Traditional Art Koi design -- first draft

Discussion in 'Arts & Graphics' started by Emzy ♥, May 26, 2009.

  1. Emzy ♥ Gummi Ship Junkie

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    Greetings, viewers. Sparkey here.

    This is my first ever Koi-fish design to draw.
    I think it took me around 15 minutes to complete fully, with the colouring.
    I used a 2B graphite pencil, and various Sharpey permenent markers.
    I enjoyed this, and wish to continue this mini project of mine by positioning, colouring and designing them differently.

    Critisism, anyone? :3 ​


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  2. Cocohints "Up to now, the most discussed topic is global war

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    I think this looks rather nice as a design. :3 Good strong lines, the colours cover the larger areas well (like the head) which I find very impressive when you used markers. I think it was a good idea to keep some white left in the koi's shell, it helps to give shape and created that strong shine look a fish would have.

    I'm unsure about the upper square parts. Do you really need them? Cause right now it does draw the attention away from the fish itself, I think it might be the blue dots contributing to that - you could of course try adding more dots to the rest of the empty white space to even it out, but I don't know if that'd look good in the end.

    Other than that the drawing doesn't need any major changes, it looks great the way it is. :3
     
  3. Cleopatra King's Apprentice

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    It's amazing what a pack of sharpie permanent markers can do. It looks great xD I'd like to see what it looks like when you're finished :'D