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Old Apr 15, 2009, 05:47 PM // 17:47   #1
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Hi,
I'd like to share these drawings with you before I disappear from these forums permanently. These are pretty old, I've done them in 2007, but I still appreciate any comments or criticism. I used black marker pens, colour pencils and paint shop pro(and a digital camera...). I used screenshots as examples(except for the ritualist).
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Edit 9/2009: Everything now in deviantart: http://cirandel.deviantart.com/gallery/#_featured

Dancing Ritualist:
New 2009 http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w.../ritualist.jpg

2007:

Friend's monk:
New http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...everjpgfix.jpg
Old http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...ngiForever.jpg

My ranger:
New http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...del1jpgfix.jpg
Old http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w.../Cirandel1.jpg

My elem:
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Old http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...ngs/Elias3.jpg

Friend's elem:
New http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...kaJPGshiny.jpg
Old http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...ings/Arska.jpg

My mesmer:
New http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...nea2JPGfix.jpg
Old http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...ngs/minea2.jpg

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Old Apr 15, 2009, 05:54 PM // 17:54   #2
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That's some damned nice drawing.
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Old Apr 15, 2009, 06:25 PM // 18:25   #3
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The ranger needs her jaw defining abit more, looks like she's got a flat face, else theyre pretty good.
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Old Apr 15, 2009, 09:37 PM // 21:37   #4
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Those are great drawings, as you asked for critique, here it is.

When i talk about right and left, its from the perspective of the person in the drawing.
I dont know of its just me, but the monks left breast seems slightly smaller, or a slightly diferent shape to her right one.
The foot needs a bit more defining, where does her leg become her foot, where is her ankle?

As jiggles said, the rangers jaw needs definition. The hair also doesnt seem quite right.
Her left index finger is oddly shaped.

Your elementalists neck seems grey in colour.

On your friends elementalist, you should add more depth to the crystals, make them look more 3D. Also if you look at the armour, the stones/crystals come out of the armour, rather than just resting on it (best way i could explain it, take a look at the armour and you might undertsand.)
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Old Apr 16, 2009, 11:32 AM // 11:32   #5
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Few anatomy problems as stated, mainly the hands from what I can see.

Good stuff though.
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Old Apr 16, 2009, 03:10 PM // 15:10   #6
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Thank you very much for the comments Drawing a human body is hard, especially feet and hands. I tried to make pictures better with PSP based on your advice. If you're interested check the first message.

I wasn't sure what to do with the monk's ankle and the ranger's jaw though. But I tried. I hope she doesn't look bearded. I also tried make her hair prettier.

I also added a pic of my mesmer I found.

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Old Apr 17, 2009, 03:04 PM // 15:04   #7
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Nice, nice the Mesmer looks just like mine <G>
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Old Apr 18, 2009, 02:42 AM // 02:42   #8
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For the ankle, make a shaded semi circle ring to show the bottom of the ankle, then highlight a bit above to show the top of the ankle.
As for the jawbone, i have no idea, i suppose just look very carefully at the way light falls on the in game carachters jaw.

I think the mesmers eye area seem in a sort of evil expression, which doesnt seem right if she's waving, im not sure on a fix, maybe play around with the angles of the eyebrows?, also Her right eye seems like its looking right out of its corner, whereas the other eye is centred.
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Old Apr 18, 2009, 07:53 AM // 07:53   #9
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Thanks for praises and advice. I made the mesmer's expression gentler.
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Old Apr 22, 2009, 09:10 AM // 09:10   #10
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Nice Nice ^.^
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Old Apr 22, 2009, 11:36 PM // 23:36   #11
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I love your attention to detail on all the armors you've done. You should try doing a dynamic pose sometime (one that isn't already a gw animation). I'd like to see how they'd come out
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Old Apr 30, 2009, 07:57 PM // 19:57   #12
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I love your attention to detail on all the armors you've done. You should try doing a dynamic pose sometime (one that isn't already a gw animation). I'd like to see how they'd come out
Thank you! You gave me an idea, so I drew a new Guild Wars picture but this time I didn't use screenshot as an example (->dynamic pose). Armor is Luxon-style with my own modifications.
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Old Apr 30, 2009, 08:43 PM // 20:43   #13
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That dancing ritualist drawing looks very nice imo
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Old Apr 30, 2009, 10:22 PM // 22:22   #14
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I'm seeing vast improvement from your earlier works in this latest one, and I really like the rit's face and the coloring on the portrait. I do feel that something's off, though. I think you may need to shorten the torso and lengthen the calves - the legs look a bit truncated. Get that fixed, and I think you've got some great potential!
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Old Apr 30, 2009, 11:13 PM // 23:13   #15
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Thank you! You gave me an idea, so I drew a new Guild Wars picture but this time I didn't use screenshot as an example (->dynamic pose). Armor is Luxon-style with my own modifications.
Hey that rit looks very nice. Once again the armor is stunning, and I like the picture myself, but I don't have as much of an eye for anatomy since I don't/suck at drawing. But IMO its you're best gw drawing so far
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Old May 01, 2009, 11:01 PM // 23:01   #16
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rit looks very very nice
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Old May 02, 2009, 01:28 PM // 13:28   #17
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Thanks for comments!

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I think you may need to shorten the torso and lengthen the calves - the legs look a bit truncated. Get that fixed, and I think you've got some great potential!
I see what you mean now that I examined it carefully. However I have a feeling I'm not skilled enough or Paint shop Pro is no good enough to do such a big change afterwards. So I might have to leave it be. Thanks for the advice anyway!
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Old Sep 02, 2009, 03:30 PM // 15:30   #18
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Hi again, I just wanted to bring this up to advertise my deviantart page. There you can find these Guild Wars drawings, a couple of Guild Wars scenery paintings/drawings and stuff from other games too. Feel free to comment
Here is the direct link to the Guild Wars folder:
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Everything else: http://cirandel.deviantart.com/gallery/#_featured
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