ToySkunk

First off, I'll say that this is a very high impact and attention grabbing image - it was the first of the DDs that I clicked on! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Big Grin) - "/> The lighting is successful, the image of the running man is well sourced for the lighting on his back (though perhaps the lighting could have a slightly more yellowy glow to it, since it is cast by fire).

I have one or two criticisms - firstly, I am perturbed by the tracks through the long grass left by the running man. It appears to me as if he was running with his legs wide apart, as he has left two very distinct tracks - they look about the right width apart for a quadbike, to me. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/w/w…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Wink) - "/> I think that it would be more likely that he would just leave one single track of flattened grass.

Secondly, whilst you've done a very good job making most of the man fit into the image, there is a little bit of a snag around the area of his knees, where his legs disappear into the grass - I think that it would really help if you included blades of grass that are being pushed aside by his legs, and perhaps a few more blades of grass in front of his legs to reduce the feeling of a 'flat' join between legs and grass.

There's only one other part of the image that bothers me - in the smoke, there is a sort of hole with a bright orange that doesn't look like it quite matches the shade of orange in the sky behind it. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile) - "/>

I hope that all seems reasonable to you. Congrats for the DD!

Hey there!! So nice to have such a friendly welcome comment, I did wonder if you were still about actually!   
I'm so sad to have to pass on the bad news about the skunks. Unfortunately they were getting quite old and started to have some problems. Charlie had a bone disorder and had to be put to sleep, I was devastated. Vincent lived longer but he started to show the signs of a liver cancer so I also made the really difficult decision to have him put to sleep at that point as well. I really miss them both. I don't feel I have the resources to raise another one, but I think about them all the time still. And I will do more skunk art!

I love this cute, sunny style!