💬NEED LOTS FEEDBACK ON MY DESIGNS [URGENT]💬(I want lots of peoples options please)

Hello,

I need lots of feedback on my designs before I can even think about opening a design shop.

I have designs for T3's and T2's.

Chose one design or multiple to give me feedback on.

Please tell me what you like about the design (if you like anything about it at al).

And what you don't like about it.

BTW: Some of the designs are being used in contest!

T3/Lily Based Design!.

T2/Sulfur Based Design!.

T2/Titanium Based Design!.

T2/Blonde Based Design!.

T2/Auburn Based Design!.

T2/Oroide Based Design!.

T2/Obsidian Based Design!.

T2/Pewter Based Design!.

T2/Pale Based Design!.

T2/Russet Based Design!.

T3/Teardrop Based Design!.

T3/Teardrop Based Design!.

T3/Teardrop Based Design!.

T3/Opal Based Design!.

I love it, thank you so much! <3

Np. I'm just happy to help!!!

I'm now open for Feedback on my designs!!!

Please be honest (not rude though).

Keep in mind that Im no expert on mass appeal, and this is a lot of just my own opinions

1: personally I hate het eyes, but I think thats just me. Other than that, my god is this a pretty design. Love the gradient and the detail on the black without being overwhelming.

2: Admittedly, someone probably likes this design, but for me it just looks to be entirely composed of issues. merle just doesnt work here. Though, the design also doesnt work at all if you remove merle. 8 of their markings are just used for white. Thats a lot of slots for not a lot of reward. You can remove about 4 of the white markings if you replace one with one of the smooth transition unders. Use those to add some black markings that arent merle. Or ge tthe opinion of someone who likes merle. 

3: ooh, love it. I feel like it needs a base change though. The middle of the body looks too bland. Fox works really well.

4: just looks really bland. I've found nbws who look more interesting than this. Might appeal to natural packs.

5: This is just great. Lovely colors. Society needs more marbled unders. Has a lot of personality to it. I dont like the top of the neck being pink, but that cant really be fixed, and I dont think most people will mind

6: interesting. Doesn't appeal to me, but it will appeal to someone. The black back cover makes the rump look a little flat, and draws your attention away from the prettier parts. I'd recommend adding some white there, maybe white back heavy patch in slot 9.

7: not bad, but boring. Not much going on there, same problem as 4. Theres something good there, but most of the wolf is just plain black with a couple brown splotches

8: uh, no. I can only be rude about this one. The red completely ruins a not bad, but not great design. I just want to stop looking at this

9: yep, this is a good design. The black dorsal is weird, but just lower the opacity on it and you're golden.

10: its like number 5, but slightly worse. Still pretty good. Works well for a theif

11: someone probably likes this, but if one of mine birthed it, I would chase. See other people's opinions.

12: yep, thats pretty. The black belly stripe looks weird in my opinion, but its pretty nice

13: that sure is a wolf design. Its not bad, but I prefer 12. This just evokes a feeling of yep, that exists. Not bad, not good. I have no opinions here. 

14: a little bland, but its not bad. same as 13, it sure is a design. It evokes no emotions in me. A perfect design for a side character who never talks. 

sorry if this is kinda rude, im just trying to help, so read it in a positive voice?

Thank you for that feedback.

I love the way you described each design, it's very helpful!!!

Your like a pro at judging designs :)

-cracks knuckles-

So I am a Pretentious Art Person and I can see from a quick skim that we have fairly different design tastes, BUT having said that I think you have a few strong trends in your wolf designs, and I’m going to try to base my feedback based on 1) what I think you’re going for and 2) how you might build on that. If I’m wrong about 1 then that makes the rest of my thoughts kinda useless, but it’s always going to be your own best judgment at the end of the day; different people, different tastes, take it or leave it, etc.

General observation: You use a lot of stark/high-contrast black and white markings, and spotty merle and/or diluted patterns. Huge preference for colorbombs over naturals. Also, most (if not all?) of these actually let the base show, which I always appreciate. ANYWAY:

lily: A striking two-tone wolf; two different eyes, and two different patterns in the coat (a solid/more blended pink-to-white gradation, and the abruptly black & gray splotches. It’s unconventional and I like it; the dual patterns mesh in a way that I don’t think would work as well were the eyes not hetero. Maybe a marbled nose & skin would compliment it too? or too much? The pink shades don’t quite match either way but such are petsites.

sulphur: Whoo, bright merle with irish! (Not like, the actual marking, but that sort of pattern.) I’m not a big fan of either, so I’m not sure if this stands out next to other merle-and-white colorbombs of the type. But I do appreciate the little golden sulphur + ice eye contrast, and the Black Spectacles help it pop. You’re out of marking slots but I sort of wonder if something could be done with the sulphur, bring it out a bit more or add a subtle gradation, just to make it less “these markings would work on basically any base”-ish? Although if the hypothetical wolf would be a stud, then maybe strict black/white markings would be a plus. IDEK I’m rambling

titanium: Ominous. Can’t go wrong with black/white/red—which makes the pallid skin/nose an interesting choice; it adds a drop more contrast to the paws, but I’m not sure how I feel about it on the face. I kinda feel like it’s missing something but I don’t know what; a stronger black somewhere, to compliment the limbs? making the red accents stronger?? Maybe it’s the background throwing me off; could just need a piece of decor or two.

