Magical Pay Day

I will start out by saying that I have not done art in a very long time, which is sad because I studied it at one point XD I know I'm not very good D:

I used to be pretty decent with drawing from a source picture, which is what I tried to do here, at least with the mon. I didn't look at anything for the leaves, which was probably a mistake. Then again, I didn't plan on submitting this at all, but when the Pokemon didn't turn out so bad, I doodled so that there wasn't a lot of empty space. One could say its stylized, but yeah... The piece I colored on was a printed copy of the scanned in sketch, so any lines I had made on the original couldn't be erased either. If I get ambitious (or if this fails horribly), I'll probably color a computer copy and make the background better.

What I did try to do was do the shading on the Pokemon correctly, and let me tell you, colored pencils are very hard for me to work with. I spent a long time trying to blend it. I tried to keep it as close to the original source coloring as possible, which is why it has black anime-style outlines. In order to keep the focal point on the Hoppip, I didn't outline the other objects with black so that only the Pokemon sticks out. I also applied the rule of thirds to this as much as possible to keep objects appealing to the eye (yay random things I remembered from video class).

I probably spent about an hour on the Pokemon's outline, and another two on the coloring. In addition, I probably spent about two hours on the background as well, although it was being used as a stress relief for doing three days of constant Shakespeare work. I could've done a lot more with the background, such as more depth and shadows, but this was really just supposed to be a pretty picture to tape to my wall. I'm proud of it regardless.

Hoppip learns Pay Day but doesn't learn Magical Leaf. What's up with that?

Materials Used:
-Pencil
-Sketch Paper
-Colored Pencils
-Scanner (which may explain some paleness in quality)

Pokemon Aiming For: Hoppip
Requirements: Simple > One piece of art featuring the attempted Pokemon scoring 40 or higher.

Magical Pay Day

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Reference Picture: Here

Work In Progress Scan:


Sloppy bad signature by Hoppip's ear.

 

@WinterVines;
Hoppip - Simple

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Overall
This is a really cute picture that has a lot of bright colours and a cool idea behind it.

Dynamics
You put a lot of detail into trying to get the leaves to look right and the look really nice. The coins look cool and like the ones that we see in the animations for the move. I like that you have filled the piece with the details and cool effects. I really love your use of the rule of thirds to make the focus, Hoppip, more interesting, its a valuable tool to use. I would have liked a little more depth in the background though.

Colours/Shading
I love your use of many colours, which makes the piece very fun and energetic. While having lots of colours, you've also kept them toned down a bit too, which is nice to see that the colour isn't overpowering. Your shading on Hoppip is very well done and there isn't any complaint with that. I really would have loved to see some better shading on the leaves and coins. They look very plain with no shadows. I like how you used colour to bring out the focus, by outlining in black but everything else in colour.

Pokemon Accuracy
Hoppip looks really well done and exact to the original art.

Score
In the end this is a really nice piece that has some little flaws and can only get better! You get a 50 on this and a Hoppip!!! Have fun with it!