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I've drawn this a long time ago, but I haven't been happy with the result.
I'm happy to manage to finish my drawing.
Inspired from old illustrations. Texture from my own stock

line: pencil
color: photoshop Cs3
Image size
666x1000px 597.57 KB
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Impact

I also think this artwork has a very sweet atmosphere to it. I like it. I've rated using the stars method, but I'm not sure I know exactly what each category means... Anyway, to the critique now: I'd say that overall it is very effective, as an image. It reached me, it was appealing to the eye, colors are beautiful, and it invites you to stay looking at it for longer- as opposed to bland art which although well done, it's boring to look at. That grass! It's eye candy! And the washed backgound it is simple, but beautiful too, and gives an excellent idea of where they are. Congratulations!
The only thing that I found odd was the placement of the goat and the pram. I understand the goat has her rear legs between the wheels, and the front legs behind the pram. But if I look at the goat's body, it seems to be almost parallel to the pram, not placed diagonally as the legs suggest. The three-dimensional perspective given by the pram clashes with the goat, that is almost flat in comparison. It's a subtle thing, but to me it looks as if the goat's rump is intersecting the pram. As the other critique says, I also agree about the shading on the grass, and I'd add as well a bit more shading on the goat's neck could help- I find the bit between the girl's head and the pink cloth too bright. It gives the impression that the goat has her neck twisted 180º, like an owl. I hope this helps, feel free to ask me to explain my points more in depth if you wish. Giving a critique is easy, but doing the work isn't, let me say so, I don't think I could draw this any better.
Cheers.