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<p>[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 874409, member: 8258"]Me personally? No, I would not have made the purchase. It's a [young] student/hobbyist piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my quick critique (my apologies in advance):</p><ul> <li>Very stiff and labored rendering which is a common tendency for beginners who lack skill and confidence. A lot of erasures. Just a rudimentary attempt.</li> <li>Shape of the bear looks like a cutout. No sense of form or musculature. I know it's stylized, to a certain degree, but it looks very simple. I don't know what's with the white shape by the back leg.</li> <li>Looks like it's smudged up from laboring over the details and not protecting the drawing surface.</li> <li>The arrow almost commands more attention than the bear because of placement and how dark it is.</li> <li>The mountain in the background basically follows the shape of the bear, and hits a major tangent line right on the bear's backside.</li> <li>Face is jacked.</li> <li>My fingers are tired.</li> </ul><p>I don't mean to sound like an @ss. I was a graphic design major waaaaay back and I got a new one ripped on more than a few occasions. Art directors, by and large, are a very ruthless breed and will just blister young designers and illustrators.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 874409, member: 8258"]Me personally? No, I would not have made the purchase. It's a [young] student/hobbyist piece. Here's my quick critique (my apologies in advance): [LIST] [*]Very stiff and labored rendering which is a common tendency for beginners who lack skill and confidence. A lot of erasures. Just a rudimentary attempt. [*]Shape of the bear looks like a cutout. No sense of form or musculature. I know it's stylized, to a certain degree, but it looks very simple. I don't know what's with the white shape by the back leg. [*]Looks like it's smudged up from laboring over the details and not protecting the drawing surface. [*]The arrow almost commands more attention than the bear because of placement and how dark it is. [*]The mountain in the background basically follows the shape of the bear, and hits a major tangent line right on the bear's backside. [*]Face is jacked. [*]My fingers are tired. [/LIST] I don't mean to sound like an @ss. I was a graphic design major waaaaay back and I got a new one ripped on more than a few occasions. Art directors, by and large, are a very ruthless breed and will just blister young designers and illustrators.[/QUOTE]
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