Good day. I've had this artwork of yours in my collection since a while, but I feel that now is the perfect time to leave a critique. Congratulations on the DD, by the way.



First and foremost, please keep in mind that I'm no visual artist, and my critique will therefore focus on the emotions I believe this piece to convey, while also including my personal take on it. Know from the beginning that I consider this artwork so good it deserves to be compared to the actual scene in the game itself, so be prepared.



For starters, I would like to mention how the overall piece, despite being magnificent, transmits a feeling of fatality. By choosing to place Skull Kid on a ledge higher than the Hero of Time, you implicitly communicate the fact that the latter is at the mercy of Majora themselves. Such a thing is a nice change of pace when compared to the usual Hero vs. Villain artworks, where the hero in question is typically situated at the villain's same height. Nice touch.



Moreover, the area looks more narrow than how I remember it to be. This comes to your advantage because, once again, it all works together to corroborate the fact that Skull Kid is the one in charge. Personally, it's as if the masked one was standing in his own throne room, evil tyrant whose mask is as concealed as his face, the Hero before him as if to unmask his true colors and machinations. This, more than anything else you could think of, makes your piece more than worthy of being put side to side with the real thing, as the feeling of doom it evokes is nearly the same.



There's more to say before I wrap this up, though: see how the Hero is standing on his narrow, seemingly floating flower, surrounded by dark water which reflects the measly flames and acts as obstacle between him and Skull Kid. This, my friend, could be thought as the huge difference in terms of sheer power between the two when they first meet: the kid, his power as feeble as a floating flower, pitched against the masked one, who bears a potential as vast, deep and obscure as the pond itself. By using such symbolism, you make it seem as if all hope is lost, because everything stands on the still frail shoulders of a mere kid, bound to fall to the mighty one before him.



Very excellent. Merry Critmas, by the way.