Open The Skies With Your Broken Keys....

Even though you're my very close friend, I plan to judge your art as someone new to your art. That way it is most honest and constructive for you in the future.

First off, this is very appealing/eye-catching, or so I think. The contrast from dark to light from the background and the spirit is very effective.

The technique you use to make everything glow is very nice and so is the hair lines in the drawing, but the folds in the pants is where it lacks a more realistic feel. The folds are very awkward and can use some improving. I too have issues with folds and I understand how difficult they can be to draw.

I like the background. It's very simple and adds to the atmosphere of the drawing. Although I personally feel that there is such thing as too much of one color. Maybe I slightly different color to contrast would have been nice to make the picture stand out a little more? I just feel like there's too much blue, but if that's what you like, then that's fine.

Your proportions are also fairly good, but one mistake made was that the left hand is backwards (the thumb is on the wrong side of the hand). I can tell you were trying to angle the hand a particular way, but that could have looked much better if you drew a line extending from the pinkie finger along the palm to indicate a fold in the hand. That way it would appear as a folded left hand rather than an awkward right hand on the wrong arm.

Also, your shading is decent but it could have looked nicer if it was more in depth, especially with the light source being the glowing spirit. The shading was great on the pants, but everywhere else it was fairly weak shading. If you had darkened the shading in places such as where the shadow should be from the hair in his face and chest, or on the furthest edges of his body and arms like you did on the pants, it would have been much more effective.

Other than all that, I love your technique and I find your art style to be very cute. I love Jalkoom's eyes, and the spirit is also adorable. I know you put a lot of time into making this, so I admire your dedication and effort.

It is an overall great job as usual. Keep up the great work, and I hope you consider my suggestions.