Looks like I'll have to be the one, and considering my abilities, it may sound like stepping over the mark.

(How does it go; 'those that can't do, teach'?)

Anyway, let me first say I thoroughly enjoy your work, you have created your own style which I find appealing.

I don't care if you have a layout artist for your preliminary work, it becomes your style, and I think the majority enjoy it.

That said, the things that stand out to me, in this artwork itself, and how it differs from the original Disney concept are as follows.

The 'pointiness' of your work shows that it is yours and not a Disney trace, but to an outsider, they may view this as possibly an oriental female fox.

The expression is interesting, but I can't find an exact portrayal of this in the movie.

If this is anger, annoyance, sarcasm or similar, in all instances of this in the movie, the ears are normally lowered when the eyes are in that shape.

I think the rule of thumb they use is;

Extreme anger, start with the inner part of the eyes down and the ears down to match.

As the emotion softens to calm, happy, inquisitive, the inner part of the eyes goes to level and the ears come up.

As the emotion then goes to worry, fear and the like, the inner part of the eyes continue going up as the ears start going down again.

Obviously there are variations to this where yours could be interpreted as concern or study.

There is an asymmetry to the eyes that looks a little out of place.

I think the right eye has been depicted as rotated just a little too forward for the direction the face is looking, making it lose some of it's perspective.

Comparing the pupils, measured onscreen, the right pupil has been obliqued about 10% less than the left, but the white has only been shortened about 5%.

While these seem small differences, it is the function of human facial recognition to pick these tiny differences so we can recognise people.

I love the fur although I probably appreciate the effort put in rather than the actual finish.

The striating, highlights and backlights are good, but for realism, you need to push the shadows harder, realworld seems to have stronger contrast to what many of us draw.

As for the overall perspective, I would draw a heap of centre lines, perspective lines, circles and centre points on this to see how there is a bit of warping here and there.

I also think the whisker spots need to be just a bit further forward on his snout.

I hope all this comes across constructively as opposed to critically.

Keep up the good work, and do more Sunderance!!



OK, I'm a techno luddite, and realise there was a 'critique' button I should have used. whatever...