Really good :D
I am a fan of your work, I really love em :]
All your previous work is really great, but in my opinion, this is the one I didn't like that much, the one thing that bothers me the most, is her face, it looks like you drew the whole thing but the face, like you took the face from another painting and paste it on the body.
But besides that, I really love it :D
Keep up the good work ^^
Nah man, I painted everything from scratch. I just spent most of the time rendering the face since that was the main focus. But yeah, I guess I need to work on unifying my paintings. Thanks for your review.
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I love all your work with Annika in it. There is only one slight detail i didn't like in this picture. The soldiers behind her look like ghosts lol (because of their face), but still, it's a great picture. I would love an Annika background for my pc and laptop :)
Hey, thanks!
Hmmm, yeah I guess a little more work on the faces of the background soldiers would have been nice...
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Cool colors dude!
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A Captivating Series
You know, I actually created an account on here to review your work. I'm thoroughly impressed. You've rekindled a love for the genre of literature this makes me nostalgic for. The Dark Elf series? Drizzt Do'Urden? It seems like she would play an excellent character in that series. But, I guess i'm supposed to make some witty and insightful remark about the piece, eh? Here we go, I guess. So maybe the things people have said already aside, i did notice that her cheek muscles don't seem to be... strained enough? Maybe it's my face but it seems to me that around the cheek bone area her face doesn't show that full-bodied yell. My only "suggestion" for that is maybe go yell at a mirror and notice your cheeks. Haha, something else. Women's belts (maybe not true for that time period) are backwards; women buckle and button clothing reversed from males. I do like the way that the hair, pendant and leg all show the lunging swing. (Coupled with neck-covering armor, there would be no visible neck, correct?) Oh also, am I to assume that you made the right leg larger to show that "lunge?" Anyways, the only way i feel this could be improved (reasonably so) is to add a story line. I have so many questions about the characters, the pendant, the purpose of each scene. What's the story? I would really enjoy hearing the author's mind-set for the story. Keep up the excellence.
I love getting reviews like this. It's really encouraging to know that all the time I put into these pieces pays off in the form of inspiration for others.
I see what you mean about the cheeks.
You're right about the women's belts thing. The same goes for women's shirts wherin the buttons are on the opposite side of where they are on men's shirts. To be honest, I had completely forgotten about that when I painted this, haha.
Thanks for realizing why I chose to make the right leg larger.
I actually did write a story to go along with this. In fact, I wrote the story before I started the paintings! You can read it on my deviantART account. (I post the story along with each piece.) I decided not to post it here because it's a bit long. The link to my dA is in my profile.
Anyways, thanks for your review.
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You asked for it! right legs a little to big compared to the left one, her left leg is also a bit untextured, and her heads a little to big, good work. There is no such thing as style, no piece is ever perfect.
Ah, ok. Thank you for your review!