OK, so I just spent the last 40 minutes typing out critiques for everyone, and I was just about finished when my computer decided it was time to spontaneously restart with no reason. Sadly, it’s 3AM, and I no longer have the energy to retype it all, so no crits for now. I’ll try to be back tomorrow and do it.
On the bright side, I’ve streamlined the website updating process pretty well, so it doesn’t take me nearly as long to do that part anymore, at least.
Oh well, Happy New Year, everyone!
damn, sorry to hear that ron. Glad to hear that you can update the website easier now. I won’t feel so bad submitting late late work:)
OK, let’s see if this goes faster this time, since I king of already know what I’m going to say. 
TRT: Looks pretty cool, but I actually like the original version you did better I think. The markings had more personality to them. I didn’t update the gallery with this new version since I think the old one is better, but if you’d rather have this new one there, please let me know, and I’ll gladly switch it in for you.
Rook: Sweet Cody. He looks totally ready to kick some ass. My main critique for him would be to throw that back arm into shadow so that is sits back more and also helps to frame the forward hand. Very fun Chun concept you got there. Even though what you added was simple, you did a very good job of placing her into a believable environment. I agree about seeing less buttcrack shadow since she’s in a towel, however, I think some more folds in the towel would help bring her form out nicely. Also, I think she could use wider hips and beefier legs. She is Chun Li, after all.
DFist: I got a picture crit for ya:
http://img286.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dfistchuncrit7ge.jpg
It kind of shows how the hips might work, but mainly it shows how small tweaks in the pose with consideration to lines that counter each other can make for a more balanced and flowey pose. Also, spacing the arm further out from the body makes for a more interesting silhouette. The cammy is sweet as shit. I’m lovin the bold color choices and the overall idea of the pic. I think that the buildings in the bg look just a little odd how they are. The way they’re not quite straight and even looks good and fun, but it looks like it belongs with a cartoonier drawings rather than your realistic Cammy. The Honda cracks me up. Fun idea for a picture. I think one thing that throws me off about it is the way his fat is distributed. For some reason it looks kinda more like the way fat looks on a fat baby, where it is overall chubbiness fairly evenly distributed. I think on an older guy like him, it would hang differently. Go check out some fatties, yo 
VSlash: Cool idea for a pic. You did a good job of differentiating the two characters by their expressions too. I think that the ear placement is just a little high, and that the cropping of the pic right in the middle of Guy’s finger looks just a little odd.
Zakuta: Nice pic, and nice attention to detail. One thing that strikes me as a little odd is that her pose suggests that she is moving left, but her braids suggest she’s moving right. It’s important to keep your dangling objects and drapery moving with the flow of action to accentuate it. Also, be careful when things line up perfectly in a pic; right now, her braid is kind of coming out of her elbow. Can’t wait to see the colors!
Switcher: Very dynamic Cammy there. Nice way of showing the action too. I think it would have been good to include her right arm in the pic too. It looks kinda of like she doesn’t have one, and it would make sense, balance-wise to have her throw it behind her far enough that we would see it, since her left arm is so far forward. Also, composition-wise, be careful not to crop your edges too close; I think her head and her shoulder could use a little more breathing room.
Munta: Booo, Delta Red. j/k Cool pic, and nice detail on the boots. I hate drawing shoes. The foreshortening on the forward hand looks just a little odd. The larger hand suggests that is is closer, but the angle and perspective of her arm doesnt’ really match it.
Mint: Very cool quickie you got there. Nice looseness, and great suggesting of forms without actually drawing them in. What’s with the dotty colors?
SeanCarlos: Welcome to the challenge, dude. Cool slight blur to show Cody’s fist in action. Nice rendering in general man, very smooth. Don’t be afraid to pop some darker colors in there. With the exception of a few spots and the blacks in the Cody pic, you’re using mostly highlights and midtones. Some darker areas would really make it pop more. Another thing that helps is to vary your color choices more. Instead of using a darker version of the same color for shadows, consider changing it a bit to maybe a cooler or warmer color. Also, in skin, certain points in people tend to have more blood flowing to them near the surface, so they get pinker and redder in those spots (usually most noticible in places like knuckles, fingertips, noses, ears, cheeks) and this helps bring out more realistic skintones.
Chain knows how to call 'em.
Dfist, That cammy is awesome man. It looks like she is ready to go for the kill at any moment. Great Honda too, I like his expression.
Switcher, cool pose for that cammy. I’ve noticed that you go for dramatic poses in most of your pics.
Carlos, looking good man. You bring a new art style to the challenge.
Cap, I thought I seen that Cammy pic before. It looks like you went back and touched it up with some more color detail.
Long time no art!
I had to put something in here, so here’s some doodling. I’ll eventually get something polished up… I know the pose is kind of uncomfortable/impossible.
http://sunkingblue.fateback.com/cammyyy.jpg??
I need some webspace that I can hotlink, heh.
Wow I love Mint’s style.
<3
Wow nice stuff rook. Love the Cody man and I like that friendly chun.
Mint- good shit man. Solid confident strokes.
Dun good work man, good to see more of your stuff around here.
vslash keep up with the nice wild poses.
dfist-impressive cammy. thats my new fav from you. Chun is looking pretty ok and yeah work on that pose.
chain- your work is off the chain. Love the cammy.
anyone else i missed good work. Too many new faces.
http://img276.imageshack.us/img276/9237/mika016xq.jpg
I’ll say this much. I don’t particularly like Mika. In fact I think that the implant-augmented, asset-baring, oversexed WWE divas are less misogynistic than her silly costume. As thus, this. Also, since her VA also voices Naruto, it is also a nod to sexy no jutsu, in a way.
As for the RVD intro pose? I don’t know. I just thought that it might look good.
Also, another Karin although I think I’d rather submit the earlier one I made.
Make sure you credit the original artist next time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v661/PoisonElf/cam-comic18.gif
The switcher: for shame!
4negs: i can’t believe i never made th connection between mika and naruto’s voice. they sound just the same. The reasons why you hate r.mika are the same reasons why people like her though (myself included!)
The switcher: ouch. loss of credibility there.
Ah, sorry guys. I really should have, I was leaving the house right when I posted it, and I didn’t have time to write much about it. In a few of my other posted works, I explain weather or not I looked at a previous pose and used that as reference. But it’s not as if I said something like, “Whoa, I must have spent 10 hours working out this pose!!” and I didn’t say that, because that would definately be lying about the work.
Rest assured if I do use other poses for references, I’l be sure to state that I did.
Sorry again! I have shamed my family, and my family’s honor.
Don’t worry, everyone copies. Apath, you didn’t have to do that in such a dick manner. Let’s all be art friends and not hate.
V-SLASH: Nice concept… I know the heads when combined are not supposed to be balanced, but I’m sensing the same thing I often see with my works when the head is facing forward–which is the shape of the head sorta looks higher on the right side than on the left side… Maybe it’s the way we draw, or the way we see the shape, or something, but I always see this mishap when I draw a forward facing head… Just thought I’d make a note of that for ya’… Dunno why… :wgrin:
ZAKUTA: Very good Cammy… The waist/torso area is a bit too big than what we usually see with Cammy, but nicely done with the pose, expression, and all… Although she is drowning in lots of white space… Better go to a close-up cuz she’s unshaded and all… Good job on the legs…
D-FIST: Oooh… Nice Cam Cam… Geez! What can I say?.. Even the raindrops looks nice… Except I’m seeing a couple of stars and a moon on a rainy night?..
And lol… Why is Honda cooking?..
SWITCHER: So what if you copied it, huh?.. After all, Einstein said, “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”…
CPTMunta: Abs are a bit off, and her hairbang is different, but I gotta comment on your colouring… Great use of light bouncing off, especially on the legs…
MINT: Cool. Cool. Cool… A style that is quick and breezy… Just costume comments from me like a missing necktie and another braid; otherwise, very nice… The definitely anime-style Karin is very good as well… That’s a really cool way of colouring your stuff–a la manga/comic-style…
SeanCARLOS: Ha!.. I can tell, you like 'em sexy… A little too bright on your colouring, but I’m noticing the nice blurring in Cody’s arm… Nice touch!..
And here’s my Cody entry… Please guys tell me everything wrong with this picture… This is the second Cody I drew… I just don’t know what to do different with him… So I did a portrait instead… ;o
will post comments later, need a break first 
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/8114/sodom2pg.jpg
thx for the link 4negs.
Seba: nice cody. I like the dotted thing on the bottom left, you should shade the whole picture like that
rook: cool cam pose dude! You should add a cast shadow to ground her. Very nice colors.
man the actions taking off around here again. Hooray!
Rook: that coloring on the cammy is great. The highlights look great! your coloring gets better and better. DFist is right about casting a shadow on the ground maybe. only that one step away from perfection methinks.
Mint: Again, awesome portrait! Do you do all of it straight CG? I think the dotty tones really help set you pictures off.
DFist: Sodoms looking a little blury also his sais are looking alittle wonky. Maybe make em bigger and rounder. Sais aren’t sharp.
Thanks for all the comments gang, they’ve been a real help. Especially the cody crits.
http://www.deviantart.com/view/27276522/
This is my work-in-progress Vega.
ANY HELP to improve this would be appreciated. Right now, his hand is pretty ugly, but I mean to change that anyways, also, his head kinda seems big, but I’m not sure.
Need some crits on this, so I can begin coloring…
