I see "reworking" as "looking at an old piece and making a new piece with the experience I have now." Then you can compare them and see how much you've grown.

A failed attempt at octopus because I skipped the value study stage that I learned from Lee White and David Hohn in their turbocharging class. When will I learn?
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I was hoping to get a booth, but I got wait-listed....so no I won't be... 😞

Hi, everybody!
Sorry for the long wait but here's my revised piece. I made the knight's shadow darker. I added the dragon's cast shadow and emphasize its scales by adding highlight. I hope you guys like it!

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@marsha-kay-ottum-owen Just email me - will@willterry.com and I'll give you my phone number so we can text 🙂

I've been using Adobe for 20 years probably so I'm very familiar with shortcuts and workflow. It's an extension of my hand. Its popularity means access to a large community of third-party tools and tutorials.

As a freelance designer I budget the $600/yr for the Adobe suite because I get ALL their software - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, etc. Sometimes my clients need a new logo, custom graphic, layout for a report, or video editing. So using the suite for my illustration work just makes sense; I already have tools.

Krita looks interesting. I have never heard of it. To make it more popular, they'd have to raise awareness of it somehow and address the Adobe customer pain points.

Most don't like the subscription model. Affinity does a good job of addressing this on their website - their program is $50 once. (Psychologically I also like that they aren't free, though I'm aware open source stuff isn't for-profit) They don't want to change ("I've always done it this way!") They know Adobe and can just "go" on whatever project they need. Stopping to learn something new is an ordeal. The biggest hurdle is probably getting them to try it. Advertise how easy it is to switch. Getting Krita into schools is a great tactic - whatever students learn on they tend to keep using later. Then businesses would want to convert to whatever software the designers are using. They have invested money and time into learning Adobe so attacking their decision would likely put them on the defensive. Using phrases like "shelling out money" and "industry standard whatever" doesn't move the conversation forward. The persuasive argument is focused on benefits. I would refrain from the "corporate agenda" angle. Show amazing art made with Krita (because we all want to make great art), ask "have you tried this?" oh, and it's FREE!

Maybe convince some popular artists to try it and review. YouTube demos and word of mouth can get some traction. Get people excited about Krita, don't put them down for using Adobe. (I know you're just ranting here, I'm just saying people can be sensitive to negative language and might take it personally even if you didn't mean it that way.) Change starts small!

@charlie-eve-ryan Sure! BTW, if they just don't get it, then perhaps an analogy such as "What are the normal fees for a house?" might apply. As we all know, houses can range from dirt cheap (small, run-down house in a really bad area) to extremely expensive (the kind of house I will never own - haha), and the house fees change depending upon the costs of materials, labor, and all the other economic factors at the time of building the house.

BTW, this kind of thing happened a lot with web development. I would always get asked "how much do you charge for websites?" I laugh just writing that question, because the response questions are many and the price range is massive depending on if they want a simple brochure website using an off-the-shelf CMS and template that they take responsibility for shared-hosting & such, or if they want a proprietary, enterprise-level web system hosted on their own servers with CDN of heavy media along with user profiles, ecommerce, and all the tons of other things that come with that and more.

Anyway, glad to share thoughts 🙂

@eli Thank you Thank you!!!! 😃

I've been a good student and done line practice every day for a couple of months. No rulers. No brush stabilization. I'm surprised at how much of a difference a small amount of practice every day has made. It's shown in my comics and illustrations, too.

I'm curious what other daily practice people do. What are some exercises that you've found really work?

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They chose the winners HERE Big congrats to our own @Eric-Castleman and @EunJi-Jung who finished towards the top. Congrats!!

I moved the eye over in GIMP. Does it improve it at all?

old one

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Nice thanks!

Very interesting—I didn’t make it through the whole article but found the ideas thought provoking. To me, one important aspect of the topic is the importance of respecting our audience as creators. They may be children, but they aren’t stupid. They are as intelligent as an adult, but also less experienced. Creating with respect for an intelligent audience is important, no matter their age.

@gary-wilkinson awesome....I’ve got anither idea though, based on a very old joke that I think only would work this side of the Atlantic.....it’s to do with fairy liquid....

@eli Don't worry I do it all the time. Usually I select something and click to deselect, but that just causes me to select something else 😛

@marsha-kay-ottum-owen Still think the face looks too old but..can I mix that flesh again? Might need to work on that some more. I think I can widen the eyes, less defined cheeks and a simple smile, no chin mark....but, I don't know how it will paint over. It's getting a bit lumpy and it will be hard to match the skin tone......hmmmmm.

I ned to work on moving. I'll just turn it in as is.

@charlie-eve-ryan thats the best way to recover! I hope he is doing well.

I agree. I love kids art. They do the best they can and enjoy making it. These are super good for a three year old! I'e been going theough my adult kids old pictures etc. Brings nack such memories and some of their stories are hilarious!

@nyrryl-cadiz Hi Nyrryl!

I also work on a Ipad pro. On mine, the color calibration is pretty much perfect, however, the image looks much brighter on the Ipad vs my computer. I think it's simply because of how bright the screen of the Ipad actually is... I didn't find how to fix it, but I now try to reduce my screen's brightness to 75% -80% when I work. Seems to correlate better to computer screens....

Hope this helps!

@demotlj 🙂 Yeah, that migh tbe a problem 🙂 I tried out green on the next one but ....after I did it in red and it didn't all lift out. Not much green otherwise in th epicture though, except for grass, I guess.