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Here In The Rain...

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My character Koha from the :iconzaragianguardiansrp: standing in the rain after having a bit of a breakdown...

My gosh it's finally done... I've been working on it the passed three days! There are still a few things I could've fixed, but it'd good enough. I'm still very proud of it~

Time Taken: 6+ Hours
Tools: Bamboo Pen&Touch Tablet
Programs: Photoshop Elements
Critique: Yes please~
Happy?: Quite happy indeed ^^

For some reason I kept playing these songs because they fit the mood of the picture... and yes they are Hetalia videos, don't judge me
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Don't even ask why I got such weird inspiration from these videos/songs... I'm odd like that.

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"Koha stalked into the hunting grounds without actually noticing it, just wanting to be as far away from wolves as possible until she calmed down. Never had she hunted before and, in fact, she didn't even know where she was until she came across the scent of old kill sites and wolves on the hunt.

She shifted slightly and looked up at the rainclouds, her pelt now beginning to drip ever so slightly with rain. Aroudn her paws mud began to gather and as the rain splashed down, splattering her black pelt. Now speckled with brown dirt splotches and soaked to the skin, Koha continued on her trudge, head lowered so the mud began to bounce up and coat her face as well.

She glanced slowly into the bushes, ears pricking up and eyes half lidded. She thought she heard movement but eventually decided to just ignore it and move along. She hadn't the energy to hunt right at this moment. Too tired... Too broken down... Too emotional.


"I hate this. One small thing happens and it immediately spikes up the rest of my emotions..." She whispered, looking around and noticing a littl eburrow in the midst of a few roots, eyes staring at it intently.


"Might as well attempt at hunting... I know the basics already..." She mumbled, perking her ears and sighing, closing her eyes breifly, wind buffeting her soaked fur. She sighed and looked out to her left, peerking through the tree and noticing the darkened purple sky. Sudden exhaustion hit her hard and she let out a high pitched yawn, but decided to keep up her 'hunt' attempt.

Listening carefully for several minutes, the soaking wet Lightning wolf finally picked out soft scuffling soundsamongst the pounding rain."



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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

I was going to just comment on all the things i love about this, but I think I'll do a critique for you and also point out things that could be better, but just to be clear. I really love this piece c:

so here we gooo...

Vision, Does the artwork present or reflect a point of view, theme or idea?

let's see...the point of view is of course, in Koha's and by the expression she gives she seems to feel...hmm...hopeless? I guess and possibly a little annoyed. Her posture suggests she feels some type of sadness. Of course, it's also raining which also adds to her negative emotions, so yea. You did a good job portraying "vision" in your artwork by making the viewers understand the feelings of Koha and her situation, so that gets 5 stars.

Originality, is the artwork fresh or new in its style, execution or approach? Is it something you haven’t seen before in its particular genre? Does it surprise you?

well, I haven't actually looked at a lot of your work, but based on the portrait you did of Koha I can see a defiant style change and that you tried something new with this. As for it being "fresh" I would say it is, you've got a mixture of techniques in here, you've got some very lovely shading on the face and the spikes along her back and then as you move down her legs, it looks all run together as if the rain is starting to smudge her markings, which is kind of cool. As for something I haven't seen, there's several people who draw wolves in the rain and sometimes they're happy and sometimes they're sad, but I haven't really seen anything done in this particular style, so it is very different and I really like it. I'll give you 4 stars for Originality.

Technique, Was the artwork skillfully created? Does the artist exhibit advanced knowledge of the medium and/or bring special focus to the craft of the medium used.

There is defiantly skill here, you clearly knew what you were doing and if you didn't well, it sure looks like it lol you did an amazing job with the rain effects and everything looks great. The only thing I have a problem with is that grass, it looks too together. Especially since you have some blades sticking up around her paws, I feel like it would have been better if you had the odd few blades through out the grass like around the tree and what not. I also find that branch next to her nose to be very distracting from the composition, it's really well done, but I think it shouldn't be there. If you wanted to keep it I'd suggest having it either lower or higher than her head so that it doesn't bring so much attention to it. I'll give you 4 stars for this too

Impact, Does the artwork resonate with you or evoke strong emotions? Does it make you think? Does it blow your mind?

This is getting 5 stars lol I'll tell you why, it does evoke emotions, it makes you feel what Koha feels and makes you just want to hug her. She looks almost pathetic with her tails hung like that and her fur soaked with water, it just makes you want to snuggle her by the fire lol even while Koha looks so depressive in the rain, it's a really beautiful image. You did an amazing job with all the little details, it's really amazing. You're anatomy is also good to. This is a really wonderful piece c: but yes, this piece brings out emotions and it does make you think of how she feels.

anyway, that's it lol other than the grass, I don't really have anything else to say about this xD although, I also noticed that her one front leg appears a little thing...but it is also behind the other leg, so I could be wrong on that, but it sort of looks like there's some grass peaking in between both legs? it would likely be better if they were just fully touching. Anywho, that's it c: you should be proud of this, it's very well done <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/c/c…" width="20" height="20" alt=":clap:" title="Clap"/>