[Contest Entry] Astelle Castos

Pros

Beary: Can words be enough to explain how much I adore this picture? No, not at all! I absolutely adore this piece, and if you asked Icedrop233 whether I squealed through the roof when I saw this entry, she’d tell you how loud it was.

I love your style of eyes, eyebrows and colouring. It fits together so nicely! Her hair is spot on, the dress is just as accurate, and oh gosh I love her expression.

The colouring and background I especially love, the white lines help define the blue from the lineart and oh gosh I just love love love this picture.

Icedrop: As Beary fangirled about before, the piece is adorable, clean and Astelle has a cheeky look on her face creating a playful atmosphere to the work. Very accurate to her childish personality.

Cons

Beary: The only problems I have with this artwork is the hands and her hairpiece.

Her left hand, the one which holds her dress, looks a bit too large compared to the other and is a bit odd. I’d recommend some references, look up ‘hand holding fabric reference’ and you’ll be well on your way! The hairpiece is not a crown, but if it was your intent not for it to be the one in reference, then you’ve done a great job representing her heritage.

Icedrop: Issues that Beary hasn’t covered is that Astelle is flat chested, you are not the only one to mistake this. The reason being for her flat-chested-ness is to aid her guise, which takes on a male counterpart, and that she’s like a child at heart, and usually children aren’t that anatomically developed.