I'm Blind

I've been working hard on drawing technically the past couple of days that I thought I needed to do a few for fun. So this is one of them. Btw drawing for fun means no pressure on drawing the hands, and no sweating over perfect shading. xP

Let me know what you think! I love to hear everyone's opinions.

I'm not sure how you have done this. I, by no means claim any expertise when it comes to art and graphics. But, this seems pretty cool. I can almost imagine it, unframed and printed on canvas, on the wall in an ultra-modern home. My sister would probably spend a reasonable amount of money on this or something like this. I think the only part I am not particularly fond of is the text 'I'm blind.' It just seems distracting and the blank space alone would serve as a reasonable contrast. But likeI said I am in no way an art critic.

Looks good though, and for you a gold star

Well now isn't this.. interesting. Heh.. As josh, I'm not really an art critic. In fact, my forte' is poetry, but I shall tell you my opinions anyway.

First of all, you mentioned shading. Yeeaahh, I don't really care about that unless it's all splotchy. In this case, everything's splotchy xD

I like how you did the colors, almost like thermal imaging on some kind of... alien? Pfft, I dunno, the heat signatures are so different everywhere. I love how creative you made it. But the "I'm Blind" text, it's just so black and bland; I think that you should also make that just as colorful. Maybe. Or maybe you should just get rid of it completely.

I noticed the dots near her, what do those represent?

I was about to overlook her clothes and overall figure to the colors. Her hair, clothes, shoes, body.. everything seems to be proportionate. But what's this? Her shoes.. she's wearing two different shoes! That conveys so much information about her character alone..

I don't quite understand the theme here. "I'm Blind"? I can see that she has some kind of blindfold on, but I can also see her eyes..

As a whole, this was very interesting to look at. Like some kind of food for my eyes. A nice change from the written world of poetry.
--Brandon
xoxo

Dear TheBlackSheep,

You drew this?! It is so cool! I can't really say before reading what you had written that it was drawn. It looks like you printed it out, added the words and then uploaded it!

The Part I Liked Best:The hair is really cool and is the part that I liked the best.

The Part I Didn't Like: I didn't like the blank background that you gave it. I think that it would have looked pretty good if you had given more colors in the background. Or better yet, color the background black.

The Part That I Found Weirdest: Why did you call it: "I Am Blind"? You could have called it something else. It didn't even look like she is blind. Perhaps it would be best if you change the name before uploading it anywhere else.

One Question: How did you make the colors of the entire body? It looks pretty cool. I think that you have a lot of talent in combining a lot of colors.

I think that it was pretty good and that you should make more pictures like this one.

I hope my review has helped!

Regards,
Nova

Oooh, I love this! The way that her skin and her dress have so much contrast, and the shape of her body, the difference from her eyes and the rest of her face. Fantastic! I really don't have anything else to say, except some sort of background would be really great. Maybe some sort of city scene where everything is in motion behind her, a blurr of colors that contrast to the girl. This is really lovely. Sooo much potential =]

This is amazing art. The colors of the girl's skin and hair are beautiful and the blank background makes them pop much more. It is very detailed and colorful. Great job!

This drawing, pulls you into it's essance with an array of wonderful spectacular mind blowing colors!
I aslo feel that there is a certain statement that this peice of work brings to your canvas!
The position that this girl is sitting in, and her flowing dress of hues. Everything about her draws you in.
Wonderfu, wonderful work!
I would have to say that out of all of your work, this is one of my favorites! This one and anything of yours that has dark looks, or dark shading, you do really well with.
Anyway. Well done!
I think though that the feet look a little to cartoonish, and I could've liked the picture without the word that says blind. Other than that, awesome awesome work!

Hey there, Blacksheep! Woah. I really like this drawing, especially the way you did the woman's hair.

Face: I think you did really good with the face, especially considering how small of an area you had. You did well on keeping the features small, but drawn nicely. You followed proportions pretty nicely, although the eyes are just barely too big. Not bad.

Hand: There are two things that bother me about the hand. The first one is the color you picked. The color isn't a necessary change, but I think keeping it closer to the yellow on the arm would've been better, or possibly a blue as opposed to the harsh red. Secondary, her fingers are way too long. The inner lines of her fingers almost go all the way to her wrist - that's one creepy hand.

Legs: There are two things I'd suggest refining on her legs. First one would be to add more detail to her calves, and show a little bit of the muscle there. Secondly, I'd soften the angles on her knees. It's good to have some angle, considering knees aren't perfectly round, but the current angles are too harsh.

Shoes: With the shoes, it looks like she's wearing two different styles of shoes? The green shoe is more open and has less support areas on the top, whereas the blue one is more closed at the toes and has a strap at the front ankle area. Are they meant to be different? It also looks like both of them would fall right off in an attempt to walk, because the current way it's drawn makes it look like the heels of her feet are sticking out. Try narrowing that part of her body so it actually looks like her leg, as opposed to her foot.

Hair: Ahh, I love her hair so much! Only one suggestion. Towards the inner area of her hair, and towards her face, maybe add a couple little white strands, kind of like how you have them on the outside, but that's just my personal opinion. It's really nicely drawn.

In-General Body: With the rest of her body, I notice two flaws. She has a really long neck, which would look more realistic slightly shorter. That problem isn't very noticeable. The second flaw is her shoulder. It looks like it's jutting upward in a veeeerry uncomfortable position. Why would she have it like that?

Overall: This is a really good drawing, and I like it very much. It could use some work, but I'd actually suggest leaving this drawing as is and just taking all of this into consideration for future drawings - or you might ruin this one trying to change things.

Good job, and keep drawing. Feel free to PM me with any questions or any requests for more critiques.

--Heather

HIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!! I realized how long it's been since I last looked at any of your art work and this one was the first one I clicked on in your portfolio. And can I just say that I adore your use of colors and the ??abstract-ness?? of it.

I love how the background is totally blank. It's so simple, but her expression and the pose make one think "What is going through this girl's head?" (not you, the character).

I only spot a few things that have probably already been pointed out and two of those things are on the leg with the green on the foot. Firstly, the arch of her shoe is higher than the other and where her knee is coming from behind the other leg looks somewhat disconnected? and her other foot is not all the way colored in so it kind of looks like she's wearing a sock under her shoe.

Other than that, I also have to say that I love the wrinkles in her dress and her hair. I think her eyes could have a bit more definition but that's not all that important.

I think somebody above me said the text looks out of place and I have to agree. The piece would have a lot more impact if it was just her on the white.(even if it was just for fun )

So that's all i have to say. Great job! I love your drawings so much!!