Please Constructive criticism not mean comments... that make me sad...D:
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@Wfangel115,
No images are currently being displayed. :(

I see that you've used "file:///home/chronos/u-9fd41effd6093f95384dfcd513d8d183ca2f1c61/Downloads/Pup%20Male.jpg", etc. which are actually the local file directories on your computer. Since we aren't on your computer, we can't see those images. D:

You need to upload your images to an image hosting site such as http://imgur.com/ and then paste the generated link here for us to see them. c:

If you need more instructions, here is an in-depth guide in order to get the image to show correctly on here: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=23769 Hope that helps!

Let me know if the problem persists.

here are the pics...

Wow O.O! This is really good :D! (Lol but I guess if i had to criticizes anything, it would be color... I think your drawing would be more vivid and lighter if it had a bit of coloring.) Besides that, your proportions are great. The head could be a tad bigger in your second picture, but i think it looks good if you take this advice or not. Your third picture has a good swerve action XD but if your going to make the neck long, make the body bigger.
over all rating: 8.5/10
Its and 85% because A: i think you could add color, and B: the points i pointed out up top. I think it looks great tho, so. lol.

thanks soo much for responding, I will be sure to take your advice about coloring, but I can't decide what colors to color it... any ideas?

hmm well they're supposed to be foxes, so maybe look at a fox picture while drawing? But if you want it to be more like a Sylestian creature, lol, make it any color you please.

Keep up the good work! :thumps up:

These look great!

You would benefit largely from a digital drawing tablet; it would make displaying your art online a lot easier!


The only constructive criticism I could give would be to practice with different poses. Your current poses are great, but they're very generic. Which isn't bad, but you don't want to get stuck drawing the same poses over and over; it can stunt the creative process!

That and, it's something I've seen on art sites a lot. Drawing the same poses that are popular can lead to possible accusations of art theft. It gets so messy mainly because its totally immature, but it does happen unfortunately!

Working out new unique poses, will solve this, but it will also help you develop a unique style that people can use to identify your art with! And being easy to identify is the best way to ensure fans can follow your work AND protect it from people who would steal your art as well!

TL;DR

Great work so far! Work on unique poses that break the status quo and a digital drawing tablet would bring your art to the next level!

thanks so much for the advice, I never would have thought of people accusing me of art theft, so thanks for letting me be aware of that!!! I'm looking into drawing digitally, but I don't seem to have a knack for it, but I keep trying lol. Thanks again for the advice!

No problem!

Drawing with a tablet takes practice for sure, but once you get the hang of it, it's totally worth it! Good luck!

Howdy Fang,

I suppose I should start off with some credentials so you don't feel my comments are either mean or coming from the voice of one who just looks but doesn't do. So here are samples of what I have done at other virtual pet sites.

You have an exceptional gift for outline drawing your virtual pets and the few issues are merely free hand work that will work out over time and practice. Rather than focus on color I would recommend practicing shading, It will not only give your black and white outlines some depth, but when you do decide to go digital with a tablet, it makes it easier to render shadows from the reference. Once you master working with layers you will find this much more useful than coloring in my opinion; hue saturation will render colors for you quickly after that.

Now for the last bit, I absolutely agree with Caribouqueen about the posing. If you are still using paper tablets, it would be great to invest in some ellipse and circle stencils. These can help you maintain shape and scale for character reference rendering. I still use them when making comic strips on other pet sites.