Wow.

Trying. Too hard.

I'm sorry, but what?

YOU. Are a tryhard. You try too hard. You're not special

That's a mean thing to say.

The truth tends to be like that.

You told me I'm not special, what a cold and heartless thing to say. Your being way to vague too. If your trying to give a critique, your doing a horrible job of it.

I thought it was insanely obvious. Your character is the epitome of everything stereotypically emo. And it's horrible.

emo? that made up of whiny people with high emotions

ever hear of gothic? look it up, cause that's what Macabre is

No. Missing eyes? Bleeding sockets? Emo.
"Blood Staff" Emo.
Blood letting knives? Emo.
Umbrella? Emo.
Blood vials? Emo.

Please do your reasearch as to exactly what the fuck you're trying to portray.

A blood mage with a witty sense of humor. She's also a Christian

don't judge a book by it's cover man

>gothic
>Christian

Research.

History.

Get on it.

Also
>Magic
>christian

LOLOL

Why are you such a jerk man?

This is my character to do what I want with, why be so bitter with me?

Because it's laughable.

And hypocritical.

I can somewhat see what Sonarhowl means, although I wouldn't call it "emo." Like you said, it's more on the lines of gothic.

The major thing is the color red being the dominant color, especially in terms of the font and even the background. The character herself has not only a red dress but red hair and a red umbrella. One suggestion is to use other colors with the use of color harmonies. For example, you could have included some shade of purple or orange for either the dress or umbrella. you could also use dull colors like browns and greys. This site does a neat job explaining, and showing, more about color harmonies: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab.....-harmonies.htm

Another is some of the item names: blood staff, blood letting knives, blood chalk. If I were you, I would have just simply either dropped the word "blood" out of the name or found some other creative way to suggest either blood or the color red. One example is the Latin word for blood: "Sanguis."



Anyhow, I know this is 10 months old but I hope it's still helpful.

Well, she's a blood alchemist/mage, her motif is blood, she's an albino, and is allergic to the sun, the latter of which is a type of blood disease, that's Macabre in a nutshell, blood blood blood, don't know why I have to make this evident. And while I could use Sanquis, it's probably copy-written to Bethesda, for the Elder Scroll games.

I'm building my own universe here, not attune myself to what's "harmonious" in a color scheme. Ever see real people? Not all of them are that way, and I try to capture that, along with art direction.

Well I'm just saying that too much of the same color may not make it as unique as hoped, if that makes sense. I'm not saying you have to strictly follow the different color harmonies. It just helps to create eye-appealing hues.

As far as I know, words can't be copy-written. The word "sanquis" only seems to be used in the name "Sigilium Sanguis" in the Elder Scrolls series. It's like how even today, most fantasy stories will have names like Elves and Dwarves (especially of the Tolkein sense) because the names refer to something that mainly originated from either folktales or mythology.

Sonic, Link, Mario, Samus, Master Chief, literally thousands of famous characters in both video games, movies, shows, all follow simple color schemes, while overly complicated looking characters don't typically make it big. My case is, simplicity is often the best method. I.E. I'm a cartoonist more than I am an artist.

Sonic has not only blue but green (at least the modern version :V) and red colors. Link, besides his iconic green tunic, also has blond (depending on which Link you're referring to) and brown. What I'm saying is you can still keep a character's main color while incorporating different ones, even if they don't make up 50% of the color scheme on the character.

Even cartoonist have to follow guidelines or methods like those in art. Besides, what do you mean by "I'm a cartoonist more than I am an artist"? I would really like to hear your explanation.

A cartoonist is someone who's an animator and also someone who creates comics and comicbooks.

Notable examples of simple color designs when understanding cartooning: Batman, Spiderman, Garfield, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, etc.

My point is, make a character too complicated and cartooning becomes a chore, it's why the Simpsons and Family Guy and others all have their characters remain constant in age and clothing.

Also, in the webcomic I have planned for Macabre, there are plenty of other characters, yes some with simple colors, but others without.

Also, is red, white, and black really all that bad? Any other color mixed in would stand out and make her design tacky. This is how I envision her, this is how I want people to see her. This is her perfect in my eyes. And if I wasn't happy with her, what would be the point of me showing her off to the world? An artist must be happy with his own design first, before anyone else.

Simplicity is oft better than complexity in art.

Take the new My Little Pony craze, all mane six characters are of simple color designs.

Samurai Jack is also a perfect example of simplicity in an art form. Would Jack really benefit from more added colors? No.

