Lorelai Says: Hoihoi Killashawndra!! Wow, snazzy self-portrait! The eyes and the hair I especially like. There is a problem with the foot...did you notice your self-portrait seems to be stepping on her own left foot? Ye need to judge the distance with more thought beforehand, make sure the heel of the front foot doesn't rise above the back foot. Also, the calf of the front foot bulges a bit strangely. Look into the shape and size of calf muscles and you'll notice that the front part of the leg does not bulge much at all...the muscle is in the back. Your figure has no knees I can see. But you did a very good job on the top part of the body! Next thing is to ink your work, or use thinner pencil so we don't get that oogly thick gray lines. The background is a bit glaring and distracting from your portrait too. Most of all, SHAAAADE more!!! You have a great sense of roundness and depth, show it off! ^_^

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Min Kwon Says: Hoi, I can tell you've practiced a lot! ^_____^ You know where to shade, what color to use, and how everything should be placed (ie. the way the hair falls). Have you tried the mirror trick? Try holding your sketch against a light source, or hold it in front of a mirror and see it horizontally flipped. It'll help lots in doing symmetrical faces and finding other mistakes as well. Faces seen directly from the front is insanely hard to draw (you did a good job though ^^), so always try the mirror trick with them~! Hirm, and maybe make the hips a bit wider to make the figure look more balanced? And I'm not sure if you intended this kind of look, but because the background has more contrast than the character, the pic kinda looks unfocused. Thought I'd just point that out in case you didn't intend ^^

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Meriko Says: Don't mess with your taste in clothes. ^^ I like yer outfit! You didn't ask for any specific areas to be critiqued, so here are my general comments. The first thing to catch my eye was the zebra-striped background. It's a bit distracting, since your picture is mostly in black and white also, with just a bit of peach & brown to liven things up. The proportions seem all good to me. *thumbs up* I'd love for you to try bolder shading and highlighting, though. The hair in particular, although nicely detailed, could use some more depth. That would help heighten the impression that you're bending your head down. All in all, very nice piccie. *yay, another color-pencil artist!* Oh, and if you want to try for brighter, smoother colors, ye might want to ink and then smudge your colors with a Q-tip. Just a suggestion. Lovely artwork (nice outfit, too!) and keep up the good work!!! *applauds yer art*

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Maggie Bradshaw Says: Wow! I really like the expression and position of you character. I also find it very interesting that you drew her in an anime style but with realistic porportions, thats kinda nice. I guess the only suggestions I can make are just a personal preferance matter. That nice soft coloring of the picture contrasts a little too much with the solid black and white background. It just strains my eyes a little to focus on the drawing itself, so the background kind of steals form the main picture a little. And her hips are a little narrow, but like I said, that just a personal thought ^_^ Keep up the great work!

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