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The Retrievers by ~hwango:iconhwango:

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~DarkSyren May 25, 2006, 3:35:51 PM
very creepy looking creature design. i really like the pattern/texture created for the skin...it looks almost slimy as though it were a reptile. like the muscles and flesh are rippling beneath. *shiver* the body movement is convincing as well. my only critique would be to make the grass a little thicker at the feet so that it looks less transparent. so that the creature looks as though he's actually standing in the grass. that's it. looks great! ^_^ keep it up.
oh! p.s. the sky looks really cool too ^_^

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I shall slip unnoticed through the darkness...like a dark, unnoticeable slippy thing.
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~hwango May 25, 2006, 4:09:48 PM
Thanks! I'll take another look at the grass. I don't want to completely obscure his feet if I can help it, but I also don't want to save them if it means the grass around his feet won't look right.
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~DarkSyren May 25, 2006, 4:15:47 PM
yeah, you're right. it would look wrong if they were completely hidden. probably just the bottom of his feet/claws/paws whatever XP so that you can tell he 'sunk' a little into the grass. the rest should stay about the same. so you can see he -does- have feet and you are one of the few artists that can actually draw them -good-...yeah. i wouldn't want to cover that up either if i could do that. ^^

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I shall slip unnoticed through the darkness...like a dark, unnoticeable slippy thing.
:iconhwango:
~hwango May 26, 2006, 12:28:48 AM
Better? The change is pretty subtle. A bit more of the foot is obscured, but I don't think there's anymore semitransparent grass, either.
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~DarkSyren May 26, 2006, 12:42:25 AM
yessss! awesome! you did it perfect. ^_^
i don't know how (or what) you did...but it looks awesome. great work.

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I shall slip unnoticed through the darkness...like a dark, unnoticeable slippy thing.
:iconfenrislorsrai:
*fenrislorsrai May 30, 2006, 2:01:19 PM
The shoulder line doesn't look right with the way its twisted. With the right foreleg coming around like that, the right shoulder should be dropped down more, so the backline wouldn't be as straight. You can probably make the twist to the back look more natural by shortening the two spikes on its right side, so it appears the right shoulder is slightly dipped.

Neck also seems slightly for same reason. Shaving a tiny bit off the top of teh neck by the skull attachment would probably help make the whole line of the spine look more natural.

grass looks perfect, skin texture looks good. Striations on the foot, super job.
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~hwango May 31, 2006, 12:46:43 PM
Hmm, yes, the right foreleg does seem to be a bit wonky. Even if I shorten the spines, the 'elbow' is still too high compared to the foreleg in the foreground. That definitely needs some attention. I think I see what you mean about the neck, and it probably does need some work, too. The people on Conceptart had a lot of complaints about shadows and lighting, and I plan to address some of those, too.
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*fenrislorsrai Jun 1, 2006, 8:57:14 PM
Yup, the shoulder looks less wonky now. Don't know exactly what you did with the shadowing in this version, but the veining on the paw really pops now. Sweet!
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