Oy…another thread that took me forever to get to.
Sorry.
Considering that, as you said, it’s been so long since you’ve drawn these characters, these are very good.
Did you use references? (Certain details are so accurate that I’d be surprised to learn that you didn’t. :!)
The detail on Cera’s frill is very impressive; possibly my favorite part of the drawing.
I like the colors as well. Her nostrils and ears look good, too, although the latter shouldn’t be so close to the edge of her mouth. They look fine in relation to the frill; the problem seems to be that Cera should have an orange area representing the lower part of her cheek/the corner of her jaw between her ear and her mouth.
I concur with Vek about the horn, which I also believe should be a little sharper, and maybe lightly shaded so it’s not quite so paper-white. Also, the corner of her mouth should connect to her cheek; as it is, she doesn’t really look like she’s smiling.
One thing that jumped out at me early on was Cera’s eyes, which look a little too big (even if she IS excited about the flower
). In addition, her head is noticeably oversized compared to her body. Furthermore, her torso looks disproportionately short (look at the distance between her front and hind legs), and her front legs shouldn’t be quite so narrow at the top. However, details such as the outline of her body, the little line on her side, and the ridge on her back are very well drawn. You seem to be extremely good at drawing smooth lines.
As for Petrie, his head should be brown, and the undersides of his wings should be a sort of light grayish color. His wing claws are also much too close to the ends of his wings, and his wing membranes should extend all the way down to his hips. His neck is a little thick and straight, while his upper beak looks a bit crooked towards the base. However, the front half of his upper beak looks pretty good, his proportions aren’t bad, and overall he’s quite cute.
While I agree that she could definitely use some extra tree sweets (and maybe some dried-sweet-bubble cookies
), I really like how you drew Ducky here. I like her colors the best of the three, and think she turned out very cute. Her crest and legs are very well drawn, though the latter are longer and more slender than they should be (probably a large reason for the “anorexic” look). The pupils and irises of her eyes may be a bit big, and her upper arms are thinner than her forearms. She also looks to have four (rather small) toes on her feet instead of three. Her tail should be thickest towards the base, and tapered towards the tip.
You also went a little crazy with the scallops or indentations on the edges of her beak.
She really has only four of those total (two on either side of her bill); one on either side of each of the two rounded bulges along the edges of her bill. To explain it in a different way, the tip of Ducky’s beak is very slightly bulbous and downturned; the first pair of indentations are on either side of that. Behind that, the edges of Ducky’s beak flare outwards to form the semicircular bulges I mentioned before. These extend about two-thirds-to-three-quarters of the way from the tip of her beak to the corners of her mouth; the other set of indentations are located at the point where they curve inwards to meet the straight-edged part of Ducky’s beak (which makes up the rest of her mouth). You can see these features
this production drawing of Ducky (from Flathead’s
LBT production cels thread).
Backgrounds are tough, especially when you’re working with paper and colored pencils, so I’m not going to bother you too much about those for now. However, your pictures might be improved if you drew the grass behind the characters’ feet, rather than underneath them. It looks more realistic, and allows for details of the feet to be visible. Also, try to give the grass blades slightly different shapes and/or lengths, to avoid the uniform “bed of nails” look Vek described.
Whew! What a review! :blink: I hope I wasn’t too harsh. :unsure:
