HOORAY! You're back!
I was worried that you had stopped doing LBT artwork.
Great to see some new pictures. (You really love drawing Ducky, don't you?
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It looks to me like you’ve been working on making more detailed backgrounds. That’s fantastic.
Certain features of the background of the “Jump in the Water” image show great improvement from your earlier pictures, in my opinion. The trees may not yet be perfect in appearance, but they look much better than the ones in your Ducky & Spike
Ducky & Spike picture, and do not appear to all be simply the same tree copied over and over again. The clouds in the sky are also much more natural-looking than many of those you drew for previous illustrations. I notice that you even put reflections of the trees in the water.
One detail of the background that does look a little strange is the mountains. While I really like how they look in comparison with the sky, the tops of them look somewhat wispy and fuzzy, causing them to almost merge with the sky. They are also so light in color that they almost appear to be covered in snow. In the LBT films, the mountains surrounding the Great Valley tend to be more of a brown tone (Of course, I’m only assuming that this scene is taking place in the Great Valley).
Ducky’s expression and pose are good, and as usual the shading is excellent, but in my opinion the shiny reflections on her body (meant to indicate that she is wet?) do not look very good. Don’t get me wrong; the reflections themselves are very well done; they just don’t look so good on Ducky. Also, Ducky’s colors are much deeper and richer than usual; I think they look better when they are lighter and a little more subdued, as in your other pictures of her. Finally, Ducky’s legs look quite a bit shorter than usual, and her feet are maybe a bit undersized.
You don’t just love drawing Ducky; you love drawing Ducky sleeping!
She looks adorable.
I love how you have her mouth open just a little bit, and how you’ve drawn her curled up against the base of that tree. I can see there’s some slight reflectiveness along her spine and on her head: that, as far as I am concerned, is the right way to draw reflections on your LBT characters.
Again, amazing job with the background of this image. The grass, and the textures of the rock and tree are outstanding. Personally, I think the water in the picture of
Ducky taking a shower looked better than the water here, but that’s the only thing I would change about the background here.
As for Ducky herself, one thing I would change is her foot: while she clearly has the underside of it facing the observer, part of the side should be visible as well. Maybe not nearly as much as in the other picture you drew of
Ducky sleeping, but enough to show that her feet aren’t yellow all the way around. It should also be clear that the bottom of her foot is flat (You pulled this off excellently in the last sleeping Ducky picture). Also, at the point where Ducky’s tail is “bent” forward, there are two black lines that I think she would look better without. The first goes all the way across the dark green area along her spine, while the other is right behind her leg, and meets with the dark green area.
Please keep up the great work!
P.S. Obviously, it’s been a while since I’ve last reviewed one of your pictures (and I’ve had a lot more experience leaving feedback on artwork since then), and I realize I may sound as if I am obsessed with pointing out flaws. I just wanted to make this clear so as to prevent any misunderstanding: I give so much constructive criticism because I LOVE the artwork, and want to help the artist as much as possible by letting them know how they can make it even better.
