WoooHoooo!!! First critique. Well, I have no critique! This is simply awesome. I love the cartoon style and the partial framing, This is so creative!

As you know Arne, I love animals. I have yet to get a photo of either a weasel or a pheasant. Weasels are so secretive. I've only seen once in my entire years and it was only for a brief second as it went in and out quickly through a gap in a stone wall. That was years ago.

I have a photo of mushrooms very similar to the ones in your drawing. I'll be posting it soon.

A 10/10 for you my friend!

~~ Michelle ~~

Wow awesome ( je moet hier je werk van maken ;D).

Haha this is nice. Has some ironique in it
You're the master of pencils and what not that deserves + 10 again!

9/9 you rulez!

Awesome as usual. Very unique style in this one my friend. I love it!

Beautiful work , +9
talented for sure .

Nice as usual, but can I leave without criticizing something? Not I!

Actually, I like many aspects of this, especially the stuff jutting out of the rectangle, and this would be "full marks" if not for three things. One, I would raise the background rectangle's top higher, so it does not coincide with the ring on the pheasant's throat and the protrusion that the pheasant forms is not so large. That's a minor thing. Two, I would move the weasel to the left, so that the space to the left of it is smaller and so that its line of sight aims at the pheasant better. That's a bigger thing. And three, I would emphasize the volume and perspective on the logs with color - right now they look like a flattish solid mass more than logs; they need some more distinction and more shadow down there. That's the major thing.

If I understood you right that this picture is in preparation to a bigger one, I would correct these three in the big piece.

Happy new year!
In japan,this year is bird year.Do you know it?

Nice work as usual!

Brilliant Artoonator!! At first i thougt it was computer renderd! Keep it up man...Youll be elite soon! Sean Donaldson
I give you a 7

Thanks guys.

Arenhaus ~ , I have to compliment you on your keen eyesight. You've outdone yourself this time. And thanks a lot, I appreciate it, you keep me sharp.
You are (damned!) right about the pheasant's throat, I see that now....
And about the weasel. It would, next to your comment, create more tention in the image. (AAAARRRGH!)
About the flatness: That's meant as it is. (phew...) My goal is to create plasticity in stage decorations, several flat pieces that overlap. That was the trick behind the style.

I'm not doing this again, it's the result. I added a link to what is going to be the next one, so if you'd want to comment that?

Love the colors. Very nice work!
The smile on the weasel face is very funny. Love it!

realy nice gfx... congrat. !!

Contrast of textures is wonderful. I like that you've wandered outside of the border - bold and helps define the subjects yet gives me a sense of distance between them.

Good follow up to the last one.

Oh wow, great colors!

very cute and nice colours.
i love it.

Thanks.

As for the other sketch - I'd try to emphasize the perspective on the wand the bird is perched upon, and also show more of the squirrel tossing an acorn - move it upper and make it violate the frame more. Otherwise, no glaring flaws detected.

cool image. you've got my vote =)

For my tasteit's a bit brigh - but for its purpose I think the choice of style & colour is perfect.
Nothing a non-drawer like me could crit

Very nice. I like the little details you threw in here, like the strip of missing bark and the mossy growth on the log. I do agree with Arenhaus, I would raise the rectangle up a little.
All in all, I think it was done very well. +8

Nice piece!
I agree with Arenhaus about moving the weasel more to the left, this would help the composition.
Also, the top edge could be moved a bit up or down, since right now, it looks like it's chopping the bird's head right off.
One other thing, the yellow/gold background could be broken up a bit, since it's kinda distracting as is, it looks like a flat wall cutout.
Maybe putting in more color variation, or blurring it more as a whole, so it doesn't take away from the focal point of the image.
+5/7

Thanks. The flat wall cutout effect is, as i said before, exactly what i am aiming for. Al the other things you point out, I agree. But I really don't think i'll correct them. That's the disadvantage of analogue art in comparing to digital art.....And maybe the charm aswell. (Quick Artoon, find an excuse before you have to start all over again )

Like the cartoon very much....are you joining Disney???

Nah...They'd never let me in....I spend too much time sitting and staring

sorry for being sooo late!
i love this, but i love the first version more!
i like your sense of humour! cool!

Whoa look Mr. King Friday has struck again with an amazing post rock on King Friday!
that's right new nick name for you!
9+

Cool drawing Great style

Another cool Illustration thanx for the mesg
man u r too lucky... u have great critiques from Arenhaus *sigh*

I want to see more hey day! Yes I have become a "Hey Day" fanatic!!
I like this piece Arne.But if i may say so,there is two things that bother me.1st
the legs of the pheasant.Are they suppose to be dug in the dirt or is this your depiction? They look like they are a part of the soil itself. 2nd the weasels arms .
pheasant is very realistic the colors the posture everthings ok.But the weasel seems a little cartoonish(maybe it was your aim,i dont know). Do you know the painting by Leonardo Da Vinci "Lady with an Ermine" It's one of my favorite artwork of all time.In that painting i can see and guess what an ermine is.I would love to see that in this piece...To see and feel what a weasel is.You know what i mean..Anyway...overall it s a fine work and would love to see more "Hey day" +6/7
for those who like to see "Lady with an Ermine" goto---> http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/ermine.jpg

And all the people who are out there vote for traditional art,Vote for Artoonator...

Respect the life,
Respect the pencil fighting and endless war with the color white,
Respect the paint which stole the colors of nature and gave it to us.
Respect the canvas which stood brave and still against the torments of the artist...
Respect the artist which gave its life to depict its existence.....

Good job!

YIIT, I see what you mean, and yes, the things you mention are style 'accidents'. I try to achieve a style that I have in mind, and that style is based on blends of realistic elements and stylistic contemplations.
So if, during the process, I 'see' the legs of the pheasant sink in the ground, or behind it, or whatever, and I find something interesting in that, I might decide to give it a weird swing.
I never do that with strict assignments because the risk is too high. But in this case...hmmm... I'll just try and see what happens.

BTW: Here's a link to a weasel-picture. http://www.rockleigh.org/Recreation/Images/Mammal/weasel.gif
I didn't use a reference for it, but maybe I should have. The creature on the painting you linked is more like what we now know as a ferret. A weasels size is only 1/3 of a rabbit.(!!!) I drawed it in an extreme perspective, but now I see that in that case the logs should have been bigger.
I agree with your view on the weasel. It came out a bit to cartoonie. Maybe I'll give it some more detail in the furr, using a reference.

Thanks for the comments people, they help me be more objective.

i see how you create your style, good piece

nice style man! keep it up!

+8

I really love the style of this illustration, and your use of both acrylics and colored pencils.

I think your idea about putting more fur on the weasel is good. Since we can't see his face, a bit more detail in the rest of him might make him work better in the scene.

All in all, this is wonderful work, and I am looking forward to seeing more.

We dutchies are trying so hard, but you keep giving us a hell of a job to keep up grrrreat one, we want more .

Wow such a lovely style...
And so many details! All I can say is: my gosh! Heheheh

the next sketch seems a bit drastic though! Still, from the tehcnical point of view, amzingly awesome!!

+10 definitely, for the concept, colors, style, technical side and well... everything

thats amazing! You should get paid for this, it's an excellent illustration.

Cute...!!!

very good (en gefeliciteerd met je nominatie!!) +9

You should become elite. You're simply the better artist.

very nice work, really really good skill with colors.....

Very nice this drawing! Like the first one of this series!

wow!!!
again.........

i could see this on a calendar

educational AND humorous at the same time good stuff! You have a very nice and unique style!