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Suicune's Fire
Hooray! 8D You know, when you have a new picture, you can post it in the post you're telling us there's a new picture in. ^-^
As for THIS...
There's a difference between putting yourself down and wanting to improve... You're putting yourself down, so stop that. xD
So! The new ho-oh picture! I do like it. :] The pose is good, but there's a lot about it I want to critique. x) Firstly, the outlines. You have a bunch of coloured lines inside the drawing, but then some of outlines turn black, like on the head. It looks a little out of place, especially when you use black for the whole head, since there are many colours there. There's nothing wrong with using black for outline colours, but it's usually appropriate when all outlines are black and thinner, or when there's a heavily shaded part of the drawing and you need dark outlines so that they don't clash. Another thing is that the colouring is a little messy; I can see that the white belly has pixels around the yellow outline above (between the white and the orange chest) and that would come from using the paint bucket tool on photoshop when you're not dealing with pixel outlines.
Never use the paint bucket tool when you're colouring a drawing that you've done with the brush. :] Otherwise it does that--leaves stray pixels unfilled. Unless you're then going to go over the edges with a brush, then don't use the paint bucket tool. You can do that on the colour layer, and then the outline layer over the top will cover up where the white starts and where the orange chest begins, but you have to do that with layers. Or, if you want to be difficult and use the same layer for colour and outlines, redo the outlines after you've done the colour.
Apart from that, the creature looks very flat. This partly comes from the black outlines being used in unnecessary places, and the outlines are also a little thick. They don't need to be. Another thing is, the toes on its left foot (on our right) look a little twisted, and behind the foot, the white, round leg part is cut off. That should continue in its circle, but instead it gets cut off near the topmost toe. That is also the toe I'm referring to which is in the wrong spot; it should be over to the right a little and larger, and proper shaped more like a claw.
Other things include not much shading at all, and the face is very expressionless. Expression comes with time, and it isn't helped by the black outlines either. It looks similar to what an ancient inscription of a ho-oh would look like or something. x)
But regardless, I do still like it. :D I hope my advice/critique helps! You've definitely got the right idea; just need to work on some things. :] Also, do you do sketches before you draw? It's important to always do that too. x) On a bottom layer of course, haha.
~SF.
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