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Scully's Phoebe

Phoebe from Mystic Quest
" Phoebe "
CG Artwork by Scully Raincrystal

Evaluators:

  Maggie Bradshaw
  Lorelai Wu
  Audra Ann Furuichi
  Sandara-3



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Maggie's PictureMaggie Says: I do like you picture of Pheobe a lot and i especially like how the background really brings the character out in the picture more! ( in other words, very good chioce of colors!!!) I guess the onlyt hing i can say to help you with this pic a little would be to maybe make the shading a little more noticable. It may just be the scan, but the shading looks a little light. if it was to be darkened a bit, i think i would make the picture more dramatic. I like her pse, and how shes holding up the bow, it adds a little more motion to the picture. So, i guess a bit more shading on the hair, clothes, and skin would looks nice. Hope i helped!!

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Lorelai's Picture Lorelai Says: What's up! Ok, so my colleagues have told you about proportion and shading. So I'm going to tell you a bit about drawing hair. Your Phoebe's hair is well crafted, but it seems stiff and sorta flat. First thing about hair is, draw many, many lines. Not like a line for each strand, but many lines because you don't want to be so definite about what the hair is doing. I think hair is one of my strong points, you might want to click my thumbnail piccie and go see my sample drawings cuz I'm really not sure how else to say it! ^_^ GoOd LuCk!!!

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Audra's Picture Audra Says: What a cute image! :D I can see a lot of your own style in your rendition of Phoebe, which is wonderful. It's also good that you're moving out of the mainsteam! I really like to see that in fan art today! ^_^ You also put her in an original costume with your own take of her hair style. She has great proportions which is also great! Now, looking further into your picture at what can be done to spice it up a bit... first, the most noticable: the background. Because it's a simple grey gradation strip, it draws away from the image. Unless your colors are solid and bright, I'd suggest using a lighter, transparent color. Secondly, you might want to work on coloring her with more contrast. Because there is so much blue and it competes with the blondeness of her hair, it washes out her complexion. Lastly, it's a lovely portrait shot, but it helps to evoke a feeling or mood in fanart. That's what makes it original and unique! :)

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Sandara's Picture Sandara-3 Says: Hi! You have a grasp on how to use color pencils, just work on the shading a little more. it's good to study figure poses a little, since in your picture, Phoebe's pose looks stiff.

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