are you honestly worried about what one of your pieces will turn out like? sheesh.
put enought ime and effort in anything im sure great results will arrive.

that is just absolutely sweet. I want him, but I don't think my own dog will react well. it's just so awwwww

This picture drew my attention for three reasons.
1: I have the same type of dog.
2: I had a cat named Mr. Stinky.
3: It's really good. =D

Nice job.

Beautiful and magnificent. Years late but still, this is lovely. I love the purple added to that, as well.

yes

still beautiful

similarities to Madonna? That's who I see. But this is once again another great piece. Have you ever taken a story & illustrated it? I would love to see your work along with a passage next to it.

I think you could work for Heavy Metal magazine.

too cool for school ;)

Oh ok, well that's fine then. :)

"I like how the right side looks like she has a man back with a big dent in it! Like her man back side was in a big bar fight one night because this one guy took all the pretzels and one thing lead to another and ole' half man back thought she should get up and do something about it but then the other guy had a friend who usually doesn't come to that bar, no he usually goes to the 4 U lounge, but he went there this time and when ole' half man back stood up he knew he had to have his buddy's back... his buddy was a man so his whole back was a man back, not like this lady's back, but anyway, so he saw ole' half man back get up to do something about something an he slammed her upper right shoulder area with an extra 4 inch lead pipe he happened to be carrying around, not his good one that he had in his coat pocket for something else, but his extra one. So that's what I like about this picture when I look at it."

I'd just like to ask Zack one last question here. Is this what you call, 'formal criticism'? Of course, you could be referring to criticism given to terracotta by people besides Axil. But I'm pretty sure terracotta's posts were in response to Axil. Although, I haven't had 50 yrs of experience myself, I've never heard of giving criticism in 'tell-a-funny-story' form in any of my classes. And I can assure you, if that were the case, I wouldn't waste my money or time on such an unprofessional school.

No. What I was agreeing with Axil about was the issue of sexual abuse re: his cartoon. His critique was informal and absurd. I do not consider the issue of the picture being finished relevant to an analysis of the motivation behind any critique, formal or informal, since critiques on finished pictures are just as legitimate as critiques on works-in-progress.

The absurdity of Axil's comment speaks for itself, and to imply that he was being meanspirited for pointing out flaws in a finished picture demonstrates to me a lack of understanding of the nature of artistic critique in a learning environment. That is to say, Axil may have been meanspirited in his comment (I can't tell), but that has nothing to do with the fact that he was criticizing a finished picture.

I think this is my favorite of the pieces you have posted on this site. It's so warm and beautiful and the expression, pose, and composition are very appealing.

Oh my, I like this so very much..her pose and how her hair falls are both interesting, plus the colours you have used give this such richness..I can almost feel the warmth in it from here.. :D

This resembles a very pretty Asian woman I know named Lily.... very soft and warm, I like this style.

I wish I could do that, just start and have this come out.

I can hear Heart's "Magic man" playing in the background.....nice image Axil

This I really, really like Dan, you are an artist, not just an art mechanic.

Egads

So yummy. I can eat broccoli everyday. Great drawing

great stuff

can you not say awww? I mean... awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Awwww, he's soo cute! *snuggles picture* :D

This one's a she. Stinky is the boy. :)

This is a lovely piece Mr. Joe. The tenticle bits reminded me of those tube water guns.

Great lighting, shading and deffinition..just Great! lol

all of the above...all of the above... all of the above... WOW!