=3 Hes so cute.. I love how his shirt matches his tail and ears.. poor widdle emo boy chasing after a succubus.. what is the world coming to.

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"I would much rather be hated for who I am than adored for who I am not"

Yeah, he does that on purpose. Black and red stripes are his favorite fashion accessory. XD

And you know every succubi's weakness is a sasuke duck-butt haircut and the ability to write soulful lyrics.

... He knows kung-fu

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"I'm here to kick ass and drink cups of tea, and I'm all out of tea!"

Ohh yes... Aislinn gets the hots for duck butts! We all knows it! Nnnahhhhh its his groove that gets her attention.

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"I would much rather be hated for who I am than adored for who I am not"

Yes, he does has a groove. No one can throw off Dai's groove.

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"I'm here to kick ass and drink cups of tea, and I'm all out of tea!"

Bewaarreee of the groooovveeee O_O!

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"I would much rather be hated for who I am than adored for who I am not"

awesome work like the tail

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"I can't stand pain. It hurts me"

-Daffy Duck

Hi! said you were looking for art critiques. So, I figured I'd give my 2 cents in this picture because of the 5 series picture, he's my favorite, in a close second to the vase girl.

I'll start with the good first, because we all love to hear that part best. I love the outfit, it's very creative! If they sold torn shirt sets like that, I'd totally buy one. I also love how you took the time to draw each individual bead for the bracelets and necklaces. It shows you have good attention to detail.

Which bring me to the bad parts. Because you have such good attention to detail with his outfit and accenting all the small parts that make the outfit kool (even the tiger stripes look like real stripes do on a tiger), I think you're equally as capable of paying that close attention to anatomy. Here is a good guide that break down anatomy and makes it really easy to understand. [link] It's simple, but the principles still stand. The head is too big for the neck, and it makes the waist is just a tad too narrow, even for a bishi. Also, the hands are just a little too big, even though by themselves, they'd be atomically correct. They also look a tad stiff, if you rest your hands normally the fingers are never straight unless you do it on purpose. From such a slack pose it looks like he's relaxed, but his hands are tense, and their pose is forced. But you definitely understand that people are never straight and it really brings all your characters to life when you draw them with relaxed spines.

I've browsed through your gallery to see some trends, and get a feel for your general strengths and weaknesses. I've noticed that your marker skills are excellent and your blending skills are some of the best I've seen, but you seem to struggle most with facial anatomy the most. You have a trend of giving characters big lips with weak jaws (remember, we need jaw bones for biting and ripping, so don't forget to include them), which can make it look just a little awkward sometimes and the eyes generally seem crooked. Even this guy, if you draw a line from one eye to the other the left eye is almost an entire eye length higher. I have this problem too, and it runs rampant in my sketches. I cheat a bit with photoshop and clone the eye, flip it, and drag it over so they both look symmetrical. But since you do it traditionally, I think a ruler with a very light line for a guide will do the trick.

Don't take this as that I don't like it. I really do and you did a great job on the piece, these are just some tips to keep in mind for future pieces. The blending on his shirt is awesome, especially how you got the lights to blend with the darks. I'd just recommend drawing from a model or life reference to get the basic anatomy right before you anime it up XP. I also really like the tribal designs that you used for borders, I like how you took the time to ink in very thin white lines for separation. They really fit your character well, and they're aesthetically pleasing in the over all picture.

Overall, it's a very well done piece.

You can feel free to critique me too. If I can dish it, I can take it.

Just mah 2 cents...or maybe in this case...10 cents?

Holy crap. You wrote a novel...

Thank you very much for your kind words - even though I think my coloring is crap I appreciate the compliment. ^_^;

Thank you also for the criticism! I never noticed that thing about my character's eyes, but now that I have... damn, I see it in every piece. Gotta work on fixing that...

I am torn on your point about the anatomy. I have done many life study classes (both in school and in my spare time) and I think my grasp of anatomy is pretty good in my life-like work, but since I purposefully exaggerate some things (such as skinniness and large, blocky hands) in much of my cartoony art I'm not sure how much of that you're likely to see change.

I will try to make my heads fit on my necks better, however, even if the necks themselves are still skinnier than what is anatomically accurate. And maybe I'll try more life-like drawing in the future to try to ground my exaggerations a bit more in reality.

Thank you again!

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"I'm here to kick ass and drink cups of tea, and I'm all out of tea!"

Thanks. ^^ I'm rather fond of the tail myself.

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"I'm here to kick ass and drink cups of tea, and I'm all out of tea!"