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[Killgar and Hogstrong]

Epic n' Kool

BoomBuster responds:

Thanks!

[Betty Page Value Study]

Super duper solid shading! Awesome lighting on the legs and hair textures.

Sabtastic responds:

Thanks so much! My favourite part that turned out nicely was her stomach area.

[Psychicpebble (Zach)]

What a charmer

deathink responds:

He is a sweet heart!

[Skyla]

Neat shading and lighting! Definitely looks gr8 on the hair, pokeball and legs.

bocodamondo responds:

i had no idea how to colore the pokeball, i was just messing around , hoping it would look allright at the end ^^

[Change]

Good shading there in the pic. Like the folds in Zaheer's robe and general stances of the characters. Some parts have a few odd proportions such as Zaheer's ears not having enough detail (had a more rounded and chewed up appearance) and the fire being a bit too blurry, but aside from that good pic :).

For me, I liked that the rebuilding of the air nation, it was neat seeing Korra and Asami with a more fleshed out friendship, Lin overcoming her issues with her sister Sue, and many of the intense action moments. The show definitely has great visual execution, both in action and emotion, especially seeing Korra immensely weakened from the poison (I'd guess it's mercury since it was made of metal).

My issue with book 3, is just that there really hasn't been that much change or development in the characters. They have moments where they do something incredible, but there doesn't seem to be any growth in them, like Korra still feel like she hasn't move on from being aggressive and showing more consistent restraint. She's still likable, but nothing much has happened with her character. I also kind of found the villains, while effective, lacking some depth because while their cause is interesting, their motivation isn't addressed very well for them. What caused them to go against world leaders, how does the rest of the red lotus function (the ones outside the main 4), what influenced Zaheer to be an enlightened airbender and how exactly he became so good at it. An episode with backstory, similar to the one with Tarlock and Amon, probably would have been helpful.

Maybe book 4 will give more context to all that, just wish it was all completed in this season since the creators stated that each book will generally be their own story. Ah well, maybe I'm being to harsh for the criticism. Enjoyed what was given and curious to see what book 4 will focus on.

bocodamondo responds:

yeah good point, we really didnt know why zaheer knew soo much about airbenders while he was still a non-bender. a flashback would have been nice , if only nick gave the creators more episodes to work with

[Farts at Work]

Artsy Fartsy lol

Sabtastic responds:

HAH!

[huh]

Woah not bad! Like how this small animation has some lighting on it. I also like how smoothly the lines move. If your looking to improve it, I'd probably have the hair move a little more when she stops to move, particularly when she leans to the left. That will give the hair the illusion weight when moving though its apparent here. I'd also have they eyes go under the hair instead of over it. just give the the hair a separate layer (on top) and then combined the two before you color (the hair, head and eyes. But again, incredible job on this unique animation. Sorry if this question is out of place, but how did you get the lines to move smoothly (have a consistent thickness without parts looking bigger or smaller).

bocodamondo responds:

well thanks. but as for the eyes and hair layers. neh, its my style to keep eyes layers over hair, it may sound stupid but thats how i like to roll with it.

as for the lines. i use pencil tool because of the size change problem you mentioned. the pencil tool keeps at the same size no matter how much i zoom in and out and thats really helpfull and its auto line correct also helps me to avoid sloppy lines because of my little shaky hand