The linework is very good, but I don't know if I'm a fan of the fire. It seems a little out of place with the rest of the way the piece was done. But I could also see how someone would like that sort of usage, so it may just be a taste thing.
To be honest, Wassy, I'm not really too fond of how it turned out either (the fire), it gets kinda dissonant of the whole thing. It's that I was like dying to finish that one. I could have played with colors but I really am seeing these first "come back" pieces as exercise more than anything.
Thanks for noting that though.
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Looking good, keep at it.
I'm with wassy the fire isn't working for me. not that i have a problem with using real elements in pictures. i just don't like the way its all in a drawn line. I would have just drawn the fist as normal and chucked the fire effect on a new layer in photoshop and tried the different blending modes out to get the effect of a flaming fist.
But other then that you seem to be going pretty good the initial learning phase of the coloring process in photoshop can be a difficult one but it pays off in abundance! chicks dig a man who knows how to photoshop 
. Or not. I have no idea really. Either way. Its all looking good buddy just keep at it and get a deviant art account! so I can watch you :P
Heh, as I said, I rushed with the fire part. It wasnt even a decent blend it was just "lolcut lolpaste" so I could have it finished. All in all I definitely need more cowbell on my photoshop. Working on it.
I will make a DA, eventually. I'm just waiting till I get some more things to put there. And thanks!
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your welcome dude 
I just hope my criticism was Constructive 
Fire can be rough. I actually don't mind it in this piece since the emphasis lies heavily on the linework. It's almost like the fire texture is part of the stylization.
FWIW -- non-artist here--I'm on the fence about the fire. If I don't look too closely it doesn't bother me, but the more I look at it the more work I think it needs to fit in. Some blurring or blending to make it look less like what you've admitted it being. I do like the linework though on both pieces.
Thanks on all the comments and suggestions. And hey, you dont need to be an artist to have an opinion or a good idea about a drawing or anything really. Often great works (in arts or other areas) are influenced and/or improved after ideas from people not directly related to it.
An observation - as Doug well noticed, Im focusing more on the characters itself than anything else. In time I plan to make complete pieces with backgrounds and well-worked effects. It's just that for the time being I'm trying to follow The_Foo's advice: stretch fingers and get to work the basics.
And... I finished another one, this time based on my mastermind (which happens to be one of my favorite characters in almost every sense). I got happy that I did it without any reference whatsoever, and am reasobaly satisfied with the pose. Maybe I will go back to it sometime and add a few scene elements.
-> Madam Oni
All feedback welcome as usual. I guess when I come up with at least 2 more things, I'll consider a Deviant thingy. Hmm...
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Maybe I will go back to it sometime and add a few scene elements.
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Not really sure I like this, I just overall prefer an actual linework over what was done here. But well, if anyone can opinate on how it turned out, I'll be thankful.
Madam Oni ("possibly" finished)
Case anyone is wondering, the kanji there means "pain". Besides being her secondary in-game, the whole character background kinda focus on pain as a feeling and concept. But I'm prolly ranting already.
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Oooooh. I LIKE that.
"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."
Yeah, working toward pieces with at least some sort of background - the kind of thing that gives an actual "finished" impression". A few more of these and I'm jumping on the DA boat
Night Widow #2
I feel silly to say this but I'm kinda happy with it. This and the previous one seem to be kind of an improvement - even if on the bigger size it claims for some small tweakings here and there.
Well, comments and general feedback appreciated as usual.
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Hey guys. A while ago I was considering returning into drawing (after like 7 years since I quitted), commented it on these boards and got a very supportive and encouraging feedback. I shortly did my first piece since my decision to practice again. And finished another just today.
I figure I'll eventually put up a DeviantArt or some such as soon as I get a significant ammount of stuff to show. Till then I'll do as some other people and make a "portfolio thread" here too for general comments from CoH community, updates, etc.
I worked on my Fire/Kin Corruptor, Cyberheat.
All my things are still very simplistic right now, but I think it's some kind of learning curve and things will improve with time - and practice.
Well, there it is, open to comments, trolling, what have you.
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