OwO I missed that I won... oop. Could I get an offspring from the River Bed nixi pair pls? Thank you!

I really like the image you created, and telling us to have a happy Easter! I hope you have a happy Easter too.. somehow. I'm not a big fan of the Ferrikki's mutations, but nice colour sceme! I would have preferred a Ferrikki with cooler mutations. Not being mean, just sharing my opinion


And my design:

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Critiques:
Easter Fudge Cookie Bar

I really like the subject you chose for your design, those bars look delicious! And the traits you chose fit the design as well (I like how it looks like particles of food flying out), but maybe the G1 was a bit much
However, your colors are a little too dark, which hides the cool trait combination you've made, and that maybe you should try some warmer browns.
Also, I understand that you wanted to include many colors to represent the sprinkles on the bars, but as of right now it kinda looks messy. I would suggest that you pick 2-3 colors (maybe pastel pink and blue to create contrast, I think my example of red and yellow blends too much) to represent the sprinkles and use those instead to make the design look more balanced

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My design(s):



Original:

Critiqued:

Pastel Paint Ryori
I wanted my design to showcase some of the lighter colors of egg paints, and I wanted there to be a sort of effect where, when you look at it from afar, it looks like a smooth blend of colors and that you could only see the little details when you got closer.




Original:


Critiqued:

Verbear (Verba Bear) Morkko
In the country I come from people physically cannot celebrate Palm Sunday with palm branches so they take the "verba" branches that blossom around that time instead. In preparation for Easter people would also put these branches in jugs after getting them sprinkled by holy water (but we only rip branches after the yellow pollen falls off)


Original:

Critiqued:

Ancient Craft Nytekrie
These eggs are a cool representation of the kind of egg painting people back home do (although all regional patterns are different and these eggs are carved from wood), and this design is supposed to bring forward the dark colors to be complemented by the gold, in both the eggs and Nytekries.

~~ Lowickie Easter Eggs Ny'vene ~~




Lowicz is a region of Poland where the most traditional art is made. One of more well known trinkets made in Lowicz are hand-painted Easter Eggs. In my design I wanted to showcase especially the intricate patterns and strong colors that make this branch of polish arts so fascinating and beautiful. Lowickie Easter Eggs most often have flowers, roosters or complicated patterns similiar to lace painted in bold colors like strongly saturated blues, reds and yellows. Sometimes you can spot orange and pastel blue.

~~ Critique ~~

~~ Pastel Paint ~~

Let's be honest. Designing a pet using only pastel colors is a difficult thing. You should be proud of yourself, because you almost got your Ryori design perfect. The only real issue I had with it was that the base color (C1) was a tad bit too dark for my liking. I lightened up both C1 and C2 and pale the eye color slot a little bit too. I also added pastel orange that was lacking in your design but was on the picture in M2. Adding a little bit of darker pink on Petal Markings boldened them and made them more visible. Overall, seeing as designing pets using pastel colors is hard, your Ryori is a solid and pretty design.

Before and After:


~~ Verbear ~~

I had a few more issues with this one. It's good but a little too pale in my opinion. White used in correct doses can do miracles, but adding too much can make a design terribly bland and unappealing. Willow catkins are not perfectly white, but more on the dirty white/brown-ish side of things, so I changed G2 (Tanuki trait) to a pale gray/brown color that nicely blended with surrounding whites and yellows. I also tweaked the M1 color slot and made it more red-ish brown similiar to the shells around the catkins. I would also advise you to use more rich sunny yellows instead of neon ones that often don't fit into the more natural designs.

Before and After:


~~ Ancient Crafts ~~

As for these two; they're really nice and those traditional Easter Eggs are stunning! The trait choices are nice and fit the object the Nytes were based of of. I think that the only thing you could change is the variety of shades you use in your desings. From what I observed you often use the same shade of a single color in many color slots of your design. Sometimes it looks good, but often times a more varied palette is what you need to make a design simply stunning. So, I played with different shades of greens, reds and yellows and got a result you can see below. Overall, your designs are great and you're improving with every week, but no-one is perfect and we all have a room to grow.

Before and After: