"Anarchist Plot" by David Mitchell

Yop are getting better and better as you post more pics. If you want a criticism, Valese's left arm looks a little ackward, mainly where her hand is grasping her blade. None-the-less, it is better than I could do. Great work.

I love the picture....all together! IT's absolutely darling! The only thing that I think you can improve on is the arms...they look a little small! But...who am I to say? Please feel free to criticize my work!

Absolutely marvelous work! I really love the hair of the Tiefling on the left and having a Cambion is always cool. He might look a bit cooler with pitch black Sarevok style armor, huge horns and long hair. Of course that's just my oppinion.

This picture really shows how you've improved since I first saw your work: the anatomy looks right and the figures show character through expression (though they still could use even more expression). The details of the equipment and the extremely detailed background make the picture very interesting to look at, as always. You should only look out that the contrast of the background doesn't overshadow the foreground. Overall I think this is one of your best pictures so far.

Great picture, lots of detail and nice costume design. I particularly like the armour of the big guy at the back.

You have amazing detail to this drawing!
Only problem is, with so much detail, you confuse the viewer, and you loose focus to what's really important.
To put focus where you want it, there's several tricks I can suggest:
Our eyes are naturally made so that only a small area of sight is sharp in detail, while the rest is blurry unless our eyes move. You could use this, and make the most details where you want focus. Somehow I don't think you'll like this idea. hehe!
While you sketch, you can decide whether the main area should be the darkest, or the lightest. Usually light is most successful for attracting attention, but that all depends on what there is most of in a pic. for instance... if there had been daylight outside, the foreground would come out darker, and some strong shades or such on the main happening, would make it stand out more. As it is now, both back and foreground has much of the same lightness, which makes it confusing. You could still have darkened the city further without loosing the buildings.
Another fact of physics is that what is closest to us, also has the sharpest details and contrast. By making backgrounds more diffuse, you can have the foreground stand out better.
Of course... this could also be a bad scan. In any case I must applaude you for astonishing backgrounds. Drawings are boring without them!

David Mitchell replies: "I still have the original version of this pic, in which I wasn't satisfied with the background, because I felt it looked too vague and undefined, though perhaps it clutters things upa bit here. If you want I could send it to you."

tres bien, tres bien!

I love how you shaded the guy in the hood and cloak's face in, I can never get that effect right.

I like how her left arm is placed actually. It seems like she's holding it towards the viewer.

Hey i really like the guy with the hood! I love how you shaded him in and all! you're really good at drawing I like the ones you drew for Ben's comedy twist on....Macbeth i think it was. anyways thats it! Bye