Soul Scratchings Redux

Here it is, soulishly remastered and redone, replete with renovative reduxination.
Still a very flawed work, but hopefully tugs the heart strings. {And looks atleast a little bit better than the original.}




As you can see, I filled up a lot of that blasted white void with red light, and tried to straighten out those darn lines.
What do you think about it now? Any more suggestions?
Thanks so much for the comments, by the way. This is my first time redoing a piece, i usually just leave it as it is! But since you insisted...

-Mr. Realms

(P.S. Scroll down for my replies... and then go to the 2nd page ^-^)

I think that this is very interesting and original. I don't know how you would want me to review it because it's your own original design. I think on the heart that the lines are very confusing so I would straighten them out a little or somthing. Other than that it's pretty cool.

Flower~Child wrote:I think that this is very interesting and original. I don't know how you would want me to review it because it's your own original design. I think on the heart that the lines are very confusing so I would straighten them out a little or somthing. Other than that it's pretty cool.

Hey, thanks! Thats the aim of my artwork... ^-^
Woah, I totally didn't notice! There are a coupl of sucker lines there! Thanks again!

-malachi

Okay...so, here I am reviewing your artwork. Hip hip hooray!
So, so. As Flower~Child said, it's hard for me as well to review this because it's your own original design. But as she also said--the lines are too messy. It'd be much better if you fixed them, Dradian.
And also, the 'Y' in the 'I love you' was hard to read...the style. So, maybe fix that as well.
Anyways, this is pretty good. Nice work, and keep it up! Practice makes perfect, and this is pretty good.
Anyhooooo.
Tata!
-Mizz

Mizzle wrote:Okay...so, here I am reviewing your artwork. Hip hip hooray!
So, so. As Flower~Child said, it's hard for me as well to review this because it's your own original design. But as she also said--the lines are too messy. It'd be much better if you fixed them, Dradian.
And also, the 'Y' in the 'I love you' was hard to read...the style. So, maybe fix that as well.
Anyways, this is pretty good. Nice work, and keep it up! Practice makes perfect, and this is pretty good.
Anyhooooo.
Tata!
-Mizz

Thank yee kindly for yar support.

I totally agree about the lines... I'l have to see about those.
Well, the Y, as you said, is the style after all. I think its readable enough.

Glad you liked it! Mr. Realms will work on it!

Anyhoooooo
Ttfn!
-Malachi

Hey Dradian!

I like this very much! It's very different and original!

I love the hands(?) at the bottom, it looks like they are trying to stop the love from escaping hell(?) It's very cool, and very powerful!

Something I found you could fix up, is that your shading is very scratchy, try to blend it in a little more to give it a more solid effect.

Good Job! Thanks for posting this!

Keep writing.. er... drawing!

~Mo.

Mo. wrote:Hey Dradian!

I like this very much! It's very different and original!

I love the hands(?) at the bottom, it looks like they are trying to stop the love from escaping hell(?) It's very cool, and very powerful!

Something I found you could fix up, is that your shading is very scratchy, try to blend it in a little more to give it a more solid effect.

Good Job! Thanks for posting this!

Keep writing.. er... drawing!

~Mo.

'Ello Mo! ^-^

Thanks for reviewing this piece, and giving me solid proof that chatting is not pointless! You might have not checked this out if you hadnt' any idea who 'Dradian' was...

Anywayz, well, its interesting how you interpreted it, really, Dradian meant it to be the heart coming down to the earth! The hands were supposed to be the scarred and sorrowed hands of the human beings. But its full of meaning either way, i suppose!

Agreed about the shading, Dradian will work on it.

Thanx for the review! You'r awesome, Mo! ^-^

-M.E.

Hey Dradian!

Hm, I like this piece in all of its sketchy-glory, but something about it needs to be refined. Maybe it's the heart -- I think strengthening some of the lines would help, because while the sketchiness of it is appreciative, it feels incomplete. I'm assuming that it's supposed to be sketched, but, if this makes any sense at all, it needs to feel more... like, finished-sketched?

At any rate, this is really cool. I like the concept of it. Keep it up!

Juune

Hello there! I'm Ben

I love this piece because I think it reflects the title you've given it - or vica-versa. Your original style of the sketchy, broken lines and illustration is brilliant because it's like scratchings and the way you've mixed the theme of love into it is very clever. The scratchy effect and to be honest quite random could be associated with love itself so there's a message with your illustration too. I really love this and it's the same nitpick as everyone else, really, simply strengthen some of the lines and perhaps find a way to cover the faded "Awesome" I make out in the bottom right.

Otherwise Brill!
Ben.

Hey, thankx ben!
For some reason, your review strikes me as being more... sophisticated than the others. ^-^

Well, I gotta go, so sorry if this is rushed, but, I will try to fix those lines, and the "awesome" thing (put that in to see if anyone would notice. you must have really examined it!) ^^

Thanks again,
Me

Juniper wrote:Hey Dradian!

Hm, I like this piece in all of its sketchy-glory, but something about it needs to be refined. Maybe it's the heart -- I think strengthening some of the lines would help, because while the sketchiness of it is appreciative, it feels incomplete. I'm assuming that it's supposed to be sketched, but, if this makes any sense at all, it needs to feel more... like, finished-sketched?

At any rate, this is really cool. I like the concept of it. Keep it up!

Juune

Hi!

Why, thank you... that was what it was meant to be. I can totally tell what you are saying about the refining... unfortunately, my colored pencils are broken. So it might be a little while before I get to redo it.

Gotta go, but... thanx again for the review!

-Dradian

Hi there! I have to agree with Mo about the hands(?). To me, that's what it looks like, hands reaching up for help, or love, from higher places. The heart maybe needs to be a little more rounded off, but I like the shading strokes you used in the tip of it. To the bottom right of the heart is that the word "awesome"? I don't really see how it fits in, but it is a nice little trick you put in there. Altogether, I like it. Very original.

Ah, glad you liked it. ^^
Thank you!
-M.E.

Hey there! This is a really cool drawing. I like how you had darkened red around the edges of the heart, and then sort of faded it out, like a shining light. That created a really cool effect.

However, I do think that this could use a bit of cleaning up. I know the focus is supposed to be on the heart, but it feels like it's fading off into the distance and it's just annoying to focus on something like that. You can still tilt it, but try to center it a bit more, okay?

Also, the "I love you" was a bit hard to read. Try slowing down, and make sure that you put equal emphasis on making the letters fancy and readable.
However! This was very good, and I'm giving a thumbs up. Happy drawing!

Au Revior,
Elinor

Hey, I remember you! ^-^
Wow, never thought of it that way. Glad you liked it.

Yeah, I know, its not perfect. Actually, a lot of the lack of quality is due to my darn scanner... but I can see that there are things that need to be bettered, even in the original. Thanks for the tips!



Have an awesomely day,
_____ME_____