Illustration critique

This is something I made up couple of months ago. The hand needs a bit of re-working. What do you think?

Where is the image?

yeah looks pretty bland…:krazy: :krazy: :krazy: :krazy: :krazy: :krazy: :krazy:

Thanks for the indepth critique. But your overuse of emoticons was appreciated.

Well it looks quite flat- the linework doesnt define the shape as well as it should :slight_smile:

Could you offer some suggestions please.:}

try some cell shading and make the outer line of the character black :smiley:

shadows and highlights:)

varying stroke widths as well. Not a bad start but it needs massaging

Yeah, I think I need to thicken and round the lines a bit. They look a tad too sharp. There does need to be some more shades and lighting on it. What did you exactly mean by cell shade? ( I feel dumb by asking this question)

kindaq flat, no shadows or gradients

Stroke weights and more detailing… Well actually a lot more detailing… Especially near the stomach and around the head… Give appropriately detailed highlights to the fins as well.

The pre-sketch is very proportionate though, except for that hand :stuck_out_tongue: :lol:

Cell shading is like shading with solids

Hmmm… What is shading with liquids and gases called?

why must you laugh at me.

Cell Shading:)