RockinCrocodile's Pokemon Gallery!

As you enter the gallery, you look around before seeing a lonely person. As you approach him, you see him starting to hang up a picture, "Oh, hello!" he says, turning to you, "Welcome to my gallery! I do apologize for the fact there is currently nothing here, but I will be working on more drawing as I try to improve my art at the same time." One he feels comfortable with the way the picture is hanging, he backs up and shows it to you:

Splashing over the Sun

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"What do you think?"

 

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Magikarp

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Color/Form
Good color variety in this image. The blues and reds blend in nicely with the purple sky and contrast decently with the sun. Its a very cool image, so it helps to make the sun and pokemon stand out more. Dancewise, the image is definitely a little top heavy. Most of the action and important details are above the halfway line, meaning the viewer won’t pay much attention there. Addins something like a distorted reflection of the pokemon can help to rectify this, or anything that would be found on the water. For a crayon image, its not bad at all.

In the future, you might not want to do art on something that had embossed lettering on it, especially with crayons. SHows up nicely in the water there.

Pokemon
Magikarp isn’t exactly the hardest pokemon to draw, so you have most of the stuff correct. I do like how the colors used add to the lighting appearance of sunset, Magikarp being purple instead of bright orange. Possible improvement on Magikarp would be to increase shadows to show more depth, like where the fin would further stop light from hitting the body, as well as details including a few scales and such.

Environment
Above all else, I like the way the water is reflecting the sky and sun. Its a good detail that really adds an element of realism to the image. The one point that really threw me off for a minute is the island in the center of the image. I thought the sun had become torus shaped until I realized it was brown. The way you added white around the island to show heavy specularity is a good touch though, so in general adding the island/rock wasn’t bad. But consider not putting it right in the middle, and make it less stereotypical round island in the future to improve the realism of it. The waves, considering the sheer scale of the water’s horizons, are probably too overdone. Should be much less wavy and more flat as the eye recedes towards the island.

Improvements
1. Increase level of detail/shading on the pokemon to add realism and depth.

2. Add less symmetry in key areas to both break up the monotony and make it look more believable.


Score
25/100

I think you get a Magikarp, theres enough effort here to show some talent.

 

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Mommy! Help!
(Hoothoot)

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Re: RockinCrocodile's Pokemon Gallery! [1 NEW]

@RockinCrocodile

Mommy! Help! / Hoothoot

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Color/Form
Good variety of colors in this, giving a convincing appearance of a child’s bedroom. For balance/weight of this image, the amount of details create a nice variety of points for the viewer’s eye to examine, so the image is fairly well laid out.

The problem for parts of this image is definitely straightness/cleanliness of the thicker black lines used to outline stuff like the door. Being a relatively plain door the edge should probably be less jagged. The doorknob also suffers this same fate.

Pokemon
Those eyes are truly creepy, so I guess you've managed to give Hoothoot some level of emotion to the scene’s content. I don’t like how lumpy he is though, likely a limitation when drawing by hand with a mouse, which I’m going to assume you are. using circle tools and such will help greatly to make everything smoother, especially on the pokemon which is the key point of this image. For color and shading on the pokemon, it seems rather bright for the surroundings, I would question where the light is coming from on him if everything else is so dark. Hoothoot is also rather small for being the focus of the image, perhaps a change in angle could improve his size and visibility.

Environment
As far as the environment and placement of the scene, its quite appropriate for the mood you were trying to set and the content included. Adding in small details like the handles of the dresser and such will go a good ways towards improving detail and accuracy. That being said the aforementioned handles do look off, as if they aren't following the perspective that is used in the rest of the image, more like we are looking at them head on.

I think textures could and would enhance this image to really take it over the top, as currently you only have solid colors in different shades. Consider adding stuff like details to show the carpet, sheets, dresser, and walls aren't slid flat planes (unless they are, then show it through more realistic shading). Lighting in the image is a little confusing. You made it pitch black outside, yet a shadow is being cast by the cowering child. If there was indeed enough moonlight or other ambient to cause that, Hoothoot would likely be back lit, and some of the outside scenery might be visible. Also some light could be coming in through the door to give more variation on the light paths, sources, and intensities.


Improvements
1. Adding more shading/lighting contrast to make some areas more visible, and perhaps ensure the scene is lit well enough to be seen.

2. Try using line and circle tools more, they will make your image much cleaner.

Make sure the focus of the image is the pokemon, so change angle or perspective/scale to make sure it features prominently.

Score
30/100

Hoothoot is not captured.

I like the concept of the image, and you’re definitely not a bad artist. Just keep improving on stuff like lighting and general cleanliness of lines and I think you could be great!

 

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Thanks! I'll try to keep that in mind.