OMG… I’ve done it again. Read just one thing and it set me off, lol! Here’s the post I made to a comment posted there:
(Reading is dangerous!)
=blinks at short-sighted comment= Melissa, deary, I’d not bother with a word of that commentary, and if you understand anything of the true artworld, then you understand artistic quality better than the commentor. True, the blond chibi does in some respect resemble Pokemon, however, I do not think that a qualifiable premise for a negative critique. In fact, I think he looks more like a yellow tiger than the electrical rat. ^_~
As for the quality of your “coloring,” I must say that I was quite horrified by the possible answer to the “problem” as being photoshop. Don’t get me wrong, I love Photoshop. I think it’s a wonderful, WONDERFUL tool. But I don’t think that all art must be CGed. Austell Callwood and Steve Bennett have both stated that CG art can never be a true replacement for classic medium. Just take a look at the comics that litter the shelves of both grocery stores and comic stores. Many artists are reverting to soley using CG art as a way of making their comics cheap. This may be a good idea, but the passion is slightly missing. I’ve found that I no longer collect comics because the art feels lacking.
The only comment I agreed with was how the blond chibi does look chopped off at the waist. My comment would be that you should look into different ways of dealing with this. The two bottom figures could be drawn farther up, or closer together.
In particular, I love the whispy, sketchy style. I love prismacolors! And markers and paint! I even love crayons, gosh-be-darnnit! They’re all so very diverse! Just take a look at the art hanging up in the museums. They didn’t get there because they conformed to the popular fad. If they had, we would never have had Monet, or Caldwell, or Matisse, Kadinsky, or Dali. How about Andy Worhall, Georgia O’Keefe, or Jackson Pollock? Boy, if we had never been blessed by these character, what a droll world would we be living in!
Point being, a particular style should never be a reason to negatively critique any form of art. And one should never dis a person’s taste in design.
And those chibis are absolutely adorable! ^_~