"Anywho, I think the biggest areas that catch the attention and seem unfinished are mostly in the mid section of the work. The back of the gryphon isn't as bad, a bit of fur texture here and there would go a long ways, but the feet and especially wings looks like they ran out of time. A little more contrast in shading in the mid-coverts there would go a long way, mostly shadows, and the texture you have at the top shoulder of the wing would be fantastic if it continued outward. The feet would just pop a little more if there was some shadow justification on those scales. The shading on them seems unfinished.
I don't think it would hurt to define the bottom half of the tree branch or the tail a little more, either, but over all neither really seem out of place or take away from the piece. They still fit in pretty well. It might actually even throw it off if you touched either up too much."
Although I was happy with how the piece looked, I knew there was something missing from it. The above crits allowed me to improve this piece, and I'm now more than happy to include it in my portfolio. I'll re-post it on DeviantArt, and see if any more tips are given. But until then, I'm calling this finished and will be moving on to other projects.
Just as a reminder, this is what it looked like before:
I think everything pops much more now, and this huge difference was easily achieved in only 2 hours.
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