Art Critique my swords

[Pawn114]

I did these in MS Paint, pixel by pixel, so I'd appreciate some critique and things I can change in the future to give better presentation, backrounds, placement etc. to future pictures. So please, anything you dont like or like would be very helpful for my future works. Obviously the smaller one was something I did in a short period of time at a friends house, whereas the larger one took me a few hours. Maybe 1-2 hours, give or take a half-hour.

Large sword - Click on the thumbnail
[CENTER][URL=http://img59.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img59&image=Sword1.png][IMG]http://img59.exs.cx/img59/1579/Sword1.th.png[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER]

Small sword -
[CENTER][IMG]http://img66.exs.cx/img66/8739/sword.png[/IMG][/CENTER]

Thank's to anyone who answers and helps me improve my art skills (as lacking as they may be).

-Pawn

[animechick015]

All I would say to do on your swords is make them more detailed, for example give them shadows and such. Like the pictures are good but i don't think anything is supposed to be like a solid colour because it's metal. So I'd just mess around with the stuff on your art program.

Good luck,

Jessie

[Kieko]

[color=navy][i]animechick015, he did add shadows, he just didn't add shine to the swords ^_^.

Anyway, I love the swords. I love their design and shape. I also love the colors and the effects. Like the shading effect you used to make it look 3-D and the glowing effect you made by tracing the perimeter of the blade in yellow. I admire your hard work and determination. This must have taken you a while. Great job ^_^.

~Kieko[/color][/i]

[animechick015]

[COLOR=Magenta]But..but! I like shiney things...they're fun! [/COLOR]