Crestents Pieceful Meadow

This is a place where I'll show off sketches, inks, colors, whatever artistic thing I create regarding CoX.

So without further ado...

If you've been watching recent contest you may have saw my entry. Definetely a drastic improvement from what I used to be able to do.

::WARNING::
Considering the dark subject matter of this piece it shouldn't be viewed at work or around children.
http://crestent.deviantart.com/art/D...9381584?q=&qo=

Next up is a character sheet I put together of my flagship character with some liberties taken on his costume and look overall.

P.S. I'd like some critique on this(mostly I just want to know if the proportions of his body are right or not...).
http://crestent.deviantart.com/#/d2urqu4

from the thread title, I was not expecting that first image.

Yeah, I didn't think about that at the time. >.>

left you a crit on DA... fun stuff, I like the painterly textures in the Sassy piece.

Already favorited on Deviantart but wanted to leave a comment here.

Really liked the Dark Resonance piece. Something about the pose and the way the shadows fill in along the muscles of the arms, shoulders, and around the eyes is very disturbing in that perfect "dark puppetteer" way that is essential to the character. The whole idea of being manipulated beyond your control is very frightening, even to a hero, and this character portrays that fear very well.

Thank you.

So here's a revised version of Crestent character sheet.

I noticed right after I uploaded it to DA that I forgot to extend his cape with his feet. >.>
But everything should be proportional now.
http://crestent.deviantart.com/#/d2ux6sw

And here's a sketch I did of a certain egyptian themed heroin(is that the right spelling for female hero?).
http://crestent.deviantart.com/#/d2uxm96

I think you mean 'heroine'. 'Heroin' is different - mood swings all over the place, and withdrawal is a bitcz. Okay, so mostly the same then. But add an 'e' for estrogen. [/misogyny-with-apologies]

These pictures have great composition! Keep it up, you're heading in a great direction.

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Hey man it's good to see you posting art again and working on improvement.
It looks like you are open to constructive criticism too and are listening and applying people's suggestions. Good stuff.

Bonus points for the double entendre in your thread title.

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Looking good, Crestent! I love watching as artists work on improving their artistic talents, so keep on posting your artz!!

Great work Crest! Nice to see your work again

Airhead: Bwahaha awesome explaiation Airhead!

CR:Heh yeah I kinda had a dry spell for awhile. I've always been up for constructive criticism, it's just a matter of if anyone actually gives me it. Yeah I was hoping people would catch that I used pieceful on purpose.

VexXxa: Will do.

Thanks Thornstar.

And I just realized something, I don't think I've ever drawn thornstar before. >.>

And here's the finished product of the Kheprera piece!!!

Enjoy!!!
http://crestent.deviantart.com/art/K...43229#/d2vbmt9

Look out for my character sheet inks soon.

Looking really good! Nice job. Now do more!!

Haha thanks Caem! I'm on it!!!

I thnk Caem said it best...

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Yep, if anyone is interested in commissioning me check out my SALE!!!

http://crestent.deviantart.com/journal/33634385/

I'd be happy to hear what you have to say on future pieces.

Yeah your probably right, everyone is probably Beta testing.

And here's Crestents Completed Reference Sheet!!!
http://fav.me/d2vnrlw

Upon first glance...

1. He is missing a finger on his left hand.
2. His nose is too broad in the closeup
3. His nostril is comically large in the closeup
4. The wrinkles in the crotch seem to be working against one another and the end result is not convincing. (suggest removing the top ones)
5. If there are wrinkles in the groin then there should be some at the knees and at the cuff, the material either has them or not.
6. The third eye in the closeup is in a straight on position and the eyeball centered even though the rest of the face is in ¾ view.
7. Anatomy-wise on such a ripped torso you should see definition in the Serratus Anterior but it's non-existent in your piece
8. The External Obliques should not have a horizontal cut through them like that. When you can see it it's usually more of a diagonal and placed up a bit. On most well defined torso's (even the ones with six pack abs) though it's generally not visible at all. You need extremely low body fat for this.
9. For his torso being so ripped he has no definition in his arms... at the very least you should see something for the biceps and shoulder.
10. He has no ears. the lobes should be visible (especially on the right side) in the figure and about ½ of an ear should be visible in the closeup in that gap of the hair.
11. The nose and ponytail are in profile (sideview) even though the head is ¾ view.
12. His lips are too narrow in the full figure.

I won't go into the lighting or color as this is a ref sheet they should be flat/neutral for easy visibility so it's fine but hopefully this gives you some stuff to work on.
Cheers

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Thanks for the feedback. Here are some of my responses.

1. this is based off a ref photo of myself, so the pinky is not visable becuase it is behind the ring finger.
2. Yeah when I colored it I noticed how big it was,
3. Same as three it is based on a photo of me, so I may have over exagerated it with the nose.
4. Will do
5. Wasn't thinking about that when I was drawing. >.>
6. I thought it looked odd.
7 & 8. I'm wasn't particularly aware of how to draw those muscles. >.>
9. Good point.
10. Admitedly I was lazy there, I was hoping to play it off as being hiden from hair. >.>
11. I think I may have done the hair thing on purpose( so people would know he had one).
12. Noted

I hope that didn't sound like I was unwilling to listen, just thought I'd give you some explanations.