Inktober. Day 2.

Little Frankie’s Monster is vocally challenged, but likes to make friends and take long walks by the local lake.

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@Asyas_illos

PINOYTOBER #1 FILIPINIANA

A Filipiniana dress is the national dress of the Philippines. You can immediately spot it by its fan-shaped sleeves.

I'm so happy to get started. I hope I can complete inktober this year tho I'm doing my own thing. 😂

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Hi! I am just starting out, learning the basics of how to draw. Even though I’m not entering Critique Arena, I thought it would be fun to put something together for the ‘cloud’ prompt.

As this is my first illustration attempt, I don’t really know what kind of feedback to ask for.

Any general suggestions would be appreciated!

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@Griffin-McPherson I like how clean all the silhouettes are without additional background objects. I also love the reflections in the sword! Super cool idea! You're right that the deck of the ship is a little confusing, but I also think you're right about color and lighting helping that. I'm excited to see it finished!

Hi @San, I think it’s unreasonable to expect you to start working before the contract is fully executed. Any work you do is at risk, since there’s no obligation to pay you until the deal is signed.

Also, the milestones should be based on the contract effective date, which is usually the date both parties have signed. Any accelerated deliverables should be paid on a premium basis, if you agree.

Just my thoughts.

@Mike-Babich cool entry! Welcome to SVS 🙂 hope to see more of your drawings here 😊

I’m loving the podcast. In one of the episodes Jake talked about the 3 phases for beginner artists, and what goals you should be striving for in each phase. (How many hours to draw per day, how many sketchbooks to fill per year, etc.)

Does anyone know which episode that was? I want to go back to it and can’t find it.

Also, because I am really caught up, but I don’t want to totally miss Inktober, I decided to do some fun text doodlings, better something than nothing…
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These are looking really nice! As for your question on how many drawings should you do for practice, do you mean in one single practice session? I usually just do a 30 minute session on https://line-of-action.com/. However, practice is unique to each person. Practice as much as you feel like you need to.

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Love it, @braydin-hawlette!

Thank you, @Julia-Hegetusch. Me too!

@rubeda GORGEOUS!!! What a wonderful character!

Hi @braydin-hawlette, looks like the team added more clarity on the details page for the prompt.

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@chrisaakins Thak you SO much. Karl Kopinski is a person who I admire. He is AMAZING! Thank you!

I’m going with this. I had to add color… didn’t seem right without it. Good luck to everyone who submitted!

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I decided to do a fairytale prompt list this year, Hoping to keep it simple so we'll see how this goes!

Thanks for the suggestions and offers to help, everyone! I was going to post my thumbnails here, but eventually just come up with a brand new idea using simpler shapes. Figured that will be easier, since I'm new to creating compositions that tell a story. I might not get it done in time for the deadline today, but I'll still share it when I'm finished!!

@Georgios-Christopoulos you're very welcome! While I love all picture books, there's a special place in my heart for quiet books. I've loved them ever since I was a kid.

@Isabel-Reyes-Feeney Ah, you're right. They look much better on the right side. Looking great so far.