see from other artists--you get a better feel for the medium, and dark on light sketches are ubiquitous.
This is a departure from your earlier sketchier works, something that is close to the inking and coloring stage rather than a rough in (even your roughs are detailed by most standards). You've put more detail into this one, focusing on the finer parts of the anatomy (as in smaller, thinner lines), for example, say, the neck, abs, and toes. The face is very detailed as well, having a clearer, Mona Lisa non-smile/smirk. I don't usually like drawings that cut ANY part of the figure off, but I know this is hard to plan out--the head fins get cut off at the top, and I wish I could see those. You've also put more detail into the clothing (minimalistic as the actual cut of the clothes are), with strain striations on the tube top, and very delicate lines in the groin area to indicate shorts with a zipper or fold in the front. The clothes are nice, and I don't think the drawing would be much better if Skea had posed naked for you.
The anatomy is closer to my personal inclinations in body type, away from the fatter hips, thighs, stomach, buttocks, and overall thicker profile, and more towards the rounded muscle look (Jenna Pikanne's gymnast pictures by I think SpottyTheCheetah are an example of what I'm talking about). It's a rounded blocky look, softer than Gideon's girls, with slightly dulled corners (like at the calves--Gideon would make that a sharp angle, where you make it a blunted angle). The tail is a bit thin in comparison with the rest of the anatomy, and is one part that I would like to see thicker and longer so it is proportionate. The bumps on the tail could stick out more, because I thought they were just scale patterns. You usually go for a more natural breast look, which I dislike in favor of the more spherical shape, with muscular angles where the breast contacts the chest at the cleavage line. Skea's breasts in this picture are also natural looking, and spherical enough to not make them look like heavy breasts in real life, which are typically tubular. Skea's breasts in this picture are also a bit asymmetrical, with her right breast being smaller horizontally and extending a shorter distance from her chest than her left breast, which is almost smaller vertically. Nipples are very hard to convey without detracting from the flow of a figure, but I do love them when drawn well, and you tend to draw nipples well, so I would like to see an alternate version, maybe where Skea is naked also. I like nipples that are conical, and are bigger in proportion to the breasts. I love the crisp definition of the abdominals. So, overall, the anatomy is well done and close to the proportions I love.
The pose is very well done. She looks relaxed and comfortable, and the pose suggests the viewer could easily fit onto the bean bag with her face to face without requiring her to shift her position. The spread of the legs is not crass and awkward like most female pictures that show the groin area, it is simply so she can maintain her balance and show her legs in varying positions. You convincingly show her weight distributed evenly between her buttocks, back, feet, and her left arm. The back of the bean bag kind of disappears. Overall, the composition and pose carries the eye throughout the figure, making good use of negative space and overlapping forms, which tells me you've thought this one out a bit more than your previous work.
If you end up inking and coloring this piece, I hope you keep the palette cool and bright, staying close to the light blue underlying sketch. Overall, I love Skea, her bean bag, and almost everything about this picture, and hope you'll consider continuing some of the trends therein.
This is a departure from your earlier sketchier works, something that is close to the inking and coloring stage rather than a rough in (even your roughs are detailed by most standards). You've put more detail into this one, focusing on the finer parts of the anatomy (as in smaller, thinner lines), for example, say, the neck, abs, and toes. The face is very detailed as well, having a clearer, Mona Lisa non-smile/smirk. I don't usually like drawings that cut ANY part of the figure off, but I know this is hard to plan out--the head fins get cut off at the top, and I wish I could see those. You've also put more detail into the clothing (minimalistic as the actual cut of the clothes are), with strain striations on the tube top, and very delicate lines in the groin area to indicate shorts with a zipper or fold in the front. The clothes are nice, and I don't think the drawing would be much better if Skea had posed naked for you.
The anatomy is closer to my personal inclinations in body type, away from the fatter hips, thighs, stomach, buttocks, and overall thicker profile, and more towards the rounded muscle look (Jenna Pikanne's gymnast pictures by I think SpottyTheCheetah are an example of what I'm talking about). It's a rounded blocky look, softer than Gideon's girls, with slightly dulled corners (like at the calves--Gideon would make that a sharp angle, where you make it a blunted angle). The tail is a bit thin in comparison with the rest of the anatomy, and is one part that I would like to see thicker and longer so it is proportionate. The bumps on the tail could stick out more, because I thought they were just scale patterns. You usually go for a more natural breast look, which I dislike in favor of the more spherical shape, with muscular angles where the breast contacts the chest at the cleavage line. Skea's breasts in this picture are also natural looking, and spherical enough to not make them look like heavy breasts in real life, which are typically tubular. Skea's breasts in this picture are also a bit asymmetrical, with her right breast being smaller horizontally and extending a shorter distance from her chest than her left breast, which is almost smaller vertically. Nipples are very hard to convey without detracting from the flow of a figure, but I do love them when drawn well, and you tend to draw nipples well, so I would like to see an alternate version, maybe where Skea is naked also. I like nipples that are conical, and are bigger in proportion to the breasts. I love the crisp definition of the abdominals. So, overall, the anatomy is well done and close to the proportions I love.
The pose is very well done. She looks relaxed and comfortable, and the pose suggests the viewer could easily fit onto the bean bag with her face to face without requiring her to shift her position. The spread of the legs is not crass and awkward like most female pictures that show the groin area, it is simply so she can maintain her balance and show her legs in varying positions. You convincingly show her weight distributed evenly between her buttocks, back, feet, and her left arm. The back of the bean bag kind of disappears. Overall, the composition and pose carries the eye throughout the figure, making good use of negative space and overlapping forms, which tells me you've thought this one out a bit more than your previous work.
If you end up inking and coloring this piece, I hope you keep the palette cool and bright, staying close to the light blue underlying sketch. Overall, I love Skea, her bean bag, and almost everything about this picture, and hope you'll consider continuing some of the trends therein.
It would appear there's plenty of room still there. *sits, albeit a bit awkwardly, alongside Skea* Comfy beanbag is comfy.
I like how much you cleaned this sketch up dude, it makes things a bit smoother in flow and overall composition. As well as the fact the pose seems like it is just, truly, to keep balance. But the showy aspect still does justice to her figure. Props man.
I like how much you cleaned this sketch up dude, it makes things a bit smoother in flow and overall composition. As well as the fact the pose seems like it is just, truly, to keep balance. But the showy aspect still does justice to her figure. Props man.
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