Phoenix Signature
 

Well I needed a signature for this forum and my favorite legendary creature is the phoenix, so I created an image based on it. Any comments/suggestions are appreciated :)

As a little background, I created this image based on a reference and did it completely in pixelation, my preferred style of drawing. Took about 4 hours total.

It's pretty nice. The shoulders look a little strange, like the head doesn't line up with the wings or something, but it's still a cool picture. However...

The size is within the rules, but I don't personally think anybody should have that large a signature.

Well, I'll tell you what I love first. The torso, wings, and the extended tails. Neck seems rather choppy, smoothen it out perhaps? Eye looks completely out of place, perhaps just try white eye? The tail is too bold and the shapes are ugly looking. Smoothen them out just by taking a white pencil tool and going over the edges in a nice curve. Nice to see somone here who prefers this style of drawing finally. Mind showing the reference picture?

Tail is ugly...
Those dangly things are really ugly
The file is very tall...

I like it though [:

All right well I think I'll just chop of the tails... they're a very nice addition but perhaps its usage is outweighed by the size of the image. I'm fixing up the shoulders and neck as of now. The eye is meant to be that way, perhaps you are viewing it a different way than i am? Here is the reference i used http://www.wuzware.com/artwork/phoenix.jpg

UPDATE: Various edits as seen in signature.

It might just be me but if you block out the wings, does it look like a fish?

Thanks for the careful observation haha. I agree the tail is too bushy though, I'll sort that out as well.

UPDATE: Fixed up tail. Any other peace of mind anybody wants to take out on my bird? =D

it looks good for something that took you 4 hours, and i like costomized sighnatures

Well just to side-track a bit, I love your sig too. Commander Keen was one of the most fun games ever, and the level in your sig was my favorite level too. It sure brings back memories =D Now I'm downloading the game so I can play it again lol.

It looks nice.

looks kinda like this
http://www.wuzware.com/artwork/phoenix.jpg

Good eye! But less impressive, given the previous posts.

Yes, if you look above in my reply to Scott I posted this link. This is the reference picture I used to draw the image. Drawing it exactly as the image appeared didn't turn out so well, but thanks to the comments I received here I think it's become much more suitable. I'm still open for any suggestions ^^

It's an amazing piece of work, but It'd look better with a black background, like in the thumbnail.

I think it's fine on a white background. It's meant to be a light picture, if it was on a black background it would add so much contrast that it would take away from the effect of the phoenix going into the sky.