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[Jephyr]

Welcome to CD Jephyr! You have some very neat stuff here! I really like to see old-school traditional artworks on CD. It's a breath of fresh air from all the CGI-stuff we all produce.

I think you got some solid pieces in your portfolio, however, there are some stuff I think you could improve on. I did a small overpaint/suggestion of your cat piece that I think showcase what I have in mind.

You have a sort of "lumpiness" in your artwork that I think pulls down the whole impression. Basically, you don't seem to keep in mind the rhythm and flow in some of your shapes. For example, in the cat's legs, we have two curves facing each other on separate sides of the form. A curve looks better against a straight.



Here's a good book on the subject: 


Hope this small suggestion helps! Keep up the good work! :)

Thanks for stoppin' by and for the welcome Zorrentos.



I do like using traditional media when I can — it does make a nice change of pace and I think is a little more challenging than digital (no undo or saving multiple versions for example).



Thanks so much for the advice and for the paint over too.  Very good suggestion regarding smoothing things out and thinking about rhythm and flow.  I've read bits of "Force" and will have to look into getting a copy.



I'll stop by your sketchbook asap to see what you've been up to.



Thanks again



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Here's sum new schtuff all done in Krita which I'm loving. 

For the last image I watched used Marc Brunet's techniques from his color tutorial and kinda liked the result (although I hafta admit I deviated quite a bit from following it to the letter):