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Can't work on right now, and I'm not sure what else to do to it. I'll consider it 'done' then. Feel free to fire away with any suggestions and what have you. Enjoy :)!

DO NOT REUSE, EDIT OR REDISTRIBUTE

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Sonic, Tails, Robotnik and Nack the Weasel (c) SEGA

Critiques


:iconditto9:
Righteo, I havent rated it very high, because it's not finished and I'm trying to not think of it as a polished piece.

Vision:
3 and a half because as I mentioned above, lol, but also I feel there could be some really nice line work done on this. When I saw you colouring it in yesterday, I didn't think this, but seeing it now, it's crossed my mind that you could really go to town on this lineart wise. Not too harsh, thick lines, but some with a little bit more flair would look good and seperate the colours well. =engelszorn's Inkpen Photoshop Brush is an amazing inking brush that I think would work well here. It's a little more of a natural shaped brush, which differs to the good old hard round defaults. You know my Sheva piece? That was done with this brush (and my skills were rusty there, imagine what you could do with this now!). Use it freehand, though, as the pen tool can somewhat ruin it's effects (as you can see this in places on my Sheva drawing).
The colours are great, as you know from what I've said - the fact they're vibrant all add together to not detract from the other. In a sense, the vibrancy fights the vibrancy of another colour, and so reflects the sense of action in your piece.
The perspective and composition is good, and I like the hand coming away from Sonic, it looks good.

With Eggman's hand, I think the lines feel too solid and spindly to reflect the action of him throwing (is this correct?) and it needs a greater sense of motion. Try looking at photographs of people blurring when moving, or do it yourself in a badly lit room, with your own camera. It may be harder to pull off, but no-one can blame you for trying :).

I like Tails', er, tail, that has a nice feel of action to it aswell, but maybe blur the white around the tail (like the smudge, but with a brush...this can be done when you shade anyway) to give it more of a spinning feel.

Originality:
Four stars because it's not a copied pose. Only missing the one star because it's fanart, of course! But that's not to be frowned on, it's just limiting in my rating because it's not your own characters, which I'm sure you'll agree with.
The poses, the scene, the actions are all original to me, plus you've used your own style and their colours to create a highly original piece of fanart.

Technique:
It's not done, but so far it's good. There's a few patches where the flat colouring is leaking through the lines, but as your description says you're not finished with the colours yet.
Of course, when submitting the real one, your technique will go up due to the shading and lighting being finished :D

Impact:
It shouts out to me, it has a sense and thrill of movement and action and the colours bounce off one another in a good way.
4 and a half :)

Not much more I can say, mostly it's down to your lines and that's it really.

Have fun - shading, in my opinion, is the best bit!!

Happy trails! (Whatever that means)
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:icontokugoru-san:
Curse you, DA subscriptions!!!

Ah, who cares. I'm gonna critique this anyway.

Honestly, when I first saw this picture, I thought "Holy crap, she's finished?!" Then I read your description.

I love the lively and vibrant colors used here, even if some are obviously required for the characters. The slide has a great look to it; it makes me feel as if I'm gonna fall if I trip. I also like how you did little things like having Sonic actually grab a ring and how Nack's teeth (?) are stuck into the slide.

I'm not sure why Tails looks so creeped out. Then again, if I was running around with rings to collect, bombs to dodge, and enemies to avoid, all within a crazy looking place, I'd be a bit more than creeped out myself.

Another small thing I enjoyed is the way Eggman's mustache looks. Call me crazy, but it looks kind of.... "Flippy"

All in all, very good picture. I hope to see the finished product soon!

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:iconlink3kokiri:
Looking good! ^^

I'd only suggest add in more indication that Nack's hat is flying off his head, like tiny speedlines, or if you don't wanna overkill it with speedlines (you're already using them for Robotnik's spikeball throw) you could move the hat a bit closer so it's easier to tell.

Add in some shading though, and you've got yourself one excellent image thar :]

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:iconwackyspongecake:
No biggy, it's just a fancy feature that allows you to add ratings and stuff anyhow. Though being a section of its own it helps them to get noticed =]

Haha no! XD Even though I was spending a good few solid hours colouring and straightening it out, it's nowhere near done. I intended this one to be a bit more ambitious xD

Thaanks :) Being a Special Stage, I have to make it as lively without being too psychedelic as possible XD Why Tails is freaked out? Tails is wary of the bomb Robotnik's throwing; maybe some motion suggestion on his part would help. *think*
Nack-abuse. It had to be done, really. :giggle: And he's just got the one tooth, I think XD; 'Fang' the Sniper, and all that.

Haha, Robotnik's tasche is rather like Asterix's feather hat in that respect- has a mind of its own! XD Or rather reacting to how he feels.

Thanks for the comment and observations! :dance::highfive:

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:iconwackyspongecake:
Good thinking, I was a bit puzzled as to where to put the hat and how, seeing as Sonic might look like he was supposed to trip over it or something if I put it any closer. ...Actually, maybe not. xD; Come to think of it though, tiny speedlines shouldn't be overkill XD

Thanks very much! :dance::highfive:

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:iconditto9:
Will crit tomorrow after le doctors! x

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:icontokugoru-san:
No problem at all. Twas my pleasure.

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:iconwackyspongecake:
Thanks! :) Appreciate it x

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:iconditto9:
Godot-saaan, can you send me a bigger version of theeese? I'd like to see it bigger :D
I can only do one crit per deviation, so when you finish it it'll look like I was an idiot critting you lol. You know, and thats what counts.

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:iconwackyspongecake:
Don't worry, I'll send you a big-ee when it's finished Edgeysama :3 It's almost there, just need to refine the shading and fix these goshawful speedlines on the hat TT_TT Actually I'll send you the moar recent when I get back to the laptop xD;

Huh? Don't be daft. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have that inkpen, or have fixed Robotnik's arm and a few other things XD In any case, the crit was for the unedited one, i.e the first submission D: If anyone downrates it because they can't be bothered to read the description and notice the original wasn't shaded, that's their bag. D=<

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