Please critique, and give me Ideas for future sigs

... I see what you mean about the sig being hard to read, as for the low contrast and white background, I meant to do that, it's a soul, and I picture souls as being misty shapes... sorry if that made no sense ^^; anyways, I'll fix the signature part

Edited by Skull Master - 04 October 2007 at 4:23pm

Edited by Skull Master - 04 October 2007 at 5:04pm

lol, I did. no one's repling XD

First, do you promise not to use that signature in PJ?



*siggys are distracting to pixel c+c

PixelJoint :p

Lightly AAd

Yay for non-huge sigs at PJ!

This is a nice start, I like the extreme perspective  I did a reeeeeally quick edit to show you some things I noticed (just as an illustration, because I surely didn't fix things well):
-the head, particularly in the nose area, seems a little warped
-if the light source is behind, there should be some stronger shading on the side (my shading is crap, don't use that as a guide )
-it could use some colours to differentiate different areas, for example, I added a dark shade to separate the tongue from the rest of the mouth



Hope this helps


Edited by MashPotato - 06 October 2007 at 5:15pm

This any better?

No way the eyes are almost flat. There is no wetness in them and the are ON the head not IN the head. The mouth looks better now.

I think I fixed the eye, also, I made the nostrell a lil' bigger, good?

Darker shaiding and less dipendant on you guys, I think I can handle that. Thanks! ;)


Edited by Skull Master - 07 October 2007 at 12:27pm

So deep :'(

Edited by BlackDragon - 07 October 2007 at 12:39pm

I do. Horns and teeth are made of different things; horns are the same material as finger- and toenails, while teeth are bone. So figure out the color of his claws & horns and also make the ends of the horns stiffer like nails.

I'm board, if I'm done, please give me some type of thing to draw...

^^ Not quite, I think I'll make it a wyrm, witch is a dragon with no legs, and no arms, I'll do it if you guys insist (2 more insisvive posts) , but otherwise, I think I'll keep this the way it is. 

(insistive post)

Thats actually what I thought it was.

Also, I had an idea: Make it sort of sprouted, and the plant part would be evil looking like a venus flytrap.

Why don't you finish your pieces before making another one? Every piece I've seen from you isn't quite finished.

(Don't want to sound harsh here)

I know it's hard and sometimes boring work, and you have to put all of your effort in it (and then some) to really complete the art. But in the end it will be a huge relief and might even earn you some respect.

As a tip: Don't focus on one thing (being, the whole pic or details). When you work on the eye, focus on the eye. When you work on the mouth, focus on the mouth. When you've made changes, look at the whole piece and see if it fits.

After that, rinse and repeat 

And most important, have fun making it. Feel like you're going to learn something new (and you will everytime). So go ahead and finish that dragon first! (contrast is a virtue)

P.S. thanks to Hatch for that lesson

UPDATE!! :



(A new try at metal)


Edited by Skull Master - 27 October 2007 at 11:18pm

Thanks! that meens a lot coming from a pro! ^^

Hi SkullMaster.

try to put it on a darker background instead of
white. It will make the rest of it stand out.
It might help the piece if you would select
a midtone between the highlights. The
pure white is too dominant.

Best regards from

M.E.