I'm interested to know why this took 6 hours to do. What part of the picture did you spend the most time on? The colouring looks rushed, and the linework is untidy and unrefined. It looks to me that most of the time was spent in pressing the colours down as hard as you can.

I'm also interested to know why you don't want critique about the anatomy. :\ Just because YOU know it needs improvement, that doesn't mean that suggestions as to HOW it can be improved are irrelivent, does it?

Okay, so here's my opinion of the colouring. It looks rushed, but it probably isn't, because (from viewing your other work and like I said on the journal comments) you seem to have trouble staying inside the lines, so I would guess that doing so takes a lot of time and effort. and unfortunately, it doesn't show. This goes back to what I said in the other thread. Trying to force yourself to draw something that you don't enjoy (such as colouring neatly when it doesn't come naturally to you) has a negative impact on the resulting artwork. It actually LOOKS like you didnt enjoy doing this.

my suggestions:


It looks like your intention was to do flat, block colours, but the direction of the pencil strokes is erratic and thats part of what makes this look so untidy. Next time, I suggest altering the strokes of the pencil so that they reflect the shape of the, er, shape XD that you're colouring. For example, make the pencil strokes in the hair actually indicate the direction taken by the strands of hair. You can also make the pencil strokes suggest texture and three dimentional shape (if you feel up to adding shading yet).

Another suggestion. Don't be so heavy on the pencil. Start out colouring very lightly nd gradually darken the colours as you go, not by using different coloured pencils but simply by adjusting the weight you put on the pencil. Remember that its easy to darken a light area, but very difficult to lighten a dark area. Using this method can also help you get a more uniform toe without neccisarily detracting from your free flowing style. Also, try blending different colours in areas to get different tones. On the skin, add brown tones to indicate shadows, or yellows and pinks to indicate areas where the skin tone varies. (Human skin tone is not matt, it varies according to various things such as how much sunlight reaches that area, how the blood vessels and so on are reacting to the environment and so on.)

The same applies for the outlines. You do your outlines thin. I don't think this suits your style at all. Thicker lines - messier lines - might work better. [link] this is a picture I did a couple of years ago where I've used both the methods I suggested. [link] here's another. I started out making thin lines, but I gradually worked into them, thickening them up to make them bolder and more striking (and in the process of thickening them I also worked into them, making them more accurate as I went along.) I really think this way of working would do wonders for you. Please at least consider it an give it a try.

Now for the good things about the work. Clearly you have vision and ability. The way you drew the hand of the white shirted character looks great. Its accurate and shows you know how to draw - that kind of angle and positioning can be hard to pull off. And the poses of the other characters (except the yellow guy) show equal vision. From this its clear to me you have the potential to achieve so much more, you just lack the direction at the moment.

I hope this helped and I really hope you will consider what I've said.