I might enter it into the contest, but before I decide, I really need some critiques so I can finish it! Hope I can get some C+Cs!I'd really appreciate it, Thx!

(self-crits: needs some cleaning up, more work needed on wings, more contrast, too many cheap glare thingies)

Lines by: PrincessKarasu [http://www.angelfire.com/goth/morganburke/]
http://az2002.virtualave.net/art/test.jpg

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do with em? Should I continue to do what I did before, and keep the lines? I'm going to surf for some references, and see how it can be handled differently.

Anyway:

Bomu> Thx for the comments! I got rid of the muscle definition like you said, and it looks much better.

Intergalactic> Well, I hope you know what you like or don't like hehe if there's anything you dont' like about what I'm doin, jus gimme a heads up =] thx

metalman> I see what you're saying bout the lineart. I've seen it done before and it really adds a whole new dimension to an image. I'll try it out in a bit and see how it turns out. Thx!

Bugsy> Thanks =]

update: http://az2002.virtualave.net/art/test2.jpg

Also you could add a bit sharper textures to them (similar the way you allready did).
Maybe select 3 or 4 different blue shades and draw little elipse's, which are overlapping, on a new layer and blend it with the drawing you allready have (but stay in the lines ).

Another thing I see is that she could need something she is resting on (some energy halfmoon thingy). Or add some airbubbles and flowting debris so it looks like she is in some kind of liquid (with the color selection right now it would give the impression of an unborn angel which i think would quite cool).

hope it helps.

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GiAm> I agree about the wings too. I'll definitely keep the outlines, and try giving it a color other than black. I'll definitely try adding the texture to them too

I didn't really know what I was doing for the background, but sweet suggestions, I'll try them out also! And I love that unborn angel idea =] Thx for the help!

AKATT> Thx! I agree about the wings. I'll be going back a few steps with the wings and try something new.

I tried doing the color thing for the lineart, but I couldn't pull it off, so I decided not to use it. I've seen it effectively before, but I suck too much to really pull it off hehe.

Anyway, I'm close to being done. I hope to jus get some final comments! that'll be great!

Oh and what was your problem the colored lines maybe we can help you a little bit whit it.

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GiAm> Thx again, I tried the glow thing, and the results were pretty good. But it looks like my sloppiness took most of the effect away.

The main problem with the colored lines was that I didn't have the patience to go over the lines of the whole thing. The lines got messy too since I still can't control my damn wacom too well.

This is probably gonna be my last update, unless someone points out something that I have missed =] Thanks for the input everyone I really appreciate it! I definitely learned a lot doing this pic.

try making a mask from the lineart layer (using the brightness value of the image).
This way you can only draw on the lines itself(sorry for not being more clear hear but I don't know PS).

if you do it like this it is just a question of the right color.

But your final rendition allready looks realy great you should enter the contest

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Bugsy> Thx, i think i will try my luck with the contest =]

GiAm/Bomu> I quickly tried out a couple of those methods, and they worked great! I'll be sure to keep them in mind on my next project. Thanks a lot.