Constructive criticism, please.

[ImaFreekozoid]

Here's a recent pic I made, in which I tried to incorporate a background because whenever I draw a person or several people without a background, it makes for a quite dull image...But I have a hard time getting the background to match the figure within it. If you guys can give me any tips, I'd be much obliged :D

[brewbeer]

I see what you mean. I like the style, background doesn't see to fit.....try something lighter and make her smile. Lifting the mood of this piece will really make it a pleasant art to look at. Keep it up.

[slug-legend]

No boobs!? I want my 2 minutes of life back!

[ImaFreekozoid]

At 7/23/07 05:26 PM, brewbeer wrote: I see what you mean. I like the style, background doesn't see to fit.....try something lighter and make her smile. Lifting the mood of this piece will really make it a pleasant art to look at. Keep it up.

Thanks, I had been attempting to make it night, and most of the time I draw people in serious moods, but maybe I'll try something more joyous next time :]

[TarThoron]

The lighting on her is too bright, and the background is too dark. Try imagining a light source for the overall image, such as a moon or a campfire, and keep it in mind while drawing. If it's too hard to imagine, then actually put it in, you can take it out later if you want.

[BlackmarketKraig]

You have some anatomy issues here, one leg looks significantly longer than the other and she looks like she's about to fall over. Some more definition of her nose would make her face seem less awkward. Everything else, I think, has already been brought up in the thread. Nice work, I hope to see more. =]

[thetravelingbassist7]

dude, you need to fix the face and the shading....... but other than that its alright

[ImaFreekozoid]

At 7/23/07 09:42 PM, fetusdoctor wrote: 1) Toss those lines out the door. If you're gonna do that much coloring and shading you don't really need the lines to define her.
2) Vary your palette a little more. Right now it looks like a faint highlight, a medium purple color, and a faint dark purple. Use a deep-dark purple for the darkest shadows, and use a really bright highlight in just a few places.
3)Put some highlights in the eyes. Just a speck of white in each would help alot.

Thanks so much, this comment was especially helpful. In the future I keep these tips in mind, and I figure several people have their own art threads, so I might as well just post any future pieces here. I really appreciate all of your advice (aside from the comment about the lack of nips).

[WisdomVsLogic]

At 7/23/07 10:34 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: You have some anatomy issues here, one leg looks significantly longer than the other and she looks like she's about to fall over. Some more definition of her nose would make her face seem less awkward. Everything else, I think, has already been brought up in the thread. Nice work, I hope to see more. =]

BK has spoken

[Vortex00]

Most of the stuff has been said but the bust area needs some "gravity"

[Officer]

At 7/23/07 05:33 PM, slug-legend wrote: No boobs!? I want my 2 minutes of life back!

Did that take you 2 minutes to look at that?