Scourge's rubik's cube

Hullo there Angel!

I see you would like some critique on your piece, so here we go!

Let's start by looking at the basis of the idea.
The description features song lyrics. Okay, cool, inspiration!
I can infer this might be Warriors fanart? Perhaps not, but at least there's some basis there for me to go on.

So now I have some thoughts to base my critique on, so let's go through the four star ratings!

Vision: I think this probably is your best rating, purely for the strong themes that are presented. Strong themes? Sadness, violence. Even a cute cat picture can convey this.
I would say 4 stars.
Improvement: Try using cooler colors, they tend to lend to a dark/sad mood. Bluer colors, darker colors, interwoven with the actual colors of grass, cave, and blood may help to convey what you're trying to say.

Originality: Okay, this may hurt a little from here on out, but I will do this nicely as a good person! This is probably your second to worst category. The only reason is kind of mean. It's just because so many people draw the same thing, that the crying cat can get a bit old. I would say 2.5 stars.
Improvement: There is absolutely nothing wrong with cliches', everyone loves to draw them in a doodle, on a rainy day. But for a painting, a large project, cliche's should probably be avoided. Maybe try searching for inspiration in real life, in your backyard, on your kitchen table. Try to avoid other artist's works for inspiration, as you may find yourself drawing all too similar to them. You may even want to avoid references, as it can help to drive your creativity and help you improve as an artist.

Technique: This is probably your worst category. The cat is adorable, but the background is a bit shmushed. You also have very little shading around the bottom of the cat, as well as unrealistic blood and tears. I would say 2 stars.
Improvement: Don't get upset! I have a creed which is why I don't really find any art appalling or stunning: Practice and Patience. You, my dear, are on a road to becoming a great cartoonist. But you just haven't gotten in as much practice as the greats! And that's okay. Continue to practice, continue to learn. Seek out new information to broaden and expand.
Here's what I can give you right now. Try to add more detail in the background. Don't go higgeldy piggeldy and start putting lines everywhere. Try to imagine what the cave would really look like. Imagine the lines. Draw in those lines. A mark of an under-practiced artist is the one who blends the background together. A background should not be as detailed as the middle ground or foreground, but should be distinguishable. Nothing is purely one color, not even a white wall. That cave should be a million colors! An artist gets around this by using a palate, looking at the real world and copying. Yes, this will take a ton of time. Will it look a ton better? Quite possibly. Try to give the grass blades their own body with their own shading so the viewer can say, oh, I see the grass blades, I know this is grass. That is how patience is super important. Art takes a steady hand and a steady clock. But I know you can do it if you try! Put even more of your heart into it baby!

Impact: Final category! (After this, you won't have to put up with my long winded descriptions anymore!) This is your second best category. You really do have a good eye for idea. I can see how you wanted to impact people with the emotions of the character. I may not have been moved, but I definitely frowned in sympathy and thought about why he was there and why he was sad. It made me think. And that's good, you want that. I would say 3.5 stars.
Improvement: To effect people more, it's good to try to answer those questions I thought of. Why was he there/sad? Maybe you could show that in the same shot? Symbolism is an artist's best friend, so you also might entertain the idea of symbols: Incorporate ideas (violence) into physical forms (bodies/blood[like you have!]/weaponry) even if it isn't really realistic to put the character in the situation (a character may never sit atop a 2 story high pile of dead things, but it may convey the amount of violence the character has committed in their lifetime).

Conclusion: There is so much I could tell you, I could write a book if I tried. But, there is only so much you can say to help someone improve. It's all about practice.
Yes, this piece has it's faults, but I feel like it's pushing, it really wants to be good. And with practice and patience, I think it can get there.

And, Angel?

You need to remember that every word is opinion. All this that I so loyally typed?
Take it with a grain of salt.

Your mind is yours. You get to choose what is good and bad.
Decision making.
Choice.

It makes us human, free thinking, free people.
My opinions are mine.

Your opinions are yours.

And I respect that.

Opinions are sacred.


Yours,

Clover