[Awetopsy]

I had posted the original version of this back in January over at the drawing board and got some crits and suggestions.. so I reworked a bunch of stuff and this is the final result.

Id love to hear your thoughts and suggestions for next time.

hope you all like.

[Tinusch]

Wow, damn cool. This one really packs some punch. The composition bothers me, though - too left-heavy. Maybe some subtle suggestion of a background in the top right might tip the balance? Also, I think some line weight variation would un-staticize the woman - she seems a little too rigid and really contrasts uncomfortably with the fluidity of the flames. I'm curious as to whether some hard, bright highlights afrom the flames on her front and back and then dark core shadows in between might help her merge as well? You've done an awesome job, though, I think with a few more tweaks this will really pop.

[J.edt]

I agree with Tinusch. Also its not really clear why the focus is at her glasses. It doesnt have to be, just more indiacations maybe? The focal point seems to be at her torso. If it supposed to be at the glasses, pop them out more! Some other perspectives would help you do this. U could ad more colour variations in to the flames, green? blue? Otherwise cool... hot painting! hope it helped some:)

[gLitterbug]

Hey Awe, I hope this doesn't sound too harsh, but on I go to my crits. I think the figure is just fine, but the lighting of the whole thing doesn't represent what we expect. The phoenix is supposed to be the source, but it looks like it's not at all. Instead there is a white lightsource off the edge of the picture to the right and some backlight from the left. I know it's a damn hard setup to have, the phoenix engulfing her like that, but if you would at least change the color temperature of her lighting it'd help a lot already. After all a flame like that isn't giving off white light. Also I think darker shadows would help. The final thing I have to mention is that I would have preferred the phoenix to be also done in vector-style instead of using the smear tool and try for a more realistic look.

I think those changes would improve the image a lot and make it more badass. Looking forward to your future endeavours, glad you're back to posting art.