I've been meaning to post here for a while but I havent quite got round to it yet ^^; I finally have some spare time so I decided I'll give some comments about your work. I'll focus on one of your more recent pieces since it would take me a mighty long time to comment on all of them xP Also please excuse me as I can be quite detailed in my comments and you shouldn't take heed on half of them ^^; I'd just be interested to know, what programmes do you use for your work? and How do you create the final piece, do you have any videos? and do you use any attachments or do you freehand it with a mouse? I do a lot of drawing off the computer but I can't do anything with a mouse xD
First of all this is fantastic, I don't think I've seen many other people who can execute this kind of artwork in the same way you do, and in such quantities- you smogon people amaze me...
With this lucario re-type you have succeeded where many others would fail- successfully drawing half decent fire that doesn't look completely out of place with the rest of the drawing, it looks great, well done. I also like how you've not only changed his type by changing the colours and adding elements around him, (such as the spikes on his shoulders) instead you have edited him which is something a lot of artists do not do, they simply add to the pokemon without changing the base.
You seem to have to prominent styles, with a few others mixed in. A lot of your graphics involve a lot of movement or 'energy' and you reflect this well in the style of your drawing- there are few bold or straight lines, edges tend to be rough and jagged. However again you have triumphed, an all too common error is for somebody attempting to achieve this effect, is that they over do it. The effect becomes overbearing and distorts the original image, making it hard to draw your focus. You on the other hand perform this very well conssistently, congratulations ^^.
Now im getting to some really rather harsh criticims where im just nit-picking so don't take them to heart, its just advice and considering you're far better at this than I am anyway fell free to correct me if you feel im wrong. Also I do recognies that you are doing these in large quantities and seem rather pressed for time- I can forgive mistakes considering that ;)
Sometimes you have to be careful with slight overlapping of you're colours, you can see on his left hand you have overrun slightly with the orange and it slightly distorts the border where the hand joins the tail, its not a huge mistake you just lose a bit of depth. The same thing also occurs on his right ear, and the spikes on his right shoulder look a bit flat, nevertheless, like i said its nothing big- just nit-picking ;)
Also you have a slight problem with the perspective of his feet, allthough he is standing side on, and his left foot is slightly closer it still looks disproportianate to the right- or vice versa. It doesnt really make too much of a difference, however, because the immediate focus of the viewer is drawn to the upper body and It won't really be that noticeable.
Overall this work is absolutely phenominal, it his hard to find any major faults in your work, the work you do produce is excellent and there are some stand-out pieces with are truly amazing. The fact that you produce it so conssistently and frequently is almost startling ^^ I look forward to more of your work in future, and I'll make sure to check here regularly. Although I'm not sure if i can go into as much depth every time =P
Also If you were looking for a quite challenging piece, could I request you have a go at Ho-oh using sacred fire? I always have trouble with birds, especially the plummage and the effect of fire makes it all the more difficult ;) If you could do it in the same style as lucario but not as dark and maccabre that'd be awesome.
*luvdisc for you* =3
absolutely amazing
