constructive criticism

[darthrevan]

Here is a sketch I did of Link. Do you have any suggestions? I would like to know what I can improve on.

[Magic attack]

Links not working.

[darthrevan]

When you say "Link" do mean in computer terms or that my drawing stinks.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

darthrevan said:

Here is a sketch I did of Link. Do you have any suggestions? I would like to know what I can improve on.

mastergouken.bravehost.com/link.jpg

I told you that you need to rehost everything at Imageshack. It don't work here for some reason.

[darthrevan]

I gave the link like this mastergouken.bravehost.com/link.jpg. You can't see it that way?

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

darthrevan said:

I gave the link like this mastergouken.bravehost.com/link.jpg. You can't see it that way?

Nope, not here, you have to paste the url into imageshack and reupload it.... only takes seconds.

[darthrevan]

Is it working now?

[darthrevan]

It's weird. The stuff I upload shows up on every computer I have used. CM, don't you have firefox. Another person I know has firefox, and had the same problem.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

darthrevan said:

Here is a sketch I did of Link. Do you have any suggestions? I would like to know what I can improve on.

I take it you smudged it? I think the outline is excellent, however you want to maximize your values to get the best effect out of it... there's still alot you can do with that picture.

[darthrevan]

I did smudge it.

I am not totally done with it. That's why I put it on here for suggestions. Should I color it or is it better for me to leave it black and white?

Thanks for the help

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

darthrevan said:

I did smudge it.

I am not totally done with it. That's why I put it on here for suggestions. Should I color it or is it better for me to leave it black and white?

Thanks for the help

Don't color it... shade it. Did you draw it off of anything?

[darthrevan]

I drew it off of a Nintendo Power magazine.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Right now I'd give it a 6.5 out of ten... it's not badly done, there's just so much that can be done to it... including a background.

[darthrevan]

Okay. Like I said before I wasn't finished. I wanted some suggestions before I got too far. I didn't want to do something bad, and not be able to fix it. Thanks again.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

darthrevan said:

Okay. Like I said before I wasn't finished. I wanted some suggestions before I got too far. I didn't want to do something bad, and not be able to fix it. Thanks again.

It's good, but I have to see it finished for the ultimate rating!

[darthrevan]

I will show the finished drawing once I get back to it. I have a cool idea for a background.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

What is it?

[darthrevan]

Somehow I am thinking about the wolf in the background. You know, the one he turns into in Twilight Princess. I'm not saying my picture is going to look like this, but I am just trying to use that wolf.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

darthrevan said:

Somehow I am thinking about the wolf in the background. You know, the one he turns into in Twilight Princess. I'm not saying my picture is going to look like this, but I am just trying to use that wolf.

I hope it works! ;D

[darthrevan]

Here it is after some work. It might look kinda weird because my scanner is acting up.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

Keep it up!!! More detail!

[darthrevan]

It didn't scan tottaly right so there might not be as much detail in the the characters. I do think I need to do something to the blank white areas.

It is supposed to look like a close up of the triforce with Link in the center of it. I didn't have much of the characters to draw off of, so I didn't know exactly how they looked like. That is why I did it kinda like this.

I had to do some stuff with paint to try to get it to look more correct. For example the space between the triforce and Link. That area was completely white. I cropped a grey area, saved it, then I pasted it in to fill the white spaces. I then used the eraser on there to smooth out the edges. I just thought I did good fixing that area.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

darthrevan said:

It didn't scan tottaly right so there might not be as much detail in the the characters. I do think I need to do something to the blank white areas.

It is supposed to look like a close up of the triforce with Link in the center of it. I didn't have much of the characters to draw off of, so I didn't know exactly how they looked like. That is why I did it kinda like this.

I had to do some stuff with paint to try to get it to look more correct. For example the space between the triforce and Link. That area was completely white. I cropped a grey area, saved it, then I pasted it in to fill the white spaces. I then used the eraser on there to smooth out the edges. I just thought I did good fixing that area.

You could always use special pencils for that stuff if you wanted to, or try making it a bit darker.

[darthrevan]

It didn't scan right. The actual picture itself is fine. For some reason when it was scanned some areas aren't as dark as they should have been.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

You can always adjust brightness/contrast/digital flash for that.

[darthrevan]

I could, but sometimes I don't think through things.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

darthrevan said:

I could, but sometimes I don't think through things.

That's what you have me here for

[warmunger]

It looks good, you need to darken some of it and add some more details. It basicly looks very unfinished.

[The Big Daddy C-Master]

warmunger said:

It looks good, you need to darken some of it and add some more details. It basicly looks very unfinished.

I wonder if he ever got back to it.

[darthrevan]

No I didn't. I only draw if I have nothing better to do, and I have.