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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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EMKAY
So you seem to have the right idea here with shading. You have a light source, and have a good gradient.
The lineart, however, I notice is two different colors. I don't feel this is a good idea. If you are going for the painted look, avoid lines all together. I feel this piece would have been more solidified with some lineart.
Don't use BLACK as shading. I understand Emolga is black, but if you look at an official illustration, they don't use pure black. They use a dark gray. This allows for more flexibility in teh shading process.
The overall picture looks dark. While this looks out of place on the blank canvas, with a simple background (even if its just a different color with simple shading) this could be remedied. (Like a bright sunny place or a dark place with a really bright, artifical sort of light like an electric pokemon light)
BUT the most impressive thing here is gradient, teh act of mixing up your colors to create your gradual shading. Dude, I cannot do that yet. I am just not there. Gradient is key for the painted look, which seems to be your goal. So you already overcame one obstacle.
Do a bit of anatomy study. If your emolga's paws where on a flat surface, pressure would be on it. The paws would not be strait, they would be bend, or flexed, or something to show the 'leaning' sort of action I'm getting.
Also just work on expressions. Try using things other than the eyes and mouth such as:
Ears
Eyebrows
nose
tail
body language (sitting straight up, hunched over, arched back, etc.)
Arms (for a bored look head resting on arm, angry arms crossed, etc.)
and even fur!
You seem to have the basics, basically. (see what I did there) and that is the single most important thing. Fixing anything now is just a matter of experimentation.
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