Actually, this would be my first true critique on DevArt. Believe it or not, no one ever asks me to do them...

Anyway, since you asked for a critique, I shall give you one. But buyer beware... I can be a little harsh, don't take it personally. Since you didn't mention which pic you wanted done, I picked your most recent. First of all, the pic you posted is a little large for the quality it is, you might want to shrink it down some. It is obviously I take on the ancient egyptian papyrus scrolls, and is nicely done, but if you wish to emulate the style, you may wish to stay a bit more faithful to their original designs, i.e. the chest forward, feet, hands and face sideways, so forth, but you don't have to, I mean, its your art. As for anatomy... his arm is much too long and pushed just a little too far forward. Also, his shoulder muscle seems awkward, it is oddly shaped... a bit too round... and the highlights make it seem like it is connected to the rest of the arm oddly, forming almost an elongated S shape. His neck is too thick, seemingly sprouting from his collar bone. Moving his head more to the right might fix this. If this were a human character, the neck would be too long, but it is fitting of an anthromorph jackal/dog, so I would let it be. His headress is an important part of the costume, and you should learn to use every piece to your advantage instead of having it static (perhaps use it to define the curve of the neck and head more, something it currently distorts, though not enough to take pains over), and make sure each piece makes sense. Though not an impossibility, if his head were upright you would need superglue, or at least a lot of pins, to hold the headress in place. Moving downward, you reach his muzzle, which seems a little crooked, as if had been broken at one time in his life. This may not be a bad look, but it was probably not what you were going for. The tears going down the muzzle are misplaced though, this would not be a natural path for them to follow in this position; they would more likely run down his cheek, and then along the bottom. For comparison, think of a crying human with the same tilt of the head. The tears will go down the cheek then across the bottom of the chin, not straight to the tip of the nose. The background is well balanced, and mostly in good form. The pillars seem to tilt a little, though, as their centerline is are not alligned with the side of the paper, and their tops are not even to each other. The Maat-styled feather is not balanced on the pedestal, which in itself is not alligned with either the pillars or the paper. The hieroglyphs are in good standing, though the lines could bear to be a little straighter, especially in the cartouche.

Well, I guess I've bashed the poor thing enough. Just to let you know, as it may seem otherwise, I do like a lot.

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Hey...harsh is good. and if I don't like it, I can just ignore it...anyhoo, I think some rebuffs are in order (as harsh as you would like to read them):
as to the size, is there a limit, or is it just common courtesy (not using up the collective memory, that sort of thing)?
I am full aware of the positioning discrepancies...but I felt that a little artistic liscence would be allowable...
re: the shoulders, I am a touch round-shouldered by nature, even more so when depressed, etc. (to get the pose, I used myself as model, and that's what my shoulder did)...but the highlights...well, let's just say I'm new at that sort of thing...
yes the neck is a sticking point...

now, the headdress...I really didn't find anything that would help me in that respect...although I know I've seen something like it before...I just used that vague impression...bad tim -slaps wrist-
hmmm...I guess the muzzle just got warked in the several paint-overs I had to do...yeah, not what I was going for (Egyptians, with the exception of Akhenaten, portrayed themselves as perfect, ie not having broken snouts)
I had no idea whatsoever how to do the tears...all I knew was that there appears to be a groove on canid shouts running from eye to snout between the top and the mouth...well, not a groove, /per se/...do you know what I mean? besides, having it drip from hy chin wouldn't be very noble, don't you think?
I had no idea it was Maat's...it was actually the only thing I could think of putting on the offering table (the traditional offering-pile I felt would be too incomprehensible to the modern, lay audience...& I like feathers....even more as quills)
yeah, and about the overall tilting/skewing of the lines, my only excuse is that I did it freehand (even the pencil cartoon underneath), when I should have used a ruler...

So, you 'like a lot?' is my work included in that grouping? (ha ha)
thanks for your comments, would you mind looking at my other works (lit. too)? It's always nice to hear from someone else...
Thx,
us

Egyptain art seems to have insanly high standards, I don't really see any major falliceis in this work, a little more detail in the clothing/headress would slightly improve it, but overall it looks very nice and I like the individual lisence that was added.

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Looks cool! I like the hyroglyphs and the real egyptian styling! Great piccy!

See ya!

Thanks muchly

very cool! the composition is really classic egyptian, i think . i like the colours as well... very good work!

Thanks again, kind sir, madam, or thing. By the by, I do think your entry for the Lyrics Illustration contest is the better of the two, thought you ought to know. Pleasure doin' buisness wiv' you.

that's rubbish, sir. mam. thing. i really like yours.

agh i wish they could just plug the two entries. it's crazy anyway. elves are way cool.

... was kinda surprised there was only TWO entries actually.

yeah, me too. Guess it's good we both like the other person's, 'cause it shows we're modest, or at least deviously trying to undercut our opponent until we can lull them into a false sense of security...well, I'm on to you! jk
and that "Sir, madam or thing" thing? that was 1) from Starship Titanic, 2) because nowhere on your page do you say which it is, and I didn't wish to offend...I, myself am a sir, thank you very much. Sir Timothy Lish Schneider, the First, and Keeper of the Royal Library and Gallery. yeah, I wish. oh well....anyhoo, I was yes/no surprised too. yes: i'm always surprised when contests and such aren't well filled with applicants (unless it's something like "win a cheese by drinking pig snot").
no: there aren't all /that/ many people in The Illustrators, if memory serves & there aren't many submissions in the gallery either, hence: of the few people who are actually members, only a few of them are active participants in the group, which is a pity
anyhoo, yeah, I guess with two (and us two to boot), there's not much of a competition, is there. I'd say they'd have enough room for two winners, wouldn't you think?