haha, will do!here's a small update for now. :)i need to do some texturing on the dark haired girls arm, and fix her face. the light haired girls thumb looks messed up in comparison to the reference. I'll work more on the hands.

and before I forget, here's my ref!  http://persephonestock.deviantart.com/art/Telling-Secrets-47518087

Very promising start on your first image. Too early to crit yet. 

This second one is lovely as well. Nothing glaring out at me at this point. Just curious, what type of environment will you place them in? 

Off to check out your gallery!  

Your Ariel painting is brilliant my dear. True beauty. Well done. 

well, I'm not sure yet! I'm open for suggestions,hehe. Probably a foresty type place but..hmm..not sure. I should've thought it out really.

Thank you red ninja! I'm glad you like 'em. 

Fable-Well that's certainly better than some old Victorian room (which is all that came to my brain)! 

lol

keep at it Claire. this image is amazing so far and I wanna see what route 'you' take it in.

haha, thanks you two! i havent really progressed since this last image. I've stared at it for so long that I've gone off it a bit. Bit I'll definately come back to it in a couple of days. :)

in the meantime, I've been working on the princess Belle. (I know I'm meant to be doing Aurora, but Belle is my fave and I couldn't resist starting it. :P ) I'll get this finished, then I need to do a commision...well, when I say commision, it's really for fake money on a website called Gaia, hahaha. The commisioner wants me to draw her World of Warcraft elf character or somethin, so that should be fun! Here's Belle so far. I need to fix her eyes. I'm not feeling much connection between the viewer and the character.

If you want to work on several pieces at once, I am the last person to call you on it. Indeed, this path can lead you to victory so don't sweat it as long as you stay productive

Regarding your current piece: Assuming you are referring to Belle form Beauty and the Beast, I'm pretty sure she wasn't a princess. Nor was her name Belle unless you're working from a French translation...

As always, you've put your best foot forward with her luscious mouth. Her nose requires some more attention but I assume that you already know it. Once you address the nose, this should resolve the eyes and the rest you can do in your sleep

Now I have to ask if you know the characters that you are illustrating or if you're simply gleaming off the Disney versions. Because if you haven't read the Brother's Grimm or Hans Christian Anderson, etc. then you can hardly do right by these girls. Someone of your talent shouldn't feel constrained by the whitewashed spin that Walt threw on these classic tales... Get to the source and find the real meat so you can use your art to cut straight to the bone

But that's only my opinion. You've been doing solid work without it, but I can't help but think that if you were exposed to a pure source that you might draw more strength which would reflect in your work