>>158550Okay getting back on topic, (had this before the downtime) for me it's a mixed bag. On one hand i don't mind the more cel shaded look he's done post-2020, it at times feels better than his 2018/19 works. On the other hand the moment he goes hard shading or flat colors it shows how much anything outside the cel shaded look has degraded along with arguably having the ugliest looking faces out of the big name artists since Belt Buster upped his game. Couple that with a building ego that leads to pettiness (the freckles on Pyra will always be a sour spot for me and his behavior at the edit was childish, even if the editor should have given credit and not blocked the man), the need to appease the Twitter mob by aging up Marnie and Rosa to where the former is his worst performance yet and the latter is just laziness in putting no real effort in beyond jacket, wow), and self indulgences that drag the piece down which otherwise are fine (see freckles on Pyra, the eyebags underneath Hex and Rosa, and the unnecessary need for stretchmarks and cellulite, granted these are more personal grievances than anything), in a way he's holding himself back. Now let's not deny the talent here as he does know anatomy really well, when it comes to fat arms and bottom heavy girls, few do it better than Dook. It's just poor attitude, unnecessary additions to pieces that don't warrant them, god awful faces and ego driven mindset that makes Dook's works so conflicting. Moment he keeps his bad habits in check and improves the faces I'd give his merits their due and be more skeptical on criticism, until then it feels like he peaked in 2020 and just been going downhill in decision making ever since.
