Reviews for Mario in Action

[ChuckDaKnife]

Here are some pointers.

You have to improve the anatomy, specially his left leg: it looks like it's sticking out of the body, and its upper part is too small. The upper part of Mario's right hand is also too small. His right hand doesn't look good, and his eyes look a bit lifeless. His pose is also kinda akward. Also, try to make your traces smoother, and paint with more regular lines.

On the upper side, his left hand is very nice (hands are hard to draw).

Lastly, I have a question: is he supposed to be jumping?

ChandlerThompson responds:

Thanks for the help on the symmetry and legs, I appreciate the compliment on the hands too. No, Mario just has his foot on a Goomba, somewhat looks like he's marking his territory, doesn't it?

[Butzbo]

Urh-Pointiers.

I just read your 'New' and felt like giving some pointiers :P
-the body has too many straight lines, they're okay for some parts like the arms, but you may add some curved lines here and there in the body, to make it look more 'natural'.
-that Goomba fellow doesn't look like being stepped-over by Mario, you may put him 'a little more up' and with part of Mario's feet over it, or try other things.
-About the shading, a suggestion is to put an imaginary light source on the drawing. that way you will know which parts get light and which ones are in shadows (probably not the best explanation...just look for a shading tutorial).
Anyway, good thing you have some style on it, and i hope you keep developing it.

ChandlerThompson responds:

I never thought about the straight line bit on the arms, you make an excellent point on that. The reason the Goomba looks so poor is because I was going to add one so I quickly rushed it, your pointer will definately help me out. I got the majority of the tip on shading, but I'll look out for a shading tutorial. I appreciate the excellent review!

[MikeWeathersby546]

Hilarious!

Mario is stepping on a micro-sized goomba! And look at his face!

ChandlerThompson responds:

Haha, I didn't expect that interpretation from it. Thanks for the review and the ten!