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Commission i've been working on
Sep 7, 2021#anime
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#originalcharacter
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I like the energy of the pose! The head seems a little off to me. I wish I could comment with a picture, but here’s a few things I noticed:
1) if you draw a contoured line following the center of the skull, it becomes clear that the ?horns? are very different from each other. The character’s left one is almost directly above the eye, whereas the character’s right one is lower and also much further back—more on the side of the skull than on top or forehead.
2) the ears are also not symmetrical, though more plausible than the horns since ears like that can move independent of each other. I just want to make sure you’re aware of it so you can use it intentionally. If you draw a straight line across the eyebrows and/or the eyes, you’ll notice that they angle slightly down, however if you draw a line across the bottom of the ears, you’ll notice it angles in the opposite direction. This gives the impression of the character’s left ear being somewhat raised. (Also, this same trick reveals that the collar is also angled counter to the head angle and shoulders angle, which looks a bit weird.)
3) This one is more minor, but the hair is very bowl-shaped. I’m not sure how much of that is character design, but regardless I think removing some volume from the back of the head would make the hair seem more like it’s attached to a skull (because we’re looking near directly at the face, we wouldn’t see much of the side of the head). Also, the hair line that goes back behind the character’s left horn looks a bit unnatural. Since it originates at the center of the scalp, I’d expect it to go either more directly towards the back of the skull or straight down the side, not the long diagonal route it’s currently taking. Honestly I think the hair would look fine without it altogether, though that’s more an aesthetic decision. Other minor hair tweak would be removing some volume from their left side-bang/lock of hair to make it appear to follow the face as it curves around the cheek and becomes the side of the head.
I hope that’s not too intimidating, these were all minor tweaks but I wanted to try and explain them as best I could. Overall I like the rest of it a lot and I don’t think I could have pulled of a human-shaped character in a pose like this, with such nice line work and coloring. I wish you well finishing your piece!
1) if you draw a contoured line following the center of the skull, it becomes clear that the ?horns? are very different from each other. The character’s left one is almost directly above the eye, whereas the character’s right one is lower and also much further back—more on the side of the skull than on top or forehead.
2) the ears are also not symmetrical, though more plausible than the horns since ears like that can move independent of each other. I just want to make sure you’re aware of it so you can use it intentionally. If you draw a straight line across the eyebrows and/or the eyes, you’ll notice that they angle slightly down, however if you draw a line across the bottom of the ears, you’ll notice it angles in the opposite direction. This gives the impression of the character’s left ear being somewhat raised. (Also, this same trick reveals that the collar is also angled counter to the head angle and shoulders angle, which looks a bit weird.)
3) This one is more minor, but the hair is very bowl-shaped. I’m not sure how much of that is character design, but regardless I think removing some volume from the back of the head would make the hair seem more like it’s attached to a skull (because we’re looking near directly at the face, we wouldn’t see much of the side of the head). Also, the hair line that goes back behind the character’s left horn looks a bit unnatural. Since it originates at the center of the scalp, I’d expect it to go either more directly towards the back of the skull or straight down the side, not the long diagonal route it’s currently taking. Honestly I think the hair would look fine without it altogether, though that’s more an aesthetic decision. Other minor hair tweak would be removing some volume from their left side-bang/lock of hair to make it appear to follow the face as it curves around the cheek and becomes the side of the head.
I hope that’s not too intimidating, these were all minor tweaks but I wanted to try and explain them as best I could. Overall I like the rest of it a lot and I don’t think I could have pulled of a human-shaped character in a pose like this, with such nice line work and coloring. I wish you well finishing your piece!
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Soo if you are having problems getting the pose right (in this case, the foot) i would suggest checking out JustSketchMe, which is a site that lets you move a manequin around and make it do the pose you want to draw your character in, and even lets you save a screenshot of the angle you want to look at it from
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ohh this is so cute!! I love the outfit and colors
for critique uhmmm I'd say make the foot bigger because it's coming at us and perspective is weird like that 
for critique uhmmm I'd say make the foot bigger because it's coming at us and perspective is weird like that •
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the character is seen from front so the pose of the foot is not completely correct since you shouldn't be seeing the sole or at least not that much. also we should be able to see the back of the jacket, the other hand and a bit of the other foot. but in general the coloring is great and the anatomy too
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