blonde: This one… not sure what you were going for, and admittedly not my taste. You’ve used all the marking slots but I can’t tell just from looking, and the saturated yellow eyes stick out from the desaturated fur in a way that I’d hesitate to call complimentary. The white accents are doing something but they feel unresolved. Not striking enough to be a colorbomb, not blended enough to be a natural; just kinda meh? The fallow skin & nose work nicely though, as do the brown claws; if there’s a certain color scheme you’re going for, maybe try to push that, even if it means getting rid of the whites.

auburn: Pwetty. Pretty red woof. Red wolf on green background makes for some lovely contrast. I was almost gonna say something about boosting the Marbled Unders’ opacity but actually I like it better as-is; the fade compliments the gradient on the auburn base. Oxblood skin/nose/claws is a wonderful deep red acccent. Just, mwah, would not change anything about this wolf, 10/10 would happily draw with a nice limited palette.

Nebula: I’m gonna group these three since they’re for the same wolf. Immediate impression: Oriode’s my favorite, with prominent irish-esque markings again on a dog-like black-and-brown. The shoulder area feels left behind when every other non-white area has a black/brown gradient, but also Wolvden markings are Like That and I have that nitpick with most markings on any design. Not sure about the blue eyes but I’m guessing keeping those was a requirement, plus it feels more Dog.

The other two I’m ambivalent about. Obsidian is like… inverted dog? Kinda gives me doberman/rottweiler vibes with the eyebrows and underside, but then those markings extend to the shoulder and there are white accents. The white, again, feels like it wants to be Doing Something more prominent/dramatic like on Oriode, but isn’t quiiite there. Same general impression of Pewter, except instead of brown it’s gray, and I’m not convinced the bluish-gray and red look good together.

Melanism 2.0: Wow, these are the same wolf? You got that interesting scratchy Black Head Stripe on the Pale, which is complimented by additional striking marks along the body, and then the Russet swings back towards the blended/gradient look. (Not huge on the orange eyes on either, but again I’d guess this is a contest stipulation or something.) I think Pale is more successful at using the stark contrast thing again, and the peachy “outlines” around the carnage is neat & works well with the base. Russet… I want to like, because I think you’re going for another faded look like the auburn, but it’s not blended enough along the shoulder and back. Mask/face area is very cool though, as is having the white markings at full opacity this round; I almost wonder if a less dithered Unders would work, since you have the White Spectacles going on? Hmm.

shi i messed up: Immediate impressions: second looks like the Pale version of Melanism 2.0, and it is very cool, and actually tabbing between the designs I see it might’ve been more coincidence than intentional copying so nvm what I was gonna say. Third one’s got a funky face, but I’m not sure the blended look works with the teardrop base; I kinda feel like the markings are covering the vibrant colors instead of highlighting them like the second. And the first kiiind of mitigates that, by relegating the markings to the face/back/limbs, but at the same time the body almost feels… incomplete? Idk, I’m not a huge fan of siamese-like patterns (where the extremities and face are darker but Everything Else is pale/plain) in general, but I could warm up to it. The pink skin/nose and black claws work great on all three.

TBN: Ah, an Opal! …I want to see more of it! But that’s personal preference again, and you do have enough showing that it makes a neat gradient “highlight” underneath the black. The gray markings underneath it all kinda look muddy, and I’m not convinced they’re necessary; why not let the Opal shine through (har har) more? White markings I’m ambivalent on here; they also distract from the opal a bit, but it’s layered over the black so it works alright.

PHEW okay yeah so tl;dr, Designs Gud, I always like to see strong design themes and for the most part you stick to them well, but there’s a few little places that feel unresolved or uncertain, and if you hone in on what aspect(s) you’re trying to bring out I think you could go super far. Also, something something #JustDoIt; I don’t know how much feedback people usually get before opening design shops, but you’re almost definitely gonna learn more and refine your “style” the more you work with it, not matter how many or few opinions you get beforehand.

Hope this helps and doesn’t scare you off, and best of luck with your wardrobe adventures :D

Another pro,

Thanks you for your feedback!!!

i 100% love the opal, if i had a different look in mind for mine then i would probably use that design. however i do agree with the person above about how the opal could shine through a little more. 

the only ones i don’t really like would be the sulfur, blonde, pewter and russet. i’ll explain why

Sulfur: it gives me very noob-designed-a-wolf design. it could definitely use some more black markings to accent the merle better. or just white merle in general would look a lot better imo. i think it has a lot of potential, it just needs some more attention

Blonde: so i know this is the third time you’ve heard this, but this poor guy looks like he has maybe 4 markings? i feel like some more white blended with some brown (and maybe like black smudge heavy for example) could make him look much cleaner. 

Pewter: i’m so sorry but this hurt me. it hurt me bad. if maybe there were some more blended red marks it wouldn’t be that bad, but this guy looks like he went walking through oklahoma mud. it’s just way to stark it doesn’t work all that well with the base and other markings. 

Russet: he just looks kinda dull. i can see where you were going, and you were kinda close but the markings look really muddled together, i definitely see potential but it needs some TLC because right now he looks like someone threw a couple RMAs on a NBW and called it good

 and i mean none of this in a rude way. you have a LOT of really amazing designs. i mean damn near perfect i didn’t see and need in commenting on them. it’s just my opinion and i hope it was helpful :)

Thanks Rose,

It helps that you described why you don't like those designs!