Wintersday Workshop

i thought you guys will bash me for making that bear look like a cute wolf Sorry for the late CC but I'd still like to give some.

First of all, your pencil and brush work is first class. You are clearly a pro or a very accomplished amateur. The trompe l'oeil is very good, one could even suspect that a bit too good if it draws the attention away from the shortcomings of the actual work. When I say shortcomings you must understand that the standard here is quite a bit higher than usual and I'm talking about relatively minor issues.

The most obvious thing is that the 'bear' doesn't indeed look anything like a polar bear cub. The proportions of the head and body are much closer to a canine, and as far as I can tell from the low resolution image there's something seriously wrong with the forepaws. This is all the more apparent (and surprising) in contrast to the rest of the work that is executed almost flawlessly in a technical sense.

The second thing is that the overall composition of the picture is disjointed. The different parts of the composition are just floating in the void and there isn't any meaningful interaction between them. The chosen style of brushwork only makes it more apparent. Had you used a dark background the effect would have been much less obvious because the features would have looked like having been picked from the darkness by a spotlight (and it would have given better contrast for the cub as well). The facial expressions of Gwen and the charr don't support the work as a whole. Why does Gwen have her eyes closed with a blank expression? Why is the charr just a furious floating head? As they are right now they look like juxtaposed pieces from three different works instead of one integral work.