Goddess of the Sun (Okami fanart)

[K-S-O]

So here is my Okami fanart for all you people to enjoy!

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40988614/

[James]

Fantastic composition! I love the placement of all the characters and the colours and linework are rather strong too. I would offer the suggestion of upping the contrast a little. Dangerous on a naturally coloured drawing like this I do realise, but it would be nice to sharpen that linework to black rather than gray. Of course, there is a chance it would mess up the colours, but that's my only honest criticism about the picture; the linework lacks that crisp back edge that we sort of expect from work we see on a computer! :)

[Roman Legion]

I would offer the suggestion of upping the contrast a little. Dangerous on a naturally coloured drawing like this I do realise, but it would be nice to sharpen that linework to black rather than gray.For that goal, assuming Photoshop or a rough equivalent were available, I'd suggest copying the image to a second layer and setting that layer to a "darken" blending mode. Then apply and tweak an unsharp mask filter on the copied layer. Alternatively, you could apply an unsharp, then fade the effect with "darken". That ought to improve the lines without harming the colors too much.

For this image, these unsharp settings seem to do the trick:
Amount: 125%
Radius: 20 pixels (at least)
Threshold: 20

Otherwise, great image. =)

--Romey