I can't believe how much you can learn and use in every new pic you draw o.o
In this one you used so precisely the blue for the water that it looks so natural like clear water. And you did such a great job in the general light sense, it's all a whole and everything looks in it's place. And now you use more shades and have the lights in the right places n_n
I particulary loved she looks so great in pose, color and face, and the red looks perfect on her. Also Bothan with this effect of underwater in her foot and tail blends her into the background so naturally too o.o
Even greater job than before my love. I still can't believe how fast you're learning and how lucky i am for having you with me *huge hug and cuddles her with a kiss* You're great my dear, i'll always be cheering you so you can try new stuff everytime n/////n

awwwww you are always so sweet my love *cuddles* n////////n thanks for the lovely comment sweetie, Im very glad to hear from a great artist as you are that Im improving in my style and coloring effects, but I cant say I did it all alone, you helped me a lot with your advices and also with your pics (you know what I mean =P). Thanks honey, for being with me and for cheering me so much, you spoil me ^///~ jejejeje

great work Shana ^^ you realy improved ^^

aww thanks sweetie n__n I really appreciate the kind words

no problem ^^

Lovely pair of Vixens.

thanks, that credit is for Amiral, he really has lovely chars n__n

This is such a lovely piece, Shana.
The subject, the characters, the pose, everything is just beyond words, and I'm more than moved to have such a wonderful renditions of the Kitsune sisters.
Thank you so much Shana.

it was my whole pleasure sweetie n__n you really deserved an image that could express how I felt when I saw your image for the contest. Im very glad you liked it, Im happy to have made justice to Bothan and Daji because they are really beautiful chars n__n

Kitsune Bothan...my favorite of Sir Amiral's lovely ladies! Lovely job you've done on her, Milady Marysol!!!

thanks cutey *nuzzles* Im very glad to hear it, and yes bothan is beautiful but her sister is also really beautiful *w* I loved to draw both of them in the same pic

Such wonderfu shading and detail, I can only reccomend a darkening of the shadows, but who is to say that it was not simply cloudy so the shadows were greatly softened. Aside from that, perhaps a little more ripple detail of the water where body parts are in the water. You are doing great! =+}

yeah, I wanted to do more ripples on the water but I really couldn't image how to do them and I didn't want to risk the pic, so I decided to let my experiment with ripples for another pic, but thanks for the advice sweetie n__n and I appreciate the kind words

Geez, ya keep callin' me sweetie and I'm gonna get cavaties. =+D

I think ya got the right idea with the white, so what I suggest is use the "thick" white lines to represent the surface of the ripple that reflects the direction of the light source, then use a line of the generic water color (size depends on the perspective of the viewed image), followed by a darker shade line of the type of pigment used (in other words, just press a bit harder with the pencil color used to make the generic water color~ some times ya might have to use a dark gray or lightly use a black pencil to do this).

Hope that helps! =+}

<3

this is a very lovely piece. :D

thanks sweetie n__n I appreciate the kind words

O_O;; Good gravy, your just getting better with your pencils/pastels. They are both so beautiful, and this is only second place?!? I can't even imagine what first place is gonna look like.

Have you ever considered doing a "how-to-draw" tutorial?

aww thanks for the lovely comment dear, n///n I wanted to do a very nice pic for amiral to show how much I liked his entry to our contest, if you want to see the pic for the first place see regularly  abluedeer's page because he is going to draw  fio her prize n__n ....and about the tutorial you mention 9.9 I have really thought about it, but I cant really figure out how to make it explicit enough or to say it better ^^u I dont know if I would do a good job on it to make people even get past the first part understanding it @.@ Im very bad at explaining

Hmm, you do have a point. Frankly, I have no knowledge/understanding of colors so that would kinda destory the purpose. ^^;;

I'll go check on abluedeer's page, thanks for the link.

I... I think I just... stopped breathing for a second there. @_@

*she fans him softly to make his breathing steady again* how sweet n///n your comments are really kind nyaaa and cute =P

All for the promotion and betterment of my favorite artists. <3