I'm also interested to see if there are any other animators out here. but yeah if you got questions feel free to ask away

Thanks so much @ace connell & @mattramsey - that was exactly what I needed to know!!

Why not 🙂 But he doesnt seem like "rushing". Concerning the technical part. Either dont draw the car, or draw it in a correct perspective. Where is the horizont line? Maybe something like this?
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Hi everyone. Great thread. I have a question based on what had been discussed. I have done 13 illustrations for a client who paid me very little for each. The original agreement was for a self published book, but since starting, she now wants to send the book to a publisher. We didn't have an agreement in place, just a simple friendly agreement that I will create the illustrations. (I have learned my lesson). I have added them to my facebook page to promote my skills and she is asking me to take them down. What should I do? Do I have the right to show them in my portfolio? Thanks in advance. Any advice would be appreciated.

I would have no idea what's going on, unless you include both characters. Also, if you're putting hands to ears, you need to do both. It doesn't make sense to cover one ear, and not the other.

Thank you. I am trying to focus on better gestures and story. Thank you for your kind words