Thanks @skeletortoise!

Hi! I'm sorry if this is a little late to be of any help...
I find the illustration of the dashund a little hard to read, or rather, I'm distracted by the way it looks as though it has no front paws or head... My brain finishes what's hidden by the pot in a weird way... Ugh, I can't figure out how to explain how I see it. I'll try draw over it:
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This is how my brain sees the hidden parts of the dog. It may just be me!
Anyway, I thought it might be clearer to see a little more of the dog's face, though I realise that your intention may be the visual joke of the dog not realising how very visible he is. So I'm sorry if I'm spoiling that!
I'm just going to do a quick draw over to show what I mean, then you can take and leave whatever you like. I do hope something is helpful!

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You may also find it useful to be very specific about where your lightsource is so that the shadows can help tell the story.
Looking forward to seeing how it turns out! 🥰

@Juliana-Soares I'm sure you will, and it'll be great! Sometimes you work on something so long you can't see it clearly anymore. Some good advice I got was to put the drawing aside for a while, then when you come back to it you'll see it with fresh eyes. 😋

@GabeRobinson Really nice work! Glad you tried the course.

@kayleenartlover definitely similar colors there all so pretty! I love seeing Nicholas Kole and Pernille Ørum on the board their art is great.

One of the prompts to make a mind map of ideas was "my worst fear" which gave me an idea for a story that involves numbers. It could be like "don't push the button" or "don't let pidgeon drive the bus" but with a black cat telling the reader not to say 13 or something like that. The image of the cat's face came to mind and I had to draw it. What do you guys think?
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if this is meant to be part of a picture book, just keep in mind if you want it to be one page or a two page spread, because if it is for two pages then you don't want important stuff in the middle where it will get cut.

Oh wow my eyes are darting all around looking at all the angles! It looks really good 🙂

Very nice! Looks like a great excercise to try

Hey everyone! Thought I'd share the latest assignment I completed. Looking through my fav artists and seeing where their work and also my work falls on the scale. Going from stylized to realistic. Looks like my work falls somewhere in the middle! I intentionally want to add a bit more shadows and things. But sometimes I also like keeping it more simple haha I like seeing the range of the artists whose work I admire, from quick brush strokes to super detailed paintings. It's all amazing!fav artist comparison.jpg

@Tom-Harshberger Thank you!!

@MerryMary Oh yeah for sure! It's so much learning and I'm sure if we do a redraw months or even years from now, it'll look different everytime haha

@blackhound-rise @Geoffrey-Mégardon I'm not sure it's important to provide reference photos since you're not trying to get a proper likeness of the person. But we can definitely tell that is a human you're drawing! 😄

Part 2. tried using a line at bottom to suggest where feet would meet ground. seemed to work fine but i need more practice eye-balling body proportions as i found myself, drawing longer and bigger torso which in turn meant drawing longer lines for legs which went beyond the floor line. this time have added the reference photo that is used in the course. thanks
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@Chantal-Goetheer Thanks for your response! Yeah, you're right that eye is wonky. It is her left eye, but I wanted to suggest that she was looking back at the monster, so I let it point in that direction even though a real eye wouldn't do that, and hoped I could get away with it. I think if I redraw it I will have her twisting to look over her shoulder towards the yeti thing.

thank you. feedback much appreciated please on my pastel mark making. what to improve etc. the curved lines are easier to do on larger paper area. i get to use my shoulder more. i'm using Hobby Craft charcoal and pastel set. planning to get Faber castel later when i get better. paper is A4 sketch book paper and 300g GSM A3 size card stock paper.

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Hi folks,

Can anyone remember which class/chapter discussed how to compose your illustration so that it's not literally illustrating what is written in the text. I remember it from a class I watched some time ago but can't find it anywhere! I recently skimmed through parts 1 and 2 of Illustrating Children's Books but couldn't see it (although I might have missed it).

I remember Will, Jake or Lee saying something like it being boring or amateurish to do that. There was also a discussion about illustrating just before or after the moment of action, or something like that.

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Adam

@srednaart Thank you sm!

@whittlingprof said in Basic Perspective Final Assignment:

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I totally get the mind bender comment xD my brain was constantly trying to make sense of what this room would look like! I think you did great!

@skeletortoise thank you. i'm totally off track with Magic of Colour. i need to keep working on this course. it's hard for me to understand. even the grid exercises don't make sense. i'll start it over again.