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    • NoWayMe
      NoWayMe last edited by

      Love it! Love the style, design, character, colors... everything!!

      There is just some very minor tangents I would change (I don't know if they even count as tangents, they are so minor)

      • I would extend the croc's tail a little above the sidewalk
      • The 2 middle "paws" are just touching... I would either overlap them or separate them

      Other than that, I LOVE it!

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      • natiwata
        natiwata SVS OG @NoWayMe last edited by natiwata

        @NoWayMe Thanks for the great feedback, missed both of those things and you were right on, definitely helped the piece! The foot overlap comment also reminded me that his right front foot was supposed to be on the ground, so I added the reflection under it as well. Thanks again!

        crocodileWalk2.jpg

        Nat Iwata
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        • NoWayMe
          NoWayMe @natiwata last edited by

          @natiwata I am glad I could help! I just looked through your portfolio and I love your art. And this new style is definitely working!

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          • natiwata
            natiwata SVS OG @NoWayMe last edited by

            @NoWayMe Thanks! You could probably tell form my site that I'm a video game artist, so I'm trying to improve my skills at book illustration.

            Nat Iwata
            www.iwataillustration.com

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            • Leontine
              Leontine last edited by

              @Natiwata, nice, really nice! There's just a view things...why is it not raining? maybe you've tried it, and found out that it was a bit distracting? For color harmony, have you tried giving the boy a green 'crocodile' jacked?
              Can you add some fun? Perhaps something he eat, is sticking on his teeth, or holding a bone?

              Leontine
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              • Lee Holland
                Lee Holland last edited by

                Really nice piece natiwata. Love the reflection.

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                • Naroth Kean
                  Naroth Kean last edited by

                  Like your character design! great job!

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                  • Nancy Gormezano
                    Nancy Gormezano last edited by

                    I love it. So very appealing!

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                    • Pixby
                      Pixby last edited by

                      I love the rendering. Your style is amazing. My one suggestion would be that the eye of the crocodile looks flat compared to rest of him. Maybe add just a glimmer or something. Give it some depth too.

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                      • natiwata
                        natiwata SVS OG last edited by

                        Thank you for all the great feedback everyone!

                        @Leontine - I had played around with other colors for the jacket, yellow, green, but wanted the crocodile to maintain the strongest colors and stand apart from the boy rather than matching him. As to the rain, I was keeping it simple...and I didn't have a lot of time to spend on this when I did it 🙂 Rain would be cool and I may add it later, as well as a background. He was supposed to be walking down a street in NYC, brownstones behind him, people gawking. And I may be putting a cat's tail hanging out of his mouth! Thank you for the great suggestions.

                        @Lee Holland @Naroth Kean @ Nancy Gormezano - Thanks!

                        @Pixby - A shine on the croc's eye would be a nice finishing touch, great suggestion!

                        Nat Iwata
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