[Maxmike]

Hi, I am new, and don't have nearly the experience many of you on this bb have... I am definitly willing to listen to any advice you have, and if you do feel the need to chew me up and spit me out, thats great too. Any feedback would be awesome. (I hope my image works!)

This is a female anthropomorphic dragon named Xelia. I completed her in 7 hours start to finish, so its not like a really long time or anything...

[HawkOne]

Hi there,

I just thought I'd say something.

The character reminds me of something I have seen before, but I cannot remember where, so I may well be imagining things.

The bone in the wings main structure has some sudden variations in thickness, if it was a sketch it would be okay, but I would suggest that you use masks when you're drawing.

The drawing has a cartoony feel to it, the eye, and the colours suggest a "happy" kind of dragon. However if you would like to draw a "cel" look, I'd say there are a bit to many colours and shading details.

On the other hand if you would like to have a more "realistic" 3D type look, then the opposite would be my suggestion, you could maybe include more details, like for example veins/muscles/ligaments and stuff like that in the wings.

If you look at the physique of your character from a "realistic" point of view, I don't think it would be able to flap those wings much at all because there seems to no muscles to drive them ... Looking at most flying birds, you will notice that the majority of the bodyweight consist of huge muscles to drive the wings. But of course you may have purposely left the realism out.

Well ... I dunno if that was any help ..

[Maxmike]

Hehe, yeah. I have had a few people tell me about the muscles and the wings... I was sort of going for something between realistic and toony. I don't know exactly why I chose not to have more wing muscles, I just did not think she would look as good I guess...

Thanks if anyone has anything else that would be great! I won't change this pic, but I will implement these ideas in my next one!

[melted petal]

As always practice practice practice. You should make your darks a bit darker and your brights a bit brighter. Really show off some colors. Dont ever worry about messing it up. Just go with it. The background is really confusing unless she's supposed to be flying through soem sort of weird tripped out dimensionl vortex of some sort. The background also has some really bright spots. You should use that to help accntuate your figure. Right not its kind of lost in all midtones.
Those wings should also be casting more shadows across the body. Just keep practicing and you'll soon find yourself even more advanced.

[Maxmike]

Awesome man, thanks. I will try and let myself flow a bit more next pic, I will try and use more varied colors and shading and just let myself go... allready I feel my menial talents expanding... I'll definitly post my next finished pic here.

Thanks