"Battery acid doing the art justice" by Jessica Jean Tschampa

Hey, much better at your colorin' skills I love it's tail, you did a great job with the way it's curving and the spines (?) along the sides.

KUTGW!!

-Ahk

THAAAAARRRR ya go! That's the way to Dew it. Okay, you don't ALWAYS need that much sugar in your system to get tripped-out color schemes; I find that more than a 12 oz can of anything will give me jitters so bad that I can't concentrate. I just see color that brightly. And now, you do too! Absolutely fabulous; those purples against the greens are amazing, aren't they? Now: try doing a draco with NOOOOOO black. None! Use dark blue or dark green ONLY for your shading! Then try it with red. The trick is to start with a critter that has body colors light enough to warrant shading with lighter-valued colors.

Jessica Jean Tschampa replies: "well, actually the scan turned the dark blue black. Honestly I didn't use any black Well I'm mountain dew resistant now, gosh dang techies, get me hooked on dew hee, I'm enjoying myself. Thanks for the critique. I was getting scared I had become to good to get critiques. "

Ok this is much better. I can feel the roundness of this creature, especially in the neck and the arms. The background is too busy. Use a blend to unify your backdrop. Never use the same treatment in your center of attention as you do in the horizon behind it. The neck looks broken. Look at the anatomy of animals in real life to see how the neck should bend. The legs need to bend more. Look at your own legs. They have a bend in them as the go down to your feet. The same is true here. Spend some more time to clean up your shading in the wings. Smooth out those changes in saturation. Pose pose and more pose... think about this creature in the moment. What is it doing? Is it simply standing there waiting for you to draw it? Or is it supposed to be walking up that hill you put it on. Where is it? In the snow? If so you might want to make snow in the background as well. Overall, a great start at a fantasy illustration.

Jessica Jean Tschampa replies: " great comment. Ya all you out there, this is a comment! I was trying to do a herron thing with the neck I saw in one of my books, I don't think I accoplished the effect either. I totally agree that I need work on my poses, any ideas on where I could learn that? any good books to study? I hope my next picture will turn out much better"

Well, the coloring is really nicely done and very fitting... The design is cool, and not in the slightest insane.. ^_~ Purdyfull shading, too! ^_^

Lovely Picture Sssage!

Your artwork is so lovely and beautiful.

keep it up and never give up either!

Shaminar.

Hey! Sorry it took me so long. ^^;; It only took... what, a month? *nervous laugh* Okay, critique. Right. Neat use of colors, first. With the green and the yellow and the blue all mixed into the red. Surreal-y effect. *nod* I loves the feeling of depth with the tail coming forward, too. The bright green agianst the dull red does seem out of place, but I think that's the sugar talking. *snigger* The thing that really bothers me is the background. It's not smooth like the foreground. Doesn't fit at all and looks sloppily done. I'm not sure exactly what you were looking for, coloring advice or physiology advice or what... >_o I'm not so great at coloring stuff m'self, especially with prisma pencils. Arrrr... I'm done here.

WOW!!! Your highlights and shadows are absolutely splendid!!!! I love the moose-like antlers and that incredibly long, spikey tail!!! Saweeeeeet! Awesome pic!

AHHH three giant pixi sticks mixed with mountain dew?! Mountain dew's too sweet as it is! Anyway, the colouring on this piece is fantastic. I haven't read all the comments so this probably isn't your first time reading this, but the proportions of the creature are strange. For instance, the head is too big, and the throat is too pointy. I know it's not an animal from real life, so the proportions can't really be "wrong," but I don't think the neck could even support such a big head. Also, the tail's bulges seem excessive. Sorry to be so critical. Overall it's still a very good picture (and has great colouring - did I mention that?)

Wow. Nice one. Very nice. Very useful comment this. But it's a very nice picture. I love the way you coloured it.