Ooh very pretty!! Well done!!!

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thankyou

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you're welcome

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i dont know why yeah, but i thought this was sabriel when i looked at it....XD i really like your colours an the pose very swishyyy

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it reminds me of sabriel too now that you mention it

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Christmas, this is lovely!

I can actually see the resemblance to Kiera Knightly! Man, that makes me envious, I can't capture a real person's likeness to save my life...

There's some heavy hatching and cross-hatching at work here, and for the most part I think it works. You get a very convincing blend from the lights to the shadows and it gives the picture a very strong contrast. There's one strong but narrow light source focused on this lovely lady and it's having a heck of a time illuminating her completely.

The one place I don't think the cross-hatching works is on the blade and hilt of her sword, though. Personally I find that using rough, jagged lines like that to shade something smooth and metallic doesn't often work out right. It makes it look like concrete or something. Just my take on it.

The pose is cool too; a nice, confident stride while she rears back to swing that sword. It's very dynamic, and feels heroic. She doesn't just believe in what she's doing here, she believes she's going to win this fight, without a doubt.

There's some amazing color work in her clothing there. Again, crosshatching used on metallic or reflective surfaces always fools my eyes in the wrong way, but even then I can see how the gold trim in this outfit is shining in the sparse light. Even at the darkest, most shadowed point in the composition -- her waist -- you can see some of these metallic reflections and it gives you a very good idea what this material must be and how shiny it is.

And a critique of this image wouldn't be complete without picking at the background at least a little. It's highly abstract, obviously, but there's a lot of motion going on in it and it gives you a sense of something hectic, but not so hectic that it's chaotic. It's bubbly, and flowing, and makes you think of water, which is very appropriate. I especially like how you clearly decided to have some fun with your colors for this part, dropping little pockets of purple in with the blue and cyan to give it some depth without taking away from that surreal, abstract pattern effect. I note that the black line-work for this background pattern starts out fine and thin on the left, and the further right you go, the darker and thicker it becomes, which helps establish that light source that's partially illuminating Miss Swann there.

In fact, the watercolors add a lot to the whole piece; usually I'd say coloring over lineart with so much shadowing already in it would be overkill, but you made the two different media work.

Thank you for sharing this. It's a really fun piece. ^^

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thankyou for such an indepth response i really appreciate it ^^
i didnt think i had captured the likeness too well, but im glad you can see it!

i really wanted to go with a more western style approach to this piece,
with lots of contrasting shadows and shading, it doesnt work everywhere (like the sword) but im pleased with the overall effect

the background took longer to colour/shade than the figure hehe, it was also what was holding this peice back from completion, but i eventually got it done, i dont ususally do backgrounds, so i really forced myself with this one, my pieces never seem completed but i feel i have done this one justice with a background.
thanks again for such a thoughtful comment

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Nice work, the colouring and cloth design is nice

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thankyou very much

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