Also, Sonic is blue, green, red, and tan; yes, however, you only truly think of him as blue.

All I'm trying to say is, I LOVE simplicity, and I really like this character.

Here's the thing: I'm not saying you should give a character 73 colors. Of course not, that would be absurd. What I'm saying is that you could probably get away with using one or two additional color(s). Also, I'm not saying you necessarily have to go with a radically different color. You could easily use either purple or orange or anything in-between (e.g. purple-red, orange-red, yellow-orange). As for the placement of any of these colors? Well, it's your choice; whatever looks appealing to you.

For example, I noticed a version of Macabre before she ended up like this version in your gallery. In that one, she has red eyes. If it were me, I would give her either grey, light-blue, dark-blue, purple, or any other color. Whatever makes the design more appealing.

Yes, I am aware of Friendship is Magic's character designs. However, as far as I know, none of the characters have a single monochrome color scheme to them. Notice how the colors of the character's fur/scale/skin is different from their eyes. Yes, Spike's eyes (although gradient) share the same color to his back scales. However, his light-purple skin manages to make the eyes, as much as you don't like it, "stand-out." Yes, I know Twilight Sparkle comes close to sharing a common color scheme but she happens to have either different shades of purple that range in-between red and blue.

Which comes to my other point: you can still have the character have a red color motif to them as long as you use different shades, which you did for the bright red floral design for the dress.


As for her tools/weapons. Naming them "Blood _____" certainly gives of the vibe that they're special. If they're truly just her tools, it would have been best to just call them that in the image. Even if an item or weapon has a unique name to them, such as the bastard sword, it doesn't have to necessarily note that it's legendary. It could even be just some name a character calls something due to it's looks, design, importance (maybe it was on a battlefield or belonged to a loved-one).



I'm just simply offering my suggestions. In other words, you can either follow my words or you can decline them. There's no need to act as though I'm doing harm or anything. I just don't want you to get people like Sonarhowl on your case.

a bastard sword is a real weapon, it's a type of weapon, like a claymore, so blood staff is an adequate name

also, like I said, she's an albino, albino rats have red eyes, they're red on purpose, her entire color scheme is on purpose

any color added to Macabre other than black, red, and white, would make her not about blood in my eyes, maybe I could use more black, but then she'd look too gothic, and I only wanted her clothing STYLE to look goth, not her whole motif.

also, about shades? look closely, i see tons of different shades of red, on her, her tools, everywhere. her fur is even an off white tinted red.

That, and Sonorhowl's point was that he/she assumed that I was crying out like an emo, looking for "attention", which I'm not, I'm just a cartoonist.

Alright. You can continue to keep calling the items "blood ____" I just find it silly calling red-tinted chalk "blood chalk."

Also, I did mention the fact that that she had shades: "Which comes to my other point: you can still have the character have a red color motif to them as long as you use different shades, which you did for the bright red floral design for the dress."

Also, that's not how I interpreted Sonorhowl's point. The point was that giving a character an almost all-red scheme (Even if she's meant to have red eyes), calling her items/weapons "Blood ____", her having bleeding eye sockets, and having a stylized umbrella gave off the feeling that she was the "epitome of everything stereotypically emo" (although again, it does lean more towards gothic). Sonorhowl never once mentioned you were crying out like an emo or looking for attention.

Again, I can't help but feel as though you're responding in a defensive way. Like, after my first comment, you could have acknowledge my criticisms but politely explain you're reasoning or something. Certainly "Don't know why I have to make this evident" and "I'm building my own universe here, not attune myself to what's 'harmonious' in a color scheme." doesn't give off any politeness.

That's why I offered you to give constructive criticism on any of my works so we're at least even, so to say.

Oh, also, I named her weapons blood staff, knife, etc. Because they're just her tools, they're not some legendary artifact, she made them herself. In fact, to her, their just staff, knife, etc.

Also, feel free to give criticism on any of my submissions. I'm very certain there's something to criticize.

Well, she's a blood alchemist/mage, her motif is blood, she's an albino, and is allergic to the sun, the latter of which is a type of blood disease, that's Macabre in a nutshell, blood blood blood, don't know why I have to make this evident. And while I could use Sanquis, it's probably copy-written to Bethesda, for the Elder Scroll games.

I'm building my own universe here, not attune myself to what's "harmonious" in a color scheme. Ever see real people? Not all of them are that way, and I try to capture that, along with art direction.