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Yeah, this is what that dragon was for. Coloring with a mouse is an excruciatingly tedious ordeal.

I figured it deserved its own thread - the contents within are separate from the other. I dunno, though.

Anyway, here:

Princess Yoyo of Kahna

The quality of the art is very, very good.

I can't shake the notion that the dragon's proportion is off somehow, though. He seems a little... I don't know.... too thick, or something.

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Quote (Hamedo @ 14th August 2006 15:15)

The quality of the art is very, very good.

I can't shake the notion that the dragon's proportion is off somehow, though. He seems a little... I don't know.... too thick, or something.

I think his head is small in respect to his body.

I actually like the size of the upper body.

The abdomen area seems too thick... the impression I get is almost pregnancy-like.

I think I've put my finger on it. The body is too short for the abdomen thickness to taper off to a smaller tail properly. The result is the thick look that it has.

This is all, of course, just my meager interpretation of the work. That may very well be how you intended the dragon to look, and that's totally fine.

I still maintain that the artwork itself is extremely well done. I wish I had your talent.

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To pose a question - could the face have used more shading? On another forum, I keep getting the response that her face is too flat - it's the only criticism I've received consistently.

It's really good, and I like Bahamut Lagoon as well.
The dragon seems OK, but the expression on Yoyo's face seems a little odd.

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Quote (Nepheliad @ 14th August 2006 10:48)

To pose a question - could the face have used more shading? On another forum, I keep getting the response that her face is too flat - it's the only criticism I've received consistently.

Well, there seems to be no shading at all on her face; since you put some shading on the rest of her body, I would think some shading on her face would've also been appropriate. Personally, I would have given her more of a chin, too, but maybe that was a concious choice of style on your part.

Also, I was under the impression you made the change to the dragon's mouth that Narratorway suggested on the other thread, but I ain't seeing it here...

These are small complaints, though. Really, what you have here is really nice. I likes!

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Quote (Galsic @ 14th August 2006 17:01)

Quote (Nepheliad @ 14th August 2006 10:48)

To pose a question - could the face have used more shading? On another forum, I keep getting the response that her face is too flat - it's the only criticism I've received consistently.

Well, there seems to be no shading at all on her face; since you put some shading on the rest of her body, I would think some shading on her face would've also been appropriate. Personally, I would have given her more of a chin, too, but maybe that was a concious choice of style on your part.

Also, I was under the impression you made the change to the dragon's mouth that Narratorway suggested on the other thread, but I ain't seeing it here...

These are small complaints, though. Really, what you have here is really nice. I likes!

Hah, the mouth got defaulted. I changed it, but in messing around with the layers, it returned to an intermediary point between the two changes I made... and by that point, I couldn't be bothered to fix it again.

Shading on the face makes me nervous, since it never seems to look right. Any advice?

I love how the dragon looks, but the girl does need some face shading, as others have mentioned.

There should be some around the inner eyes, since there's the bridge of the nose in between them. Also, her forehead can have more shading aside from what her bangs provide. You could probably also shade the cheek further away from the audience and see how that looks.

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