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Two of my favourite members of Naitomea<3

*Ref pics were used*
Materials: Colour pencils Faber Castelle
Watercolour pencils Koh-i-Noor
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~illeity Jun 25, 2012   Digital Artist
Good day! I was asked to give your work a critique. I hope you take whatever advice I give and pick out the ones that you believe can help you be a better artist for future works.

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>Beautiful subtle color use. The colors just barely seem saturated enough but is sufficient to define facial regions, especially with the guy in the left.
>Photo references are easy enough to copy, but not as easy to replicate skin tone or color, so good work for that.

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>The right feels less refined and complete. This gives me the idea tha you spent more time on the left. My recommendation is to put as much time on all parts of the work especially with formal works like this.
>The Japanese characters on the center feel out of place becaus it was created digitally. If you mix digital and traditional media, you need to blend it well or the placement makes it look forced and fake.

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>You can always recreate Japanese characters on paper using Masking Fluid or Masking Tape.
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I personally really like this picture, because you used traditional pencils to create very convincing textures, for example the smooth skin or the felt material of the hat. As it was already mentioned, there is something odd about the left eye of the left guy, but it's not that bad, because it doesn't really affect the overall impression of this piece.
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~EarthShroom Feb 12, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Very good work! The shading looks great. The one on the left bothers me a bit though - I think the left eye may need to be closer in.

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=OlMountainWoman Feb 12, 2012  Professional Photographer
The shading and colors in the piece are well done. Hair is a particularly hard element to draw, but you did very well.
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Very nice. They are very well-done, and from far away it is a photorealistic look.

I have one complaint: it seems like the black on the right is lighter than the black on the hat on the left. Is that intended? Also, there's some skin tone inconsistency.
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~SagaraLewis Oct 22, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you^__^.

This difference in tones of black appeared because it's two drawings that were not meant to be together in one sheet of paper. Later I united them.
I'll try to avoid such failures next time=). *And sorry for such a late reply*
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~lolita-rasputina Aug 8, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
I really like it. They have so much character!
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~SagaraLewis Oct 22, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you so much!:hug:
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:iconaspiredwriter:
this is really well drawn. the contour lines and shades are great and the indentations around the left guy's face are amazing. really gives deapth to the picture.
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~SagaraLewis Aug 1, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you! Such a nice words... I'm really glad to hear them=).
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