Whoa neat

I wish I could draw like this

Give it a go. Practice makes better, not worse :3

Is Judy supposed to be that tall?

Would you prefer having some kids look DOWN to her as a role model?

yes

I mean if her character herself is short in the movie, I think that should be respected. She was a fine role model in the movie just as she was

Think she's just in the foreground.

It's the perspective, I think.

She wasn't supposed to be tall at all, she was just supposed to be in the foreground, but the effect just wouldn't work out >.<

Did a resizing fix. She's still slightly infront of everyone, so she's not down on her level entirely, but it still looks better than what it was before 9.9 still not satisfied with the look, but I just can't seem to get it right

Don't forget, it the ears that makes the rabbit look a little taller (when they're up). =OQ|

Since there is no "standard" against which they can be measured -- everything is either scaled down to Judy's size so she looks normal, or scaled up to the size of the big mammals so she looks super-tiny, there is a lot of confusion about Judy's height.

But she does maintain her height consistency with Nick as being a head shorter than he is. So yes, I'd say her height was done accurately in this pic.

The animation style reminds me of the latest Sly Cooper game, which was alright.

Also, WHAT is your icon?

iPoke's icon is from the music video for Evil Eye by Franz Ferdinand. https://youtu.be/IIR5vBiC3ig?t=34

Oh

awwww you always draw such awesome pics from zootopia, keep them up always love them

I'll do what I can, though I'll hopefully do better next time ...

well we all make mistakes that make us want to do better next time, the same thing that bothers you bothers me too it seems, only thing i see is that Judy looks too big, i figured it was foreground but as you said, it doesn't translate properly. still you do a better job than me

Awww this is really sweet. All those predator kids who would be stereotyped as 'sneaky/sly' now knowing they can be anything!

That's the idea anyway =^-^=

I don't think Judy is supposed to be that big. :P
I think the problem is Judy's eyes. It looks like she's looking at the side, while she should be looking behind her if she is much closer to the 'camera', so to speak.
I'm no expert though, so meh... Perspective is weird. =w=

Perspective is weird and the sizing went way off because the back to front effect didn't work at all ... I'll do better next time 9.9

It's alright. X3
Mistakes were made, but that is what makes us improve. If it wasn't because of our mistakes, we would never get better.

Dawww, this is a cute piece. I can also agree that Judy and Nick being the perfect representatives. Nice work iPoke.

Thanks Folf ^^

Your welcome. ^_^

Nice job! I realised from seeing your submission, that I miss the reason why Nick is wearing a standart uniform, yet Judy uses the bulletproof vest, despite them working in same police branch.

I dunno. Maybe Nick thinks his disarming grin is enough to protect him from incoming fire. I think I'll put together a different outfit for him to wear in the future though, even if it does break canon.

Super cute! I really like the way you do clothes.

Thank you ^^ not my strongest skill, but it's nice to have it noticed

This tugs at my heartstrings hardcore. It's that young fox that does it for me, staring at his badge in wonderance and awe and seeing that someone that looks like him ended up as a cop despite all the stereotypes of Foxes being shifty and untrustworthy.

*sniff*

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING IN MY EYE, THAT'S ALL.

Never fear, it's just some bastard cutting onions!

That's the idea anyway =^-^= originally I thought kids weren't as biased in Zootopia and only grew to be that way later, but boy did the movie prove me wrong on that one. Nick's gotta be a beacon of hope for that kid.

D'aww! THat is so sweet!

Wonderful work, iPoke.

Thanks Tygon ^^

I only have one thing to say. you never stop amazing me with your art, mainly the art related to zootopia. I dont know perhaps I just like the movie a lot, but I can see that you do to. great work again.

Thanks a lot ^^ and yes I do. I haven't enjoyed a single franchise or topic as much as this for years

you are not the only one. I have been drawing these guys for weeks now, and I think like you, for some reason I would not draw these guys in a porn picture. something click on me and I would not feel right with myself if I do, so I wont.

I think the challenge that comes along with this is understandable. In a lot of movies and art, furry characters are all the same height and relative weight to make things easier. It must have been a real undertaking to get all the animals' dimensions and proportions right when they're standing next to one another, or how to come up with workarounds to make it feasible for them to interact (like the pneumo tube for the smoothies).

Great job. Try not to worry about the perspective.

Yeah, they actually put a lot of thought behind that, which is what I love so much about it ^^ it also allows for my own creativity to spin out of control, which has been a real problem lately X3

Superb stuff.

Thanks ^^

D'aaawwwwwwwwwww!

