I like it! You can totally feel motion in it. That's one of my issues my drawings looks so stiff.

The only thing I can think of is that the tank top looks really thick...but it's hard to say, because I don't know what it's supposed to look like.

Now please critique mine. XD

The people should not be afraid of it's government. The government should be afraid of it's people. -V

lol, yeah it does. I just added it in at the last minute so people wouldn't think she was naked or something. xD

Now off to Nichole's post I go!

Yay! XD

The people should not be afraid of it's government. The government should be afraid of it's people. -V

nice, nice. She does come off rather old for a lil sis though. I haven't done a realistic sketch in ages. I might try that.

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Nazirah is a rabbit! She does pretty tricks for us. So well trained and so eager to please.

That looks really good. When I try to draw people they look like barbie dolls. You can draw eyes and ears really good too.
I can't draw eyes or ears :(

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Steph: Keep at it! :D

Nazi: She does look older than she should. I think perhaps the contours on her face are a bit too defined, giving the effect of wrinkles? I dunno. I do know many people thought it was supposed to be a self-portrait, so I know I at least got the family resemblance down.

Maybe we're all so used to cute little manga characters so it takes a while to adjust :D

I agree with Nichole, there's a certain motion in it. I think it's the way you drew the neck; it works well.

It must have taken a while to draw all the hair! Does she have a side or middle parting though? If it's middle then it could be a little off...

~ Barking at the Moon ~

Feel the flooow of emotions! Yes, I doth think this is great, but somehow I feel there is something off (Yeah, probably the tank top...).

I like the shade-y ness. :D

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CatChewer: Her hair is always parted in a lop-sided manner, so I honestly don't remember what I was going for. x3

Caramel: Yeah, the tank does take away from it somehow, I suppose. :( Or maybe it's something else none of our eyes are noticing. Our eyes are such slackers. o_o

That is gorgeous!

I'm going to be trying realism for weeks.

Thanks a lot. ;P

.:suzu-chan/killijoy/Joeys Cupcake:.
.:"No time for goodbyes," he said, as he faded away. "It's hard to imagine, but one day you'll end up like me." Then he said, "If you want to stay alive, hold on for your life.":.

That's great! I love your shading and general style; and it's great to see some realism around! <3

Some of the facial features look a wee out of place towards the bottom of the face, but that could just be me being pedantic. And I'd agree about what's said about the tank top.

Even so, those things are barely noticable and it's a fabulous picture! =D

Rawr. <3 x3

It's amazing... doesn't look anything like your sister though :)

Thanks for the kind remarks, all! <3

Red: Oh, you've seen her? :p lol

Gack! I just caught a mistake! x] Her right cheek (your left) isn't positioned correctly on her face. It should be placed higher.

Look at me typing advice to myself! =0

Sometimes if you leave a drawing for a few days and look back on it, you notice all these details that are off.

Something like re-reading last minute essays and realizing how stupid you must sound to the reader.

~ Barking at the Moon ~

Almost like looking back at supremely old works and thinking "GOD that's terrible". Almost, except I guess this isn't that old. Or horrible.

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Well, I guess the quicker I can see my mistakes, the better. o.0

I see all... I am omnipitant (however I can't spell omnipitant).

Did you mean omnipotent? I'm confused :S

~ Barking at the Moon ~

That depends on wether that is the correct spelling or not... if it is then yes that is what I meant. Man I am tired... too tired to post anything that makes much sense about anything :S

Yeah...omnipotent is like everywhere all at once. Like a god is omnipotent.

The people should not be afraid of it's government. The government should be afraid of it's people. -V

Yeah, I know what it means :) I just didn't know how to spell it, and I had just got home at like 8 in the morning and I was tired and probably drunk.

I know this off topic..sorry...but 'probably'?

~ Barking at the Moon ~

He was drunk, so he couldn't tell. ;p

Hehehe, well :D I am not sure if I was still what you would call drunk at that point... or hungover... or just really tired :) I can't stop laughing now ^^

Okay... Whoo... that was reeeeeelly off topic.

What I think makes her look older is the line under the line defining her cheek that is to the left of her mouth (the bigger one). If that made any sense at all just but your thumb over it and see what I mean.

The shading is excellent Joey!

Yeah, I see what you mean, Iko. I had to put it there because her face is rather pudgy, but perhaps making it lighter would have made a difference.

Its really good Joey!You're shading is incredible!

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I've never has a heart, Never know love.

Yet you expect me to care, to care about you.

Now you're staring at me, You stare at me as your love fades to grey.

What did you expect, Did you expectg me to love, love you with a heart I've never had?

Hmm...you have lots of negative space at the top, which gives it a nice texture, but as you go down the lines blend together and it looks less realistic..I don't think there's any good way to fix it, but that my only complaint. Everything else looks very good, and it's way better than I could do.

(Epsi sucks at realism. ><')

Hmm... you are referring to the hair, yes?

I agree with Epsilon. The hair gets less textured as it goes down.

The people should not be afraid of it's government. The government should be afraid of it's people. -V

Want to hear something funny?

The hair wasn't like that before. An art professor (one that actually does great art herself) I had critique it told me to do it that way. The hair should be treated as a "form" rather than "a bunch of grouped up lines," she said. ;p

True, but for the form theory to work, it has to be applied to the whole thing. Right now, it's like the bottom is a form, and the top is a texture. So....I guess you should just blur the top too? Ah hell, I'm just a self-taught hick, what do I know.^^

And, yet again, I have a texture psuedo-fetish, so I'm biased.xD

lol, actually, she wanted it to be more textured where there would be more light. I might have done it wrong also. ^_^U

Don't worry. I'm a self-taught hick as well. ;3

Yayy for self-taughtedness!!

Sometimes you have to bend the words even if they really don't want to. :D

Sorry Joey

~ Barking at the Moon ~

For what? Making up words for fun is different from typing like an illiterate. xD

I got started on a realism project. I was thinking of giving my bf a mix CD for Vday when he comes back from his camp. But then I though that was Cliche.

So I decided to fill up a school note book with anatomy sketches and portaits of myself and my family memebers and give the book to him. Cheap! And I wanted him to have something personal.

He's not really into art. Is this a good idea?

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Nazirah is a rabbit! She does pretty tricks for us. So well trained and so eager to please.

What are you cursing it for? It's pretty good.

Yes I have dreams, and fate seems to place me among others with dreams like mine.

I like it. Though she does look a bit old... Cool signature.

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oh my thats pretty dam good...I suck at drawing real ppl as well but you are way better...yeah she might look older since you didnt show us a real pic but its weird how I made ppl old as well when I true to draw them like that.....the shadows are great...I rly like this...

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