Trying to catch Pokemon with a cute drawing style

Grimer ~ Crush at first sight
Caught?: ???

This is all I have for now though, sadly. Yeah, my art sucks, and I'm pretty sure I can't even catch a Magikarp with it, but still, it's something. Who knows. Maybe I have a shot at Grimer.

 

Were you planning on doing a second image? Grimer requires two drawings to capture, unless you want this one curated by itself and then submit a second if this passes.

 

Grimer ~ Shower
Caught?: ???

Oh look, another visual gag between Grimer and Ditto. This should complete the things I need to (possibly) catch Grimer.

 

Yo yo yo and a bottle of Ditto juice... Hey, axion asked me to pick this up cuz he's (or she, never know in the internet lol) kinda busy. I'm happy to do so! @NEXandGBX ;

 

He. Definitely a he.

 

Review

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@NEXandGBX; "Love at first sight" :088: Rank: Medium Min Score: 45

NOTE: New rules, you only need one drawing

Well, let's start your grading by talking about the creativity in your piece. When I first saw it, I'm like "Wow, never thought of the similarities between ditto and grimer." When I looked it up online, there was not too much about it, so I'd say your idea is pretty original. In addition, you chose to incorporate this story, which I think is pretty funny. You even have grimer living in a little house, with ditto (actually, I'm just assuming it's ditto, but I'll talk about that later) casually walking by. This is the day that grimer's life takes a u turn. I think that's great.

Now, I said that I was only assuming that the pink one is a ditto. The only reason I know is because you said so on your second post. It's, realistically, a pink ball. It lacks the definition of an actual ditto. The good thing is that you aren't being graded on the ditto, huh? Still, it will cost you a little points for that... Well, let me see your grimer. The two hands are there, yes... the wavy texture.... His eyes look different, but that's artistic interpretation... everything's there. Now, this is the bad thing: The pun in your work is what makes it weaker... your grimer, especially because of it's color, looks more like a ditto than the ditto. You could have defined his gaping mouth, fingers, etc... The only justification that I can come up with is that you obviously worked on a very small canvas.... well, that's not a Pokemon problem, that's something I should talk about in the methods section...

Pastels. I can tell because of the smudging on the house. Very small canvas. I can tell becasue I can see the individual grains in the scan. Now, the size in itself is no problem at all- it's how you used it. If the canvas was indeed small, I don't see why you didn't take the time to make each color solid. I can see a lot of the paper color, and I know that you probably did it that way to have variety, but there are better ways to do that. Now, Seeing the texture that you gave grimer, I can see that you certainly had the ability to go in with finer lines in order to add in more detail. Now, I say all this not to be mean, but to encourage you to grow in your talent: the piece looks sorta lazy. There are also a lot of smudges where I can tell you put your hand while you were coloring. Pastel is a great medium, and I know how frustrating it can be, but in this piece, you really need to work on technique. You made a brilliant story, and had pretty much everything going for you so far. In the end of the review, I'll give you some tips, Ok?

Let's end this review on a positive note. You put a LOT of good details in your picture. The texture on the house is good, something I wouldn't expect but was right when I saw it. You made the grimer blush, and even added the shock signs over his head. My FAVORITE detail is the grimer's stench! I love it! Your clouds are a little sloppy, but there's potential. The tree, though, bothers me. Sure, it can be a shrub, but still... either it's a small tree or those pokemon are HUGE! What I really should applaud, though is that you made a primitive skyline of darker trees in the background. Loose and undefined, but critical none the less. Hmm.... that seems to be about all I can really pick out, soo....

Summary:

This is a pastel work with a great creativity score, but lacks in technique.

Your score is... :mallet:.... 40/100!!!

You almost had it! The truth is that I would have given it to you if you had had defined your grimer just a little bit more... Tell you what, read the tips section, and if you do what it recommends, I'll give it to you!

Tips Section I promised

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I'll tell you what. Take that skinny dark purple pastel of yours and draw on more definition to your grimer; mainly the fingers. Rely to me with the edited picture, and I'm pretty sure you'll pass. This is the minimum you should do. IF you do, just reply to this thread and type in @Dalek ; after you finish and mention that it is an edit.

If you really want to excel, though, you should do the same with all of the character. Obviously with their respective colors, though. Take a different green and add more color to the ground. Your sky should be fine, but add more definition to your house.

To avoid smudging, work standing up with your picture on a table. This way, you won't make as much contact with your work, and the light shining down on the piece will let you see true color easier.

The only thing you need to to to be a pastel pro is to learn when you need to go in and fill in more color. Otherwise, You're already there!

You have a lot of talent, and I think these tips will correct most of the technical errors in your work.

Think I didn't grade fair? Please comment with a mention to me, and I'll reconsider your score. Type in @Dalek ; in your message to make sure I see it.

 

Hey Dalek, you could totally geade the second one, since the first one failed.

 

@NEXandGBX

So I kinda found this as I was going through old images, and since I’ve been away for a long time nobody ever picked it up. So I have returned to finish what Dalek started!

Wash away the Grimer

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Form/Detail
Cute would be the first word I would use to describe the image. You have a number of stylistic decisions included that imply the simple, cartoony look, like the scent and dirt lines, then the splashing water and such. We have here a passage of time, which goes a fair way towards displaying the story, but it can serve to jar a reader’s perception. I might have been confused without the words to help guide the action, and the dividing line. You perhaps could have put a garden hose going over a line of grimer, some dirty and some clean. Such would have given a more unified feel to the image and telling the story more dynamically as if the action is currently happening.

Detail I would go so far as to say the raindrops are about as detailed as I can find, more detail and definition of elements could make those elements pop out more against the other similar parts of the image. The balance also seems fairly off, as the pokemon are close to the bottom of the image with little to counter them apart from the sun. And while it does this to a point, it being cut off halfway through the middle confuses the eye as it almost looks like buttcheeks.

Color, Texture, and Shading
Something I think this image could use more of is contrast. Grimer stands out quite vividly against the elements in his scene, and his color is quite nice, but Ditto blends in almost too well, making the subject harder to identify.I would reason that the pink sky was chosen to contrast against both Grimer as well as the blue rain and yellow sun. The only complaint on that side of the image is the percentage of pink compared to other element, its an amount of whitespace that can’t accurately portray scale as there;’s limited other information in the scene to work with. The other side has it worse with the pink pokemon adding to the white space rather than contrasting against it. The lack of shading does not help much, giving no real shape to the pokemon or anything around them.

Pokemon Anatomy
Grimer and Ditto are portrayed fairly reasonably, though they do seem less well formed than other media would depict them as. The face on grimer especially seems somewhat rushed and simplistic. Other than that the pokemon are recognizable if one thinks about it for a moment.

Environment/Perspective
The environment confuses me a bit. I see grimer, and I see ditto, but other parts don’t make sense. First off, I can accept the pink sky, sunsets/sunrises can be pink. But the sun is centrally in the sky, and its raining? If the water was coming from somewhere other than rain it would have been good to imply that somehow, as it is the weather can’t seem to make up its mind. Also, how are the pokemon floating in the air? Ground planes set scale, placement, and really just add a level of believability to an image. Perspective might have helped either the ground or the water origin, looking up more would have shown the latter, or looking down might have prompted more attention to the ground. Either would have also added more detail into the scene in some way.

Creativity/Effort
I like the fact that the image has a story and some amount of time flow, but the lacking characteristics balance that out.

Improvements
While you have story, and environment, action, and everything an image could need, detail and refining these rough concepts are what this image needs. Where are the pokemon actually? WHat is the water coming from? Viewers would ask themselves these questions and be left wondering, give your reader the full story, or just enough to allow them to draw their own conclusions.

Score
20/100

Due to the downfalls I cannot offer you a Grimer at this time.