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Jaded Geisha 01-15-2008 09:59 PM

Just some color pencil practice...
 
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Juliaagain.jpg
Lookie! Jaded's latest arting!!! I wanted to practice coloring with colored pencils... Considering how my first 2 attemps went I think I've done all right...

I'm only looking for crit and advice on how to improve my colored pencil technique... So ummm... help?

MelanholiC 01-15-2008 10:16 PM

Since I make my art with photoshop..
I don't know how I can help you improve you skills '^^

BUT I do know shadowing xD hahaha
as for the hair..
make dark parts and some lighter parts..
then add the Shiny areas :D
not to much D:

for being a practice picture its quite good :P

Arie 01-15-2008 10:34 PM

Wow, that's some good art =o
The shiny areas to the hair could have been added a bit differently. But overall, that's one beautiful piece of art =)

Stuffed.Tiger 01-15-2008 10:52 PM

Wow, that's very good! I'm not the greatest at shading and using colored pencils, so i'm kinda jealous. xD
Very good job!!

Jenn_heart 01-15-2008 11:06 PM

That's so pretty! I;m pretty bad at coloring, but the lighted area of the hair could be larger and used less( like light a bit under the top of the head and a bit at the bottom of the hair).
ME LIKES!!!

Heartbeats 01-15-2008 11:47 PM

I like how you colored the hair (;

I know that I could not do anything better. Haha. I'd probably just color her hair in one solid color with a few black lines. x]]!!

Great job ;D

I tend to color art for online things on photoshop but yeah o____o;

Again, great job :]

Amiiu 01-15-2008 11:58 PM

Very nice. Except the bust looks strange, and the right [our left] eye looks kind of funky. And when you compare the hair to the tang top, the tang top looks so plain, add more shading there and maybe it'll look better ^^

Birdy 01-16-2008 12:59 AM

The bust is odd and so is the shine on the hair, imo.

Mellora 01-16-2008 02:22 AM

Well,Thats pretty good in my opinion.

The hair is great but there's alot of shiney-ness in it o.x

I love it though.Keep up theGreat work.

Sonatina 01-16-2008 03:36 AM

Colored pencils aren't my thing, but I did notice a couple small issues on your [awesome] art ^^

1) The area near the roots of the hair is really messy - Make sure you're coloring in curves and not just straight lines.
2) A lot of shadow is missing. The roots and ends should be darker than everything else. You've got highlights, but not shadow, so it looks a little odd.
3) On your highlights, don't be afraid to stretch them out a little. They're a little too compact. You might want to try longer strokes leading into the shine and a bigger light colored area. Experiment with it a little :)

Overall, it's really pretty! I definitely couldn't do something that good with colored pencils.


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