Growlithe's Escape

View: http://imgur.com/a/uUhfq


I would like to submit this to capture this cute little growlithe please.

Difficulty - Medium
Target - Growlithe
Points needed - 45

 

Claimed now that I'm mostly done with Elrond!

 

Gowlithe is definitely an adorable dog and a gem for only a medium-ranked pokemon. Let's see if you catch your pup.

First Impression:

I see that comparing from your last work that your scene-building skills are improving. You've placed your god in a cave with a large river of magma flowing out beyond the crags. There is a large horizontal yellow which I am assuming is the outside of the cave at sunset? I'm not sure, but that is what I am gathering from the image. I like how the scene you've presented is much more dynamic and well-defined than your previous entry. My only realy qualm about growlithe's position is that he looking off the page to something in the distance, I definitely want to see something that draws the eye back into it a little more, however.

Pokemon Likeness: I see that you are continuing to work in colored

Technique: Your colored pencil skill is improving. You do still need to watch out for the light sources on both your subject, the stalagmites, and stalactites. You've presented us with a rather complicated scene here in a strange lighting situation. If I am reading this correctly the large yellow band is the sunset and the orange river is lava, both would be emitting light. Lava literally glows it is so hot. I definitely think you could have emphasized this more with a darker background. Often the rocks that form around lava are black as the night because they are solid rock and absorb light like a sponge. What's also cool about the surface texture of lava is that come of it cools, and turns into a creamy black rock:



Really the only place you find pure, nondrying lava is like molten steel at a foundry.

And you've presented us with a cave that's lit like the inside of a building. If you wanted that yellow band to be a crack at the day light I would recommend that the area of the cave be lighter and have the light of the cave darken to something more dramatic closer to us. I am glad, however that you are pushing yourself to do things that are completely original, and I say keep at it!

Unfortunately, I have noticed that in your drawing your shading a little inconsistent in both your subject and your background. You've shaded a few stalagmites/stalactites off in the distance but the ones closer in the foreground are flatter, and growlithe is shaded like there is a gradient, rather than the appearance that the light is following the contours of his body. I mean like this:


View: http://imgur.com/a/CiNIG


Some of your stalagmites (rocks on the on the ground) actually have some really nice shading and rending that follow their forms but others such as in the top left corner and the majority of your subject all are shaded like the former. I do recommend going for the latter if you want to get a really feel for the three dimensional. You told me that you wanted to know what we expect In higher ranks and this is one of the things.

Your growlithe, despite my gripes on its rendering, is posed well and it is clear you took some time to really figure out his proportions, and adapt to his pose accordingly. Foreshortening is how a subject appears to be proportioned in space and everyone including the experts often run into difficulties. I do think you have stretched out its front left leg a bit and he looks a little skinnier than his official artwork. However, being slightly skinnier could make sense in the context of this scene, having been trapped in the cave, but then you have shown some bones through his skin. (If you seen pictures of starving puppies, I think you'll know what I'm referring to.) You have drawn his black stripes and eyes rather lightly. I can't tell if that is glare from the photo or not, but his stripes could be darker. You could defintely consider some more detailing in his fur--like he is stuck in a cave for I don't know how long. Make his fur dirtier, put in a few burned hairs, some dirt, etc.

Conclusion:
Overall, I am glad that you are taking more and more bold steps and seem to be improving with each artwork you make. Despite the small gripes I've made and I know you were limited on your color selection, I think you have made great use of what you had. You have captured Growlithe! 50/45!

 

Thankyou Juliorain again for the great advice and tbh i didn;t even think about adding some dirt marks and stuff that is really good i shoudl have and the Yellow strip was ment to be lava at a lower level of the cave but yeah showing depth in pictures will take time for me to figure out but thankyou. @juliorain