Colouring Critique Please.

Simm · January 2009

So I have been getting bored lately, and picked back up on my colouring. I have quite a few, but will show you 5, 2 are horses, 3 are dogs (kinda); Blue Merle Border Collie; <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/2u6zrdt.jpg"; alt="http://i40.tinypic.com/2u6zrdt.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> Grey Wolf; <img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/2mysped.jpg"; alt="http://i40.tinypic.com/2mysped.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> Fawn Boxer; <img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/23kao9d.jpg"; alt="http://i43.tinypic.com/23kao9d.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> Grey Clydesdale w/ tack and armour; <img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/21n4myu.jpg"; alt="http://i41.tinypic.com/21n4myu.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> Muckish Brown Arabian Yearling; <img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/14m8hnm.jpg"; alt="http://i42.tinypic.com/14m8hnm.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> So I would LOVE some critique please, the shadows on the border collie are like, non-existent .. but it was the first DOG I've done. Nothing nasty please, I don't want to read about how it looks pathetic. Interest is good too .. I may commish. :roll:

DaneLover · January 2009

Wow, I LOVE the border collie. I am not a pro at coloring. The only thing I saw was that you had color outside of the dogs, maybe clear up the background, make sure it is all white. It just makes it look neater. But instead of that they look incredible.

Simm · January 2009

Haha. Yeah - it's only on the Boxer. It was like, the 3rd one I ever did, and it just so happened that I didn't get everything. The Boxer & Border Collie I think, need a little more shadows. Lmao. If you like the Border Collie. Your welcome to buy it.

Simm · January 2009

Also did this one last night; <img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/358urdz.jpg"; alt="http://i39.tinypic.com/358urdz.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> As well as this one for my VHR ranch; <img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/2nrj7dx.jpg"; alt="http://i39.tinypic.com/2nrj7dx.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> Sorry for the size.

Ebony · January 2009

Ok, the one thing that jumps out at me, the "Clydesdale" olouring you did, isn't a clyde. Clydes have alot more feathering, that horse looks more like a warlander. The only thing that jumps out at me majorly about your colouring is the lack of variation in colour. You have a base, a darker shade of the base, and a lighter shade of the base. Try eye-droppering off an animal of the same colour... you get purply, bluey, greeney and yellowy shades of the same colour. You also seem to be missing alot of shadows and hilights in places on your colouring, and in some places have shadows where there should be hilights, and vice-versa. Overall, they look nice, but they would look better if you just made those few changes

Silversketches · January 2009

I agree with Ebony, although you are a good colour-er, your colour palette is a little flat. What program do you use? If it's opencanvas or photoshop or something, opt for a 50% brush instead of 100%. This also eliminates the need for blurring or smudging, something I find you do a little too much of. ;D Here's one of your picture I re-coloured for you to show what I mean about more colours. <img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c296/horse_rule93/SimStarHorse.png"; alt="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c296/horse_rule93/SimStarHorse.png"; class="bb-image" /> All I did was eyedrop your colours and put about 10 new ones in that were a little lighter, a little darker, a lot lighter and a lot darker. I hope this helps! PM me if you don't get it, or if you'd like more help. I'm always open for help!

Silversketches · February 2009

Pepper97 · February 2009

My critique: You are extremely good. I need a tutorial.

Simm · February 2009

Thanks Pepper. XD And thank you Silver. Ill look into it more. =]

DustyVinci · February 2009

:shock: I love the coloring specially on the horse in your first post! Great job =]

Simm · February 2009

Thanks. xD

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