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Work Critique Request

Learning how to edit your own work is one of the most important thing every artists need to develop if they want to get to the professional level. You have to be your own art director and the artist in one package.

When I was a student, I learn the most from work critique by the instructors  Especially, when
they drew or paint over my work. It helped me develop an eye on how to recognize mistakes and edit my piece to make it more interesting.

The problem can be anything, it could be the color schemes is off, or the composition doesn't feel right, or the design is not there, or your anatomy and perspective are inaccurate...it could be one or a combination of these issues that make your piece dull and boring! The only way to overcome this barrier is by seeing someone editing your mistakes.

Making something looks unique and have a wow factor take experience and trial and error.
I have not figured it all out, but I m definitely a lot better at looking at my work now and know how to edit my pieces so they are interesting to look at.

I know a lot you out there don't have the same access to working professional unless you are taking a class. I struggle with the same thing when I was staring out. I didn't know anyone who can critique my work and I didn't have the money to take classes. But don't feel bummed out.

I get quite a bit a request on this, so I decided to help critique your work if you have a piece that you are stuck on or you are not sure how to move forward with a piece. I can only do the first 5 submissions as I have a lot of work to attend to.

So provide a intro and a link to the piece that you need help on below the comment box and specify what you are trying to resolve in your piece.

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  1. UnknownDecember 22, 2012 at 3:53 PM

    Hi, i would like some critique on my illustration i did some days ago, i would like to know mainly how to improve on painting those walls formations, i relied on using textures but i would like to aproach a hand painted style, i tried and tried but since i failed and failed at it i just used textures.

    Here is the link

    http://jeso.paspartout.com/slideshows/illustration

    thanks a lot in advance!

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