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[Girl in Spring]

Backgrounds

The background looks unfinished in my eyes. The concept is aright I suppose, but using the default preset brush is not so good.

[Jump]

well

The background looks a bit half assed; It's just a plain gradient and a shadow, it looks like she's running downhill because the shadow isn't flat on the ground.
The colour and pattern you've chosen on the top is kinda stressful, try experimenting with duller colours and simplifying patterns.
Other than that, good work!

IshSkillz responds:

True, very true. I usually like to keep things simple because the backgrounds that I end up drawing looks like shit in my standards (but that's just me being a fucking perfectionist :p...), thus I end up opting for simple gradients. But thank you for your very constructive criticism. Such critiquing as yours is very rare in many art sites that I post in (it's like finding a needle in a haystack), and I find this very helpful. Thank you. :)

[Capsule]

See

See this is why you turn on autosave.
Also, I think some parts are a bit too dark, more global lightning perhaps?

Kinsei responds:

Actually... I had to google an auto save in 3Ds, But there isn't one. There is an auto backup if the program crashes, which I have had to use before, but it was windows that stopped 3Ds, so the poor program didn't even get the chance to auto backup....

as for lighting..... I was working on that...... was....

[tango girl]

Great!

I like the monochrome feel of it.
I must say, you've done a great job on the clothing.
The anatomy seems a bit masculine at some places, but that's all minor things,
keep up the good work!

[My Process]

Cute and cartoony

I think the style you have is cute, this is being greatly complimented by the colours you use. I love how clean your lines are already at the sketching phase. Keep up the good ork!

Torogoz responds:

Thank you for noticing, i take pride in being able to show my sketchbook and not having it look like a mess. With that in mind though i do keep a separate sketch pad for when i feel like doing random stuff.

[Noa in Monochrome]

vey nice!

This is really nice!
The shading on the face however looks a bit masculine to me, I don't know why ...

PinkPigtails responds:

Well asides from the shading I'm glad you like it^^

[Bullet Heaven]

Anticipating

Looks cool

[Sift Heads]

Great colours!

Love the use of colours as well as the composition. It would've done fine without the black letterbox though.
May I ask how the random images were generated? I love the result of it, and I'd like to try it out myself

[Asians]

Pretty accurate

as for the drawing, the anatomy is off for some. I love most of the expressions on them, and it's overall great!
Would've been great with something other than a gradient for a background though. Also, shading would've been nice

Chickenlump responds:

What are you talking about? There is more than a gradient for the background. There's a silhouetted cityscape and the Japanese rising sun logo! Now that's a background!

Also, I didn't shade because the commissioner didn't pay extra for it.

[Celebi Valentine]

Haha

Another sweet pun!
Again, text isn't in perspective, and the celebi is sticking out of the card?
Either way, hilarious idea and awesome card!
Happy valentines day!