You are getting better. But you must be conscious a bit on the lower half of the body part so that it doesn't look too awkward. The first pic the leg angle is a bit weird and so is the second one.

1st pic: With that front pose, the feet (especially her right leg) that forms the V shape with the toes almost facing each other looks rather weird. she suppose to look relax standing but don't feel like so. The legs near the "middle" part is also a little too far apart.

2nd pic: ....... The legs really look awkward bent like that which I believe due to lack of paper space. Also, the feet looks tiny. Her left legs look shorter despite the perspective drawing effort with the butt unusually looking a bit cramp.

The upper body looks ok.

Perhaps when I get back, I will draw a draft for you.

In manga, they do draw legs like that but only under some circumstances like when the female does some "action" or pose which require body shifting rather than standing static, IMO anyway. Try adjusting the bending less. As for the gap, it does not really match the body proportion IMO.

As for the 2nd pic, not sure what you mean standing one leg cause to me it looks more like squatting position. If you mean by the left leg is straight with the right leg slightly bend, then it's a fail to me. Clue is on how both the sole of the feet touch the ground.

Ok here's the drafts of what IMO should look like.


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1st pic: Good concept. Though have to agreed on the drawing part.

2nd pic: Body looks ok except that she has quite a short neck.

Some in Joomcool.com.

....I don't know... looks fine but.....perhaps a little too skeletony?

The drawing is nice but colour wise..err...even if suppose to be gory,...perhaps the colour toning is dull and not to my liking.

This post has been edited by LeechFever: Aug 17 2010, 12:40 PM

Good coloring technique..though what is it? Candle holder?

.......no idea what is a sheesha pot as well, lol. Anyway good work.

Looks good. The only criticism I have is that the armor looks blunt. Try to sharpen some of the edges and bit of rust to get the metallic chunk feel.

This post has been edited by LeechFever: Sep 6 2010, 10:39 PM

Would look better if you put in people trying to push the thing. And perhaps making it less obvious that you copy and paste the wheelies.

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Added on September 8, 2010, 8:34 amLooks nice....as a tatoo in fact. But IMO doesn't fit the graduate theme.

This post has been edited by LeechFever: Sep 8 2010, 08:36 AM

Is that suppose to be a moon or a light at the end of tunnel? Cause it's more like the latter. If it's the moon, then you need some work on the shape (rounder) and the lighting bit.

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Added on September 12, 2010, 7:31 pmNeed some more work on her left leg especially the toes bit and perhaps the writing as well. As for the rest is ok.

This post has been edited by LeechFever: Sep 12 2010, 07:32 PM

Looks good. But I think you need to add some "edge" to it either by texturing or some sharper contrast shadowing effect. To me this looks too clean.

Though few rough edges, Nice pose! Like it

Finger draw?

Tell us the resolution size you set. A4 size does not really tell anything. Also how many layers are you working on? Or is just one black stroke (provided if the brush size is not too big) on the canvas causes the whole thing to lag.

Based on my experience using only 2Gb ram will definitely cause it to lag provided if you set your pixels very big (if it's just big white canvas, it will not lag with few paints on it but will lag as you add more layers, paints and uses higher processing power application like blending) .

There might be a chance that the software itself is causing the problem. Older wacom does not blend well with Win7, thus causing significant lag.

This post has been edited by LeechFever: Dec 30 2010, 08:21 AM

Hmmm I know cases of older wacom that has yet to see win7 being laggy but not so much idea for graphire. 300 dpi A4 would be something around 2480 X 3508 pixels (which is normal size). I would incline to say changing specs, but really, you should try testing the graphire first on other computer to see what's the actual cause or perhaps you could just buy the ram because 2Gb ram won't cost that much and pretty useful for digital artist anyway. Like I mentioned before software compatibility (with win7 especially) can also affect it's performance not necessary just the hardware.

Also if you know how to use the task manager, try checking the ram usage when you open the artwork.

This post has been edited by LeechFever: Dec 30 2010, 09:06 AM

Doesn't matter 32 or 64, as long as its window 7. Is graphire 4 an old model? Did the manual says its compatible with window 7? Try testing it on XP version.

Just get the 2 extra Ram. Trust me, it's worth every penny. I too thought 2Gb is enough once, but later after I upgrade I noticed significant improvement in a lot of area. And frankly speaking, number of ram is a lot more important than the brand of the ram no matter how fancy the name is.

Unless there're new/significant features in CS5 that you think might be useful, I don't see the point of upgrading.

What app is that?