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Started off as a study with colored pencils...and then got somewhat out of hand and took me forever to finish. But in any case, this is an image of the Green Wolf, a nature spirit in the same line as the Green Man. I depicted it here as something of a pioneer species (hence the title), spreading out so that other species can later thrive where there was once only bare rock...
Any constructive criticism is, of course, very appreciated.
Many thanks to
for allowing me to use her photo [link] as a resource.
Any constructive criticism is, of course, very appreciated.
Many thanks to
for allowing me to use her photo [link] as a resource.Image size
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It said that you wanted critique on this but since dA only believes in major critiques for subscribers unfortunately the critique box disappeared. However I can try to write you one anyways ^n.n^
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I think this is a beautiful image. The colours are so spring-like and the expression in the creature's face is magical and almost carefree like a creature of spring might be. I love how you did the eyes and all the detailing.
Now for critique: I notice your version looks like it has a bit thicker fur than the lupine in the photo. Usually when canines have thick fur it tends to form feathery chunks wherever there is enough of an angle to separate the strands. It is almost like the fur is put into the skin in individual layered chunks like this: [link] See how some of the areas seem separated? A friend showed me that photo and it has been helping me a little in my fur drawing because like you, I tend to want to make all the fur look sleek ^n.n^ It really helps me to pretend I am drawing feathers sometimes when I have to do those areas on the fur. As well, I have to not be shy of using really dark tones to show the shadowing down in the fur. Using dark tones in there can add a lot of dimension.
Another thing I noticed was that the bones in the left paw and leg seem a tiny bit random at points and so for that I would recommend studying canine skeletons and closeups of paws and paw muscles such as this: [link]
rev=/images%3Fq%3Dwolf%2Bpaw%2Banatomy%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US
fficial%26um%3D1 which I found on a wolf anatomy page so it had better be accurate....
Be careful when searching the net for anatomy photos as you will get some very sad and sometimes disturbing pictures of slaughtered animals. Usually searching by dA can help eliminate this. Also, I would recommend going to a nature and science museum if you have one and photographing any stuffed animals and skeletons you can as then you have your own personal reference without worrying about copyrights.
I hope that helped a little! Your art is getting better an better all the time and this is really amazing.
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I think this is a beautiful image. The colours are so spring-like and the expression in the creature's face is magical and almost carefree like a creature of spring might be. I love how you did the eyes and all the detailing.
Now for critique: I notice your version looks like it has a bit thicker fur than the lupine in the photo. Usually when canines have thick fur it tends to form feathery chunks wherever there is enough of an angle to separate the strands. It is almost like the fur is put into the skin in individual layered chunks like this: [link] See how some of the areas seem separated? A friend showed me that photo and it has been helping me a little in my fur drawing because like you, I tend to want to make all the fur look sleek ^n.n^ It really helps me to pretend I am drawing feathers sometimes when I have to do those areas on the fur. As well, I have to not be shy of using really dark tones to show the shadowing down in the fur. Using dark tones in there can add a lot of dimension.
![[link]](https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.treehugger.com/gray_wolf.jpg){kind=link}
Another thing I noticed was that the bones in the left paw and leg seem a tiny bit random at points and so for that I would recommend studying canine skeletons and closeups of paws and paw muscles such as this: [link]
![[link]](https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.soappuppy.com/wolf/big/1paws.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.soappuppy.com/wolf/anatomy.html&usg=__ZuBJLBe7YbSvzKCEjXY98kKBGos=&h=500&w=690&sz=82&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=MqSRldDI-UeLvM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=139&){kind=link}
rev=/images%3Fq%3Dwolf%2Bpaw%2Banatomy%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-USfficial%26um%3D1 which I found on a wolf anatomy page so it had better be accurate....Be careful when searching the net for anatomy photos as you will get some very sad and sometimes disturbing pictures of slaughtered animals. Usually searching by dA can help eliminate this. Also, I would recommend going to a nature and science museum if you have one and photographing any stuffed animals and skeletons you can as then you have your own personal reference without worrying about copyrights.
I hope that helped a little! Your art is getting better an better all the time and this is really amazing.