Need C&C

Pillowshade omg!!

Add the ears too, and fix the shading, and it'll be a cool piece.

Great

I need to work on my shading...

Shouldent he have wiskers?

Edited by Psychotic_Carp

why do u keep darking the area between the eyes ! xD why dont u take some ref 

I'll try cutting down on the colors...

How would I do the mane... ?

Oh and is the shading any better?

I've tried to cut down on the number of colors, but it just make it look bad...

How could I make the mane look thicker ?

Edited by Fugitive

I've tried to cut down on the number of colors, but it just make it look bad...

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Did you try dithering instead of adding new colors?
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I'll give that ago...

How could I make the mane look thicker ?

Could you give me a small example of what you mean...

I tried that and it just looks like a normal lion and not Alex from madagascar...

 

 

he needs eyebrows + ears =O and whiskahz~ and his eyes could be abit bigger. this is all going off of that pic larwick posted. other than that I have nothing good or bad to say :(

Hmm, it's too uniform. Notice on the reference pic how its lighter on the outside than on the inside? I'd do that, and use more than 2 colours.

if you notice the mane get darker near the face on the reference

I think your problem is using "Mirror". Don't mirror the outline so it looks the same on both sides, because no one's face is shaded/looks the same completely on both sides. I'd try giving the mae a bit more variation. 

Hi. I edited this (mostly just the palette):



The biggest problems with it at the moment have to do with the palette: very low contrast and a lack of saturation. These are essential for making something charming and cartoon-y.

The other major problem is banding. You should read up on it and avoid it at all costs. In short, it's where you have single-pixel lines of hugged buffer shades. It creates 'bands' of jagged color. The contrast is pretty low here, so they don't really stick out, but it's especially prevalent on the forehead and nose. If this doesn't make sense please let me know and I'll try to explain better.

I'm personally not a big fan of all the dithering. I'm not generally a hardcore anti-ditherist, I just don't think it suits this piece (I don't think it suits many cartoon-y pieces). You of course may disagree and that's cool. Regardless, though, I would make an attempt to reduce your palette. The color count isn't unreasonable, I just think tighter shading with fewer colors would enhance the piece.

EDIT: I just noticed I accidentally gave him dog ears :P

Edited by Hatch - 27 March 2008 at 9:17pm

its all about contrast. notice that the point of having a darker mane around the face is to make it pop-out more and avoid it from blending with the mane itself(due them being made of the same color)

and avoid overdithering at all cost.