Critiques for "Riddler"

Okay, first off - before I begin a critical no-mercy analysis, I want to openly say that I adore this - not just because it's of the Riddler, whom in and of himself I whole-heartedly adore. It's the way you've captured the essence of his character in pose, expression, and even the mood of the piece. On top of that, you used the Batman: The Animated Series version of Mr. Nygma, which seems a bit under appreciated at times.

Now, for the roasting.

Honestly, there isn't any blaringly obviously flaws in this, or even any more subtle ones. The line-art is done quite well and flows nicely. I suppose that looking at it closer, it does stand out ever so slightly that the hand he's holding his cane with is very, very, very slightly out of proportion (bigger, rather than smaller). This could, however, be more of a problem with portraying space on that arm, so defining the extension of the arm toward the viewer via darkening the shading to define the space a bit more could fix that up. The other thing I noticed was the way that the tie appears to be bent out ... and then hang limply at the bottom. This flow of action is somewhat unnatural, but only because it seems to be the only part of him or his attire which is currently in motion (at least, high-ish motion). Generally, it would simply hang loosely down, no sticking-out involved. A last idea: It would be interesting to cast a dark shadow onto the white gray-scaled background you've got behind him, giving it - again - more space, and presence, and tying it all together more.

And ... um ... I honestly am failing to find anything else. Really. Truly. The coloring technique you used works very well, and altogether, this piece is a fantastic use of B:TAS's relatively-simplistic style.

OMG, not many here at PD seem to understand the workings of a great roast. Nothing is ever heavy-handed and supporting. Thanks for somehow putting those two together XD.

LOL, Edward from B:tas is by far my favorite character design and truly appears unloved. Q_Q

Hmm...I've noticed that because he's bending forward his suit jacket leaves his body so that were his arm ends at the pit of his shoulder (right) can't be seen clearly creating the illusion that his right arm is shorter and his left/w cane is longer. O_O yeah if you got any of that.

This pic is part of a group thing I’m doing to get away from my other projects that have grown monotonous. I’ll be posting the characters separate here and at the end as a whole. Thanks again for the awesome critique!

Heh heh, no problemo!! I'm so glad I could give you a (positively) double-edged critique. Also, I'm glad that you're able to take a more nit-picky critique on your work; more power to you, seeing as some artists honestly just ... can't. Which isn't neccesarily bad, but it certainly isn't helpful, either. At any rate, I suppose I'm saying, 'You're very welcome'. X)

Ah, and good catch on that. I didn't see that before, but you're exactly right. Oh! Which reminds me, I noticed one other very minor design detail on his jacket which may or may not be an error ... The lapel on his jacket. There's a divide in the middle of it, hopefully that's direct enough ... generally, that part of a suit is just one piece. I don't think that's always the case, but, I'm pretty sure it normally is. Doesn't lower the quality of the piece any, but ... just for future reference, I suppose?

That's cool! I'll keep an eye on your gallery, then. Can't wait to see the others; and again, great job! So much so, that this is currently the wallpaper on my cellphone. xD Lol. Keep it up!

OMG, XD as a wallpaper, i feel honored, thank you. About your generalization concerning most artists i understand what your getting at. Sadly i'm a bit too critical of my art, once i finish something the next time i look at it i'm dissatisfied.

Being that i tried to stay true to the Btas i believe that his suit did infact look this way, but i may be wrong i did draw this with no refs. Cudos to you, that had slipped under my radar. Thanks X )!

Again, no problemo! ^^ Heheh, you earned the recognition. And about the suit-jacket - it was a minor thing, and you very well may be right there. Very, very well.