Form/Detail
Simple, clean, and easy on the eyes, the image in general is fine. THe main point I'm gonna hit here is balance. THe bottom corner of your image is entirely devoid of anything apart from the background, so fletchling takes over the other side creating this unbalanced, heavy left side. Consider putting in small additional details like branches or similar to give the more balanced look to the image.
Color and Shading
The contrast here is quite well done, Fletchling and the environment are well separated and yet the red, brown and greens work together with the grey as a nice neutral hue. As the scenery is very simple the eye will immediately move towards the branch and then to the pokemon, allowing the majority of the viewer’s time to be set on the main focus of your piece. The shading is also very nice, clean and simple, and I like the simple feather highlights you snuck in there. But the lighting seems a bit off, which I hit later on in the environment section.
Texture
The only real texture here is on the branch, and fletchling’s feather highlights. Both are well done, though I do wonder if the branch seems a bit too shiny? Its the way the light and darks contrast so much that it looks like some parts have really high light reflection in spots. make sure to watch out for little oddities like that.
Pokemon Anatomy
I do like the semi-realistic approach to Fletchling’s anatomy as opposed to its traditional chubby bird the anime seems to love. The colors are spot on, and you included some personal touches like the yellow eye marks. The one bit that does seem a tad bit awkward is the right leg, something like a knee bend might have made it seem less awkwardly out there in comparison to the other leg. A nice feature is the pose you put Fletching in, it has a sense of anticipation as something off screen has caught the pokemon’s attention. Going for something other than the poses presented in most media is always nice, as it shows you put an additional level of effort into the piece. So as far as the pokemon itself goes, I approve.
Environment/Perspective
There isn’t much to the environment itself, might be one of the few parts of this piece that could be changed a bit. The branch is the only piece of scenery to offer us any real scale of the image, or the background so we can’t exactly tell where Fletchling is compared to the rest of the world. Though the dense greenery depicts a tree or forest area, which fits Fletchling’s home rather well. The shading is very nice, while a little blocky you stuck to a specific style and it works very well. Though the dark spot on the top of the head has me questioning the light source, the shading is clearly showing something approximating a downward location. Unless there is something to block off that particular spot, Not sure whats going on there.
Creativity/Effort
There’s more effort than creativity here, as the pokemon is definitely the focus. But in that pokemon there’s a lot of work, so I say well done there.
Improvements
Making environments/backgrounds more detailed, giving more reasoning to certain aspects of the shading, and maybe looking at that leg are the only things I can think of.
Score
40/100
This would almost pass for a medium rank with more scenery and details. Fletchling is yours.
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