Gee those life bars sure look familiar

I fucking love this fake.

Skarlet looks great! A good mix of UMK3 and MK2011. Only complaint are her boots and you should have attempted to draw her shoulder pad armor thingies. I love the customized sprite pose you made.

Fantastic improvements on the background, though it still doesn't go well with Skarlet. Glad to see the stupid carpet we all love to use actually leads to some where this time. It would have been cool if you added a throne char in there or something. I dunno... whatever.

The fatality itself is very simple but effective. GREAT blood. Finally you ditched that copy-paste shit you've been using. The sword looks a lot better than those ugly-assed MK2 Armory ones you used previously.

This is some prime shit! You're movin' on up! Watch out VenoMark!

I think it's about that time I no longer give you advice and you develop your own unique style and way of doing fakes. I also think you should stop posting crap and then fixing it later... So from now on fix your own shit 10 times before posting it.

A vast improvement on the last one - better Skarlet sprite and much better background. Excellent work, can't wait to see more fakes from you

I'm just going to say that I LOVE the background.

This is simply bad ass and I envy your background idea. Great use of props, and overall great creativity on the sprites. Nice job .

Thanks everyone.

Sorry BS but I did rip off ur health bars =)
Thanks too for your help with shading my BG for the whole 3D effect. I didn't realize how big of a difference it makes.

I'm still not particularly fond of the monotonous color scheme that you've chosen to apply to a character whose entire history is defined by evil intentions. The monochromatic tones in this image would be fitting for someone such as Ashrah, and I must restate that it is not befitting of someone with Skarlet's history.

That aside, the overall execution is average at best. The total lack of shading and depth is indicative of your lack of expertise in this art form. Darkening the rearmost pillars is one improvement that could be made. Soft shadows should have been applied to the floor and ceiling adjacent to the pillars so that they give the impression of depth. The same could also be applied to the floor near the gargoyles, on which the inexplicable and unflattering shadows also look out of place. The ceiling wouldn't maintain such a high level of brightness given that there are no visible light sources in the vicinity.

Aside from the shading issues, the design itself is impressive. The use of complementary props suggests that you are aware of which ones correspond well together. It's just that the deficiency in shading really takes away from what this image could have been.

I'm not going to sugarcoat every assessment that I make, otherwise you'll never improve beyond this level of mediocrity. Take to heart whatever criticism that you'd like, but realize that everything I say is said only to aid in your development as an artist in this field. That is all.

ill....try to co better next time

Thanks

You shouldn't get down on yourself because I gave you an honest and thorough critique that didn't quite come as you might have expected. Bumps in the road are to be expected when your goal is to become one of the best in this medium. I know my brand of criticism tends to be construed as harsher than that of other users, but my intentions are never to beat you down so that you're unable to recover. Quite the contrary, my aim is to ensure that you succeed to a level of expertise that no one, including myself, could question. After all, blacksaibot and MKRocket didn't reach that level of undeniable success and respectability without being dealt the nature of critical assessment that only I can deliver.

You've already surpassed a good number of artists in this medium, if only because you possess the open-mindedness that has allowed you to improve at such a rapid pace. As long as you adhere to that mindset, your potential will know no bounds. That is all.

As I am pretty much Skarlet's biggest fan on here, I think your fake is good, I like the background a lot.