Mother Earth by daniellesylvan

Actually, I love the hair. I like especially that you incorporated it into the elements that are up there. Very nicely done. I think that the only critique I could offer on this piece is that some of the shading looks a bit odd to me.

sick picture. i especially like the tree coming form her hair and how the fire looks like little leafs that lit up. face is a little funny but otherwise awesome

nyaaa!
its Gaia!!! x33333
i love it :3

Beautiful!!

Lazy-ass but somehow still morbidly overzealous bulleted critique time! 8D;;

-Overall, the composition could be better; she's pretty centered on the page, so it doesn't lead the eye around the picture very effectively. The background could have some more detail to it, as well.

-She has maaaan proportions; her shoulders are supposed to be about the same width as her hips. D:

-On a similar note, if you didn't draw the body under the hair before you drew the hair on top, I will beat you with a STICK. Usually doing that solves any proportional problems that might crop up. (The drawing the body before drawing stuff on top of it dealie, not the beating you with a STICK thing. XD )

-Her face looks pretty flat, but I'm not sure if it's necessarily a technical problem. (AKA I'm not sure how flat people's faces can be without it becoming a medical problem. XD )

-I like the design on the green cloth-y thing. It's a nice touch. C:

-The shoulder on the right looks like it can be easily torn off and eaten like a drumstick, but that probably ties into bullet #1. XD

-The neck appears to be awkwardly attached to the head. I'd suggest finding a reference for the neck in profile.

-The upper arm appears to be curving the wrong way; if you'll go find a random person's arm, you'll find that no matter what muscles are bulging, the arm has a very slight curve inwards rather than outwards.

-The lower arm is also curving the opposite way of what it should be under natural conditions.

-The torso is awkwardly straight; there should be a more natural curve to it. It should also be a bit wider to accommodate for the shoulders.

-Her butt is HUGE. I mean, dude, MINE's not even that big! Her torso should definitely be widened to counter that. D:

-Her ear is very small and undetailed. I'd bet her schoolmates made fun of her for that. :C

-The water looks like hair; I think there needs to be broader shinies in that sense. (Might I suggest references? ;D )

-I'd very much suggest references for the fire. A quick search on Google Images can give you a very nice idea of what fire looks like. (Such as [link] , [link] , [link] , and [link] , and it took me less than a minute to find those images.)

-The hair could stand to be less detailed; it's far more believable if a certain strip or section of hair
is more crisp and detailed while the rest of the hair is a tad more unfocused.

-The hair also looks very drastically and randomly varied in length, but you could've been going for that effect so I can't really speak here.

-The crease in the back is a bit too emphasized, I'm afraid to say; it looks like her spine is missing instead of connecting the muscles of her back.

-The hands look very rough to me compared to the rest of the picture. Don't tell me you're afraid of hands! :C

-(Where's the tree coming from, BTW? D: )

-This one's not really too much of a problem (it's just me being anal), but the wind was very much hidden; I only realized it was there halfway through the critique. If it's a representation of the four elements, it might do the picture justice to give it a bit more emphasis.

Now it's time to put on my preachy hat!

It does not make one less of an artist to use references to find out what things look like! One is most definitely not expected to know and remember every detail of every form and object on their own. In fact, it makes one MORE of an artist to know the extent of their memory and when to use a reference instead of drawing upon that memory. (TL;DR- Referencing can make everything better.)

And even though you say the flipping-the-picture-horizontally-test thing doesn't work for you, I'd suggest trying to find a way to flip it so that it does- it really really helps, both proportionally and compositionally.

(And woah, I think I got carried away with the critique again- sorry if any of it sounds harsh! It's really late, which has a drunkening effect on me, and I'm a rather mean drunk. :C )

FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FWAAHHHHHH

-ahem-

Dude, as always, flippin amazing. The face... I dunno, it looks kinda weird. but omg, the rest is just like......... so pretty!

-stares at the flames for a while-

fwahh.

Dude, that is so cool! Though, I think the face could use a little work. What are the little red/yellow things?

its awesome! and the hair isn't bad at all

Oh stop will ya? The hair is AMAZING! Never beat yourself down, OK? BTW, how many other people do you know, that can do this kind of hair, and make it turn into branches of a tree?
Everything is perfect in my eyes
+I'm gonna fave cuz' I love the nature

I really love the shading here, her skin and the cloth around her body both look great. Her pose is nicely done as well, for the most part the anatomy looks good to me, the only fault that I notice is that her right arm seems to be longer than her left.

I also like how the different elements contrast with eachother, they dont seem too cluttered or awkward, but seem to flow more harmoniously.
It looks absolutely gorgeous, well done.

This is a vary sweet peice of art

But i love the hair, nice concepts.