Please remember that everything on this sig was done manually, no special effects or anything were used (except for maybe the layers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's for Cicdolfins competition. I need some constructive criticism so I can hopefully get a placing. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gotta go to bed now,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers.

Holy crap, nice work. Love the light rays, the dolphins are very smooth, its just awesome! Excelelnt work :)

nice............very very very nice :shock:

well sorry to bust your buble here but im not to fond of it but dont worry about this tho you made very common mistakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- it seriously lacks depth as in use higher contrasts.

 

 

 

- its very gradientish.

 

 

 

-some parts of the big dolphion look very flat.

 

 

 

-colors are a bit light for underwater bottem at the depth there in..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the depth problem is a very common thing; i once had it, Terley had it, hell pretty much everyone had it. (few exceptions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the drawing is very nice tho.

To add to what Aiyakli said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- For every differant hue you used, you used the same tone throughout! It looks pretty boring without tonal variation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also want to underscore the fact that you've used 100 colors when around 10 or so can do. More contrast makes for a more interesting scene. Remeber to blend the tones that are strikingly differant.

big bottlenose dolphins tail needs altering looks a little fat aswell :S but nice too :)

Ah dang. I really don't want to spend 2 hours shading the dolphin again though. I had the same problem with the shark on your sig smellysocks but I did that one again. :x

You shouldnt have to... Try darkening the large dolphins tail, and lightening gradually as it comes inward. Maybe and a lens flare?

NO! do not use a lens flare! lol,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

anyway, my biggest gripe is the black outline around the figures. See if you can eliminate it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty good image :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and just a bit of light highlight through the middle of the dolphin goes a long ways to help with the depth.

why not use a lens flare? Besides plain perspective i find flares the best way to add depth. Take some practise though.

Lense flare definately wouldnt match the PIXEL format, but also, its just tacky lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The larger dolphin's far fin is a bit too big, but other than that, good :)

 

 

 

You may want to add more bg detail, but I personally have no problem with bright colors :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another suggestion is to add light rays both in front of AND behind the dolphins :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J272