They look so freakin' cute! And if anything? Fighting against society's prejudice takes more than one grand gesture, but also many little battles to change hearts and minds, much like this one pictured.
I know this is likely prodding fate, but Nick does look like he'd be a great dad. =P

Something many people tend to overlook. Changing a societies point of view isn't just done in a day, it needs to be a thing and then have backing behind it, otherwise the gesture just becomes a momentary gimmick.

And yeah, I'm sure Nick would be a great dad. Fingers crossed he's fine with adoption ^^;

Aye, although this does bring up a bit of an interesting point... I wonder if their are mixed race couples in Zootopia? We've mostly seen couples of the same species, but nothing super definitive of anything else.

Well, more to think about. ^v^

I love the kid who's wearing Nick's hat. Youngsters love handling accessories like that (and the sunglasses, and the badge). I did a short talk for some cub scouts once while wearing my football official's uniform. The kids were fascinated with my flags, beanbags, whistle,... anything I could pass around.

Yeah, kids love to explore and handle accessories like that ^^ it's that unbridled enthusiasm and want for knowledge that I feel is what makes kids great, even if I'm no good handling them myself at all XD

The foreground perspective/size of Judy really threw me for a bit.

Yup. Screwed that up massively <.<

Judy is way too tall here...

I believe she's more in the foreground here than Nick.

Nah, the doorframe slopes down from right to left very close to a horizontal line, meaning the eye level of the viewer is roughly at the same height as the characters. To get a character on the foreground to look taller, the perspective has to be lower than the eye height of the characters.

Ebby got it right, but I messed up majorly in the perspectives department on this picture 9.9

Representation can really have an effect.

A fact often overlooked when addressing public issues.

I don't typically give critique 'cause I don't feel super strong about my own skills, but since you asked I think I might take a stab at the problem!

I think the issue with Judy feeling a bit out of place is because she's placed up too high on the page. For just a minute, imagine a room with a bunch of people just standing in it, various distances away from the viewer. In this example they will all be the exact same height, and that means they should all be in the exact same place relative to the horizon line. Let's say the horizon line crosses right at eye level, for example- no matter how close to us or how far away they get, everyone's eyes will exactly line up with eye level. If on the other hand everyone was one head-height below the horizon line (we move the 'camera' up a bit), then no matter how close or how far away from us they got, they would still be one head-height away from that line. If they're so close that their head takes up half the vertical page space, then their head would start half a page from the horizon line. If they're so far away that their head is only an inch on the page, then their head would start an inch below the horizon line.

The overall idea is, as long as everyone is the same height and in the same pose, they should always be the same relative to the horizon.

The issue right now is that the horizon line in your picture is crossing at roughly eye-height for both Judy and Nick, which gives the viewer the impression that they're at the same height, but in this case they -shouldn't- be. Judy is appropriately bigger for being closer, but she should still be lower relative to the horizon than Nick is given her smaller height. Right now it looks a bit like she's on a table or some such. Out of curiosity I suck this picture into an editor and cut/pasted Judy lower down the page, 'till her head was about in the middle of the picture, and it made things all feel a bit clearer in my opinion. Give it a shot yourself if you want, and let me know what you think! This also gives the advantage of Judy's grey fur contrasting against the elephant guy's shirt, instead of blending into his also-grey skin.

As for colours competing for attention, I think you might want to look your values, particularly contrast. You did a good job putting Nick's darkish fur against a light background which really makes him pop, but the whole picture has lots of areas of high contrast in little bits- my eyes keep being drawn to the Red Panda's bright white eye against his dark red fur for example, and cute as he is I don't think he's supposed to be a focal point. Having too many high-contrast focal points can make a picture feel a bit cluttered. Having the picture overall get darker and lower in contrast as it gets away from Nick could help make the picture feel more focused, and if you wanted Judy's face to be a secondary focal point you could keep her relatively bright compared to the now darker background behind her.

...but all that is just my 2 cents, of course. All that aside, you've got a very cute scene here! The kid with the hat over his face is particularly adorable. And yeah- he tries to hide it, but Nick's definitely a total softie. x3

Good stuff!

Didn't have the energy to reply here yesterday anymore.

I actually misinterpreted what you wrote when I fixed the picture yesterday, but I'm not gonna go back and re-fix it now XD this fix sort of works and I think I'll just keep it that way. There's always next time.

In any case, thank you very much for the pointers and tips. I usually don't use the horizon line thought process at all, which I really should have in this case to keep the differently sized characters in check. In my original draft for this piece, Hopps was actually supposed to stand on the teachers table to the left of the picture, but all of that ended up falling out when I began working on it ...

As for the colors; I used to be so much better at it, but ever since I started working on the cintiq, my colors have just been way off :/ Even with the color calibrations I've included recently to offset it a little bit, it still has a lot of trouble with contrasting colors and I don't know how to properly counteract that.
I'll see if I can apply some of your pointers on contrasting and saturation regardless. There's gotta be some way after all ^^

Honestly, you have nothing to be ashamed of about your art. Your style is entirely unique and you do very good construction of both perspective and lighting while retaining a good amount of comlplexity to all your pieces.

And as for Nick being a softie ... it's always those who have to come up with defenses who have the deepest wells of emotions underneath. Here's hoping Judy cracks that open some day ^^;

Thank you!

Finally seen the movie so these images finally make some sense :D

I see a few creepy soulless stares, but otherwise great work X3

XD about time.

Well ... the perspective gig didn't work out at all here, so there is that to fault me for. Fixed it, sort of, but it's still not where I'd like it to be. Ah well X3

I love the little fox who is looking at Nicks badge. He's like, "S-so... I could be a police officer too?" And I would like to believe he grew up to be a cop because of this.

Grows up to become Comissioner and becomes friends with the rich Zootopian Socialite, Rouse Wyng

Spinning off from this picture, that's a possibility ^^

iPoke this is absolutely amazing.

Thanks Iri ^^

This reminds me of National Fire Safety Month, the kids absolutely love to check out the gear and try it on. Climb over the fire trucks, watch us spray water. Kids are great, and getting the chance to teach them something new and perhaps inspire their future is awesome.

I love this piece, I'm not artist so I can't give you any constructive advice about the perspective. But I think it looks great, and that little fox...his outlook on life just got a lot better :)

Yeah. Kids love the emergency services, all the events they hold you see them exploring stuff.

And that is exactly what their visit here is about =^-^=

Just too cool! :D

Thanks ^^

If nothing else, Nick remembers what happened with him and the Junior Ranger Scouts. So even if the kids end up irking him six ways to Thursday, I'm sure he'd still take every opportunity to be the role model he never had.

I imagine, if nothing else, that tragic little part of his life would be a focal point of his scripted comments.

Nick: "And after that, I just gave up. I thought there was no point in trying to be something other than what I was perceived as, so I just did it. For twenty years. But I still was able to turn it around. Don't get me wrong, I'm not ungrateful. If things hadn't happened as they did, I probably never would have met. . . Um. . . The missing otter and sold him that Pawpsicle that ended up breaking open the case. But I implore all of you, don't put it off like I did. If you want to join the ZPD, focus on it today. That way you won't be dating -- er -- junior officer to someone eight years younger than you too."

Heh, yeah, that's quite possible X3 honestly though, I don't think Nick minds kids. He has trouble showing his own emotions, he doesn't mind others doing so ... even if he does call them out on it X3

Good script btw, though I'm pretty sure Nick's safe enough in his words not to run his mouth like that ;D

I'd say D'awwww, but there aren't enough W's in existence to match the value of this pic!

XD Thank you very much. I'm glad it appeals despite its flaws.

I love your more positive, happier Zootopia pics. Thanks for sharing them! :)

Glad you like them ^^ I figure there's a lot of opportunities for positive influences and vibes to take from the Zootopia universe

This is a very sweet piece. I love that they're interacting with kids here.

Thanks ^^ I figure this is something they would excell at, besides their regular police work.

Yeah. I agree, and it brought a smile to my face.

In the city where I live, there's a real police unit like the one shown in this picture. It's called The Sunshine Division

Oh that is so many shades of adorable X3 we don't have a special division for it, but the police did visit us in school once or twice to talk about safety and protection and stuff like that

this is so sweet! <3

Thanks ^^

I can't wait to see more of them from you x4

Totally agreewith you for first part.

As for the second part, although the background should not be here to distract the eyes from what happens in foreground, I feel indeed it does not match ttally since there are not enough details. you've got a corner on the left, but we don't have any real sense of perspective despite the two different colors that shows a difference in how light hits the two walls. Maybe the poster on the right should be on the left instead, and on the right you can put a vending machine of some sort, I'd see more something like a water dispenser like in one of your previous pics. Or you can leave the poster here and put the dispenser on the left, but another detail bothers me - apart if the scene is taken through a light fisheye cam, the perspective line of the door and the poster don't match. And if it's a fisheye effect, it does not show on the top part of the door, which should be slightly curved.

Feels strange to give you advices when I' far from having your skills LOL but it's true that even MichelAnge must have needed some external point of view from times to times to fix bugs he couldn't put his hands on all by himself...

Also, just read  ruaidri's comment and I agree with him about Judy's scale, and this is why you felt maybe she should be slightly blurred. Considering where she stands with the perspective, she actually stares... elsewhere, at an unseen target on the left, and not at Nick at all, which is certainly what you wanted to show. Either her head and pupils should be much more turned backward, or you should add another character (just a protuding belly like Clawhauser's would be enough ha ha) in the foreground she is looking at.

There are so many different things wrong with this piece, but it's mostly really the perspective.

Actually there's not meant to be a corner on the left, the wall just keeps going, but due to me not putting anything there there's no real indicator to anyone what the geometry of the room is like. Anyway, I took Ruaidri's advice and messed around a little bit. Still not perfect, but it's a lot better than before.

As for Judy looking off cam, I may eventually add something in there, but I think I'm done broke-fixing the piece for now XD

Ha ha, you created an optical illusion without even willing!! XD
Well, the way you modified it makes it look quite right at first sight now, too bad for a perspective attempt but you know, this particular picture does not really need any so no regret.
I do know you'll be using some again in some new pictures anyway

The kid in back wearing the over-size hat reminds me of a similar scene in Disney's Robin Hood!
Nicely done!

I know which one you mean. Totally unintentional, but that's a really good spot right there XD

It is! (good, that is!) ^-^

They would be awesome at outreach stuff like this.

Both of them definitely have the right character traits for it =^-^=

he looks like he would be great with kids indeed. still haven't seen the movie yet, but soon i'm starting to think i won't have to because of all the art of it. Though i am deffinitely going to see it!

Yeah, once you see the movie, I'm sure you'll agree ^^

:O A raccoon! :D

I'm surprised I didn't see one in the movie actually o.o

Me too, unless they were worried of children in the US thinking they're cute and friendly and approaching them IRL.

You'd need to worried about that with foxes too. I mean, foxes are pretty damn shy creatures, but they can be vicious if cornered or pestered.

I hope they would be inspirational yes!

Great art, and a great movie ^_^

Other than the already-covered-in-these-comments height issues, which seem to be better than the first time I saw this picture, I just wanna say that this is a lovely image, and I can't help but think that Judy would file away the fact that Nick is great with kids... you know, for future reference. n_n

It took me a minute to realize that the elephant is one of the kids, even though he's taller than the teacher there. Ahhh, this universe is so much fun, your work in particularly makes me want to participate, write some fanfiction or something. XD

Well, asuming that mixed species couples can have children anyway ... or, you know ... adoption ^^

And yes. Working in the Zoot universe is SO much fun. Go for it!

He sure has the heart of gold for it, and the sass to deal with brats x3!

You betcha =^-^=

That fox cub, looking at Nick's badge.
Future ZPD officer in the making

Just a couple' more years to go until he can join up ^^

Regardless of how much effort you'd put into this art piece, iPoke, I like the concept behind its visual storyline! Way to go!

Glad to hear it =^-^= I try to focus on representation after all

Oh, I love that young fox! His eyes seem to say, "Wow! You mean they could give a real badge to a fox?"

That's the idea anyhow. Breaking out of molds and all that ;3

Young fox: "Excuse me? Ms. Hopps? Um, would you mind letting me see your-"

Judy: "They're both real. But sure, see for yourself. Everyone else already asked to."

*snickers!* XD

D'awws all around!

Simply outstanding.

I regret only now finding your stuff. Really nice. I've got an awful bit of fanfic that includes Nick carrying on with the school thing. Do have a tiny thought about the art. You might want to rethink the reflections in the eyes, the secondary background reflection makes everyone have a slight glassy expression. Kind of undercuts the effect. Perhaps it might be as simple as reducing it to a shallow lower crescent, still showing that the eyeball is catching the back-scatter/reflected environment lighting, but avoid the deadening effect of the superimposed pale spot over the iris and pupil (?)

Well Mr. Gallacci, I am truly honored you would think so high of my material, seeing as you're a long time established artist within the community ^^ getting a word of praise from the 'well-knowns' is always a treat.

As for the afterthoughts; thank you for pointing out the reflections. I wont be going back to fix it now, because I've decided to leave this thing sitting in my gallery as a reminder to do better next time, but I think you're onto something with the reflections bit.

Great idea for a scene! I think you're right, Nick would be good with kids, especially with his wittiness.

Yeah, his wording and character have that special blend that would efinitely work super well with educating and handling kids :3

Is that a bunny behind Nick?

Incredible job. And my two cents is that the ZPD needs guns.

I love this picture. It really feels like it could come up in the sequel (lot better than some ideas I've seen).

That's a really big weasel! Handsome devil, too.