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Submitted: March 14, 2012
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Cheetah (Speed Paint Link Added)by *CarolineRaquel

Digital Art / Drawings / Animals

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This was meant to be a rendering study, which, overall,I guess it looks nice. Just a random cheetah for you.
Critique much appreciated on this one. Specially on composition.

I need to challenge myself more and I can see I need help to improve.
I can see this looks bland and with no purpose...no story. Because there isn't really. This started just a design doodle that I decided to paint to release stress.

Here are a few things I'd love if people could talk about, if possible, on how I can get:

- Depth of enviroment and still manage to focus on the animal.
- Make the composition more interesting.
- Better render definition. Maybe tips for making a better looking fur?
- Better lighting. Which is probably something I need to work a looot.

I won't fix it now, but I'll take the suggestions for future works!

Critique by ~snowfeatherr Dec 1, 2012, 6:29:03 PM

Hello. I have to say, this is a very different piece of art. But I love it. It has very little details that I love about it, like the way that the grass looks in the background, and the little features on this cheetahs face. The neck is kind of long for a cheetah, and I would have made the whiskers a lighter color, or transparent. But all in all it is a wonderful picture. Another thing I want to point out, is the way you did his fur. I love the way how you made it golden in some areas, in others a light brown. Very beautiful drawling that is different from others.

~snowfeatherr

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Critique by ~klungart Mar 19, 2012, 8:22:11 PM

First off, this is very nicely rendered

So kudos on the rendering. I also think the stylized look is very nice. What lacks is composition and a story. As illustrators we want to tell as much as possible with as little as possible. It already looks like a cheetah just sitting on the plains, chillin, but I think adding the smallest drop of blood from the corner of his lip and a couple of antilope legs sticking out of the grass right behind him would nail the story in this. Composition is a bit off, you would ideally want to place the eye as a focal point for this illustration I think, following the rule of thirds

Hope you make the changes a post it again!

I hate any sort of grading system, but vision gets four because it's not the work of a master. Originality gets four, because of good style but common subject, technique gets four and half, and impact gets three for lack of story.

Hope this helps, and keep up the good work

Cheers,
Christoffer.