Even if you are going for a more cartoony style, applying just a little realism wouldn't hurt. Still, considering that you are a well-seasoned artist, you certainly have the grounds to bend the "rules" of anatomy for certain situations, like you did with the head (although it would have helped if you made your intentions of shading the had like that a little more clear from the start).
By the way...
Black Boo wrote:
Besides that, these are things you should have brought up in the SKETCH stage three or four days ago. It's inked and colored. Unless the changes are very subtle or nuanced, or the drawing is so cataclysmically awful it needs to be redone from the ground up, they're not happening, and you missed your chance.
I'm sorry to tell you this, but this came off as a bit immature to me. I was only focusing on the more apparent things I found off, so I didn't go quite as in-depth on the initial sketch. If I was the one doing this, I'd not start on inking until I know that the sketch is completely fine to avoid wasting time. Considering that you didn't provide any updates until three or four days later, that's basically all on you because of your mild hastiness.
Speaking of the inking, this could just very well be me, but I don't think that it looks that difficult to make alterations in that state. With that in mind, I don't find it unreasonable to at least explore the possibilities I presented to your sketch. Besides, even if it was a bit of a pain to make corrections in that state, I'm afraid that basically saying that you're not changing anything because it doesn't look terribly wrong and I "missed my chance" are not valid points to bring up with me. Even though I'm not afraid to admit that I dabble with those points from time to time (particularly the one where "everything looks fine"), I at least ask everyone else in my threads if it's a good idea before I go through with it. If they agree with the points I was given, then I muster up the energy to apply the corrections regardless of difficulty. On top of that, there are even times where I was accused of laziness and possessing an aura of not accepting critiques, so you basically brushing off my suggestions reminds me of those moments.
Anyway, that's my two-cents on this matter. I could be missing something completely here, but this is just what I know from experience. Even though nothing bad would happen if you choose not to heed my advice in any way, it is food for thought.
Even if you are going for a more cartoony style, applying just a little realism wouldn't hurt. Still, considering that you are a well-seasoned artist, you certainly have the grounds to bend the "rules" of anatomy for certain situations, like you did with the head (although it would have helped if you made your intentions of shading the had like that a little more clear from the start).
By the way...
[quote="Black Boo"]
Besides that, these are things you should have brought up in the SKETCH stage three or four days ago. It's inked and colored. Unless the changes are very subtle or nuanced, or the drawing is so cataclysmically awful it needs to be redone from the ground up, they're not happening, and you missed your chance.[/quote]
I'm sorry to tell you this, but this came off as a bit immature to me. I was only focusing on the more apparent things I found off, so I didn't go quite as in-depth on the initial sketch. If I was the one doing this, I'd not start on inking until I know that the sketch is completely fine to avoid wasting time. Considering that you didn't provide any updates until three or four days later, that's basically all on you because of your mild hastiness.
Speaking of the inking, this could just very well be me, but I don't think that it looks that difficult to make alterations in that state. With that in mind, I don't find it unreasonable to at least explore the possibilities I presented to your sketch. Besides, even if it was a bit of a pain to make corrections in that state, I'm afraid that basically saying that you're not changing anything because it doesn't look terribly wrong and I "missed my chance" are not valid points to bring up with me. Even though I'm not afraid to admit that I dabble with those points from time to time (particularly the one where "everything looks fine"), I at least ask everyone else in my threads if it's a good idea before I go through with it. If they agree with the points I was given, then I muster up the energy to apply the corrections regardless of difficulty. On top of that, there are even times where I was accused of laziness and possessing an aura of not accepting critiques, so you basically brushing off my suggestions reminds me of those moments.
Anyway, that's my two-cents on this matter. I could be missing something completely here, but this is just what I know from experience. Even though nothing bad would happen if you choose not to heed my advice in any way, it is food for thought.