Just had a 'critic'-al blow
Yesterday, I met an editor. He was a nice guy. But his soft words are totally a critical blow, especially to my ego.
I have sent two applications: one is collaboration, and one is mine alone. In the latter, His opinion was that he kinda got my sense of humour. Nonetheless, graphic-ly speaking, my level is deemed very tentative; in a limbo, like a ( Read more... )
I have sent two applications: one is collaboration, and one is mine alone. In the latter, His opinion was that he kinda got my sense of humour. Nonetheless, graphic-ly speaking, my level is deemed very tentative; in a limbo, like a ( Read more... )
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Well yes and no.
You see , while you seem to have variety down with furries , with human you seem to suffer from the pudding-face syndrome also known as pudgy-face.
Most of your human characters have , from what I've seen , very round faces with soft features.
If you only tried to work on this and get more angular looking features instead of soft all the time and worked on the variety it would end up looking much better and varied.
And don't be afraid to use american comics as inspiration.
Considering you're in Asia , fusing a little bit of american comic style with yours might give it an "edge".
Anyway , I think you,re very good , don't despair.
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Personally, I believe that your style has reached to a professional level, especially in the case of your furry illustrations, which is certainly your biggest strength... I think it's just a matter of making your comic strips less formal and more dynamic, in the cases of framing and angles, in order to meet and/or surpass any editor's current expectations...
Also, I have to say you have improved a lot your human characters style... However, no matter how good you are at it, there's always more room for improvement, and mapdark's advice comes handy there. Give it a try with more angular faces, and save the rounded ones for younger characters as much as you can. And don't forget one of the golden rules in manga: "the younger the character, the bigger his/her eyes"; remember that the eyes are the most important part of any chacacter, since they could tell a lot about him/her... Just be patient and don't give up. Keep ( ... )
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About time for you to have a major paradigm shift. A period of experimentation with your style. Draw things different, even if it's weird, difficult or looks horrible. Borrow, steal, marry the children of other people's styles. Use other materials and drawing instruments. Abandon the concept of lined drawings if you have to.
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Perhaps because your love in furry art shows more than your human art.I say your script is good, only lacking in the art department.. Anyhoo, try following the suggestions from the people above you. Maybe you should also try cartooning. It was less realistic, more iconic like manga, and widely accepted. Outside country, at least.
Or stick as a script writer for now, until people started admitting your capabilities, and they come to you instead. A long shot, but a great writer is a lot harder to find than great artist. Let alone a whole package...
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As to your human art, it's hard for those more practiced in Furry to draw good human art simply because it hasn't developed at the same time. Human faces have more subtle differences than furry faces since furry faces can vary with much bigger differences in appearance.
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