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Artist's Comments![]() ![]() * The inspiration of the artwork: I met on halloween 2008 Marie Yokota from Japan,. who showed me what a true friend is. She became one of my best friends over the few months she lived with us, she had to return home to Japan in may 2009. She inspired me to be a better person and to share my art with the world. I miss her companionship and inspirational talks. This is a small remembrance of her from me to everyone! She is the reason I am here and sharing my art today, before her it sat hidden away in storage and without her it would very much still be there. *description of the artwork: the pencil details behind her represent the chaos of the world around us all and how we each take part in shaping it, her hand holds a ball of crystal to represent focus and the other hand transforms to branches showing her hand in life. She walks among the clouds being an inspiration to others dreams uplifting their spirits. the outfit she wears is close to the costume she wore when we met <however not quiet so showy>. She is well known in japan as a master flutist which explains the musical notes at her feet and the flute attached at her waste. * I hope you enjoy my attempt at showing her how she has inspired me to try again, and share myself with the world. Comments
Once again, I love all your detail and the attention to the space. The lower left corner is a little less anchored than the other three, and while I think that was intentional, it doesn't work the best for me visually. I do like the subdued upper right corner though as it opens that space to the right of the figure. Great stuff
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Critiques
Firstly, I have to say I love the colours. They're quite reserved, but work well and there's a nice and subtle amount of variety with the colours. You've used colour well to draw attention to certain areas of the image: the center and the corners. I think that's a good thing to have done because it brings in some space, which is just as important as other parts
I think perhaps some of the anatomy is a little off. Her legs don't look quite right to me, and the face near the top right corner of the image looks a little skewed. Still, when I look at how much detail is in this, I can forgive those small mistakes
the main woman's pose is very good, especially with that outfit. She looks like she's walking out from the clouds, like an important priestess. She also looks kind on her face, but the claws on her right hand show she may strike you if you cross her
Fantastic work!
i love how detailed it is, and the color patern you have used.
i just think you should be more carefull with body proportions, generally is very good, but you made some mistakes, like the breasts (one is abit bigger than the other) and the feet... she has two right feet. Body is not easy, and it needs alot of practice though, but you are in the good way
About the coloring of the body, i think you have used too much yellow on her belly... and it gives more attention to it... if you wanna give to it more importance in the drawing, its a great idea you give it more light, but you used almost a different color of the rest of the skin...maybe you should have mixed the colors like you did with her legs.
About the lightening, i think you tried to give light from front, so the top shouldnt have that much shadows, and her breasts should be more clear to the view, its like you drew them and them tried to hide them abit with darker shading, i think that top is so cool and original to hide it x)
And the leg should make a shadow on the one of behind.
One humble opinion , from my point of view, is that you could have used alot more the detail of the candles.... i mean, it would be so cool if the light was abit darker and comming from candles instead from front , but thats an opinion.
As i said, i just love your creativity, and i think with a bit better technique (and you just need practice) you will be an amazing artist.
Trust me, there are many ppl with amazing skills... but poor creativity, getting skills is just a matter of time and job, you have true artist´s soul and heart.
Keep it up!
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