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[Self Portrait with Characters]

Good

The drawings itself are very nice. The lines look good and especially the clothes of the guy on the right side look very realistic.
However, I think you should have used some colours in this picture to give it an even more realistic look. You could also add more details more easily this way.

I like that you used nearly all of the space the canvas had. Nothing looks more ugly than huge white spaces on the canvas.

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AkujinRuukasu responds:

As I said to Celx-Requin, at that time, I couldn't really afford the right coloring materials, and colored pencils would leave texture and be too bright. Thank you for your time to give compliments and constructive criticism. I appreciate it. ^_^

[I'll eat your face!]

Wow...

Very interesting style you have here. It is unique and creates a very sinister atmosphere...

Even though the character only consists of a few pencil strokes there are a lot of details. Especially the face looks very good.

Well... since I can't find anything I could critizise (not even when I try to nit-pick...) I just finish this review with: Good work!

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[Arch Vile]

Nice

I like overall mood of this picture, it's very dark and the lightening in the background fits very well to the image.

However, it seems as if the characters in the picture are all the same. The only noticeable difference is the haircut, but the eyes, eyebrows and mouths look more or less the same.
I can imagine that it is very hard to draw faces, but you really should try to make them more distinguishable. Maybe you could do that by adding colours to the picture.

Anyway, I like the details of the clothes they are wearing. Every character has it's unique style. I especially like the foldings on the clothes of Barrett (the guy in the middle). Those kind of things add very much to a picture, it just looks more realistic.

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AkujinRuukasu responds:

Thanks! I agree that I sometimes have a tendency to unintentionally make some faces look identical. This picture was actually done around September 2008. Thanks again for some helpful advice and compliments.

[Two]

Nice picture

Well, the face could be a bit longer. Right now it looks very compressed and because of this the face looks a little bit too wide.

Also, the shadow line could use some more work. Either it should be straight line or the change from the darker side of the face to the lighter side should be more subtle.
Right now the shadow line loses it's straightness below the nose. If it was a straight line it could be used as a metaphor, how everyone of us also has a dark side, or something like that. ^^

I like the hair. It looks very good how the strands are blowing in the wind. ^^

Some parts of the canvas are still white, but I guess that's because of the acrylic paint. It has a nasty habit of coming off in some places, leaving white dots behind.

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InsertFunnyUserName responds:

Yeah, acrylics can be a pain in that regard, though some of it is reflection (as I took a picture of my sketchbook with my camera as opposed to scanning it). But I'll try to eliminate the dots in future paintings.

Thanks for the review :]

[The Elegant Parasite Black]

Good logo

Well, as others have stated, this pic doesn't have a lot of details. But it's ok for a logo. I mean, just look at the Nike logo, for example. Where's the detail in that? And yet, everyone who sees it instantly recognizes the brand.

So, for a logo this creature as quite a lot of details. However, the eye looks a bit weird. I think it should be placed a bit more on the forehead and maybe even be a little bit bigger.

The mouth (or the teeth) look a bit strange as well. Also, I can't really make out the facial expression. The creature looks a bit sad... head hangs down, the eye has a very sad look... maybe you could try to give it a more "agressive" pose?

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Celx-Requin responds:

I always thought he seemed happy not sad.

I actually have a commission I did with this character, I'm gonna see if I can get the person I did it for to send me a picture of it so I can trace over it using flash, the creature is depicted significantly more aggressive in that picture.

Thanks,
- Celx

[Faggy bleach fanart]

Nice

Heh, I had to look up what "pictochat" is. Now that I know I think I like the picture a lot better. ^^
I don't know how hard it is to draw in pictochat, but the picture looks nice anyway. A little scetchy maybe and it would have been nice to have a pic where we can see more than just the eyes, but when comparing this drawing to original artwork of Rukia I can see the similarities, which means you've done a good job.

Now, if only there was a way to get pictures from the DS onto the PC in decent quality I could rate this pic even higher. ^^

So my advice is that you should use programs that allow you to use more colours and that allow you to get the pictures onto your PC in high quality. ^^

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PowerRangerYELLOW responds:

Thanks for taking the time to review my drawing and i like all your ideas such as getting programs to get pictochat images on to the computer.

I mostly take pictures or video of my drawings of pictochat drawings using a sony handycam.

I'll look into how to add programs to a nintendo ds as soon as possiable.

[Self Portrait]

Very good

A very good self portrait. I especially like the hairs and the hoody. They have very great details.

The face looks a bit strange due to the different light sources on the left and on the right half of the face. It now looks as if the red side is a bit swollen. This impression is amplified by the small blue area on the left side of the face (well, it's the right side from my point of view, actually it's the right half of the face ^^).

Anyway, overall this is a very good self portrait!

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Scarifying responds:

Thank you. The hair is one of the things that my art teacher pointed out as the best thing on there. This is my first time doing something like this so I was a little worried about the face. When I did it, it came out O.K. but there are a couple a flaws on there. I learned a lot from making this so I will do better next time. Sorry for the bad quality because it was too big for the scanner so I took a picture from my phone. Thanks for the compliments and the advice. I appreciate your criticism.

[Electric Feel Eel]

Good picture

I really like the light effects here, especially the one in the eye. It gives the fish a very dangerous look. Or is it the sharp teeth that makes this fish so dangerous? Ah well, propably a mixture of both aspects.

Anyway, the colouring is done very nice as well. All colours go along pretty well with each other, there's no colour that stands out in a negative way.

However, I think you could've done a bit more with the background, maybe some other fishes there, or some sea plants... because right now the background looks a little bit boring.

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[Shark: Shattered Guns Poster]

Nice

Hey, I remember this character from a flash I reviewed. This shows that you found a very unique style that is remembered by people who watched the flash.
Honestly, your name didn't ring a bell, but now that I see this poster I instantly remembered the flash. :)

Anyway, the poster looks quite nice and it offers the same unique style your flash did. But I think the red background should be of a slightly darker shade. It really hurts the eyes when I look at the picture in full size.

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Celx-Requin responds:

Yeah the character has appeared twice, once in the pulp video on "Shark Black:Snowblind +", and once in a old trailer I had up about two years ago...

I agree about the color, I should have maybe even added a red to black granite.
I think it is pretty cool you remember that video though.

Thanks for the review!
- Celx

[CoolJaw Comic Cover]

Okay cover

This is okay for a cover I guess. I like the simplicity of the picture. Some covers seem to be overloaden with various things, but this cover doesn't reveal much of the content to be expected in the comic itself.

However, the text on the cover is a bit hard to read, especially the blue one. You should change it to some brighter colour.

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Celx-Requin responds:

Thanks for the review man!