Topic: Shanoa Drawing Nitpick

[Clara E. Leet]

NOTE: Fanart rules include no outright insulting of fanart done by other forum members. Constructive criticism only. However, this pic is a criticism of a drawing done by a non-forum member. I don't even know who the artist is.

So as not to derail the other topic.

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And my nitpick :3

[A n t r a x x]

That's basically what I found wrong with it.

[Clara E. Leet]

I've had a rough week; I needed to vent.

There's also no discernible light source

[A n t r a x x]

Yea, no cast shading from her clothing and stuff.

[Giz]

Actually, I was more under the impression it was a little closer to this;

as to me that seems to fit the dress and the posture of the character better - not that that necessary means anything though, as evidence by the fact that this peice still has numerous flaws.

[A n t r a x x]

In Reply To #5

That would be an impossible stance based on where the feet align.

[Giz]

Or atleast, that was the intent anyway. Quite clearly either way the artist failed in that regard.

[A n t r a x x]

yup.

[Clara E. Leet]

See, that's what I thought too, Giz. But if you look carefully, based on where the exterior part of the hip starts and the exterior of the knee/shin start, the cloth covering her hip actually dips down past where her thigh SHOULD be.

The artist seriously needed to use the wireframe structure (Which is obvious that they DIDN'T use even the slightest) or take a few more years of figure drawing classes.

[A n t r a x x]

Yeah, you can do literally anything you want with a figure drawing if you use a wire frame.

[Kale]

Aside from those things, I think it looks very pretty though.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

In Reply To #11

The color scheme and the face are probably the saving grace of this, couple maybe with the attention to detail and the draping forms...

It's basically a very well-dressed, detailed and colored bad drawing.  Whoever did this would excel at drawing clothing on already existing drawings, rather than drawing the original piece.  That's where his/her skill seem to lie.

[Kale]

True, but one can always improve on skill.

[Jago]

Looks like they tried to mimic Kojima's style?

[crisis]

I would like to see Kojima's interpretation of Shanoa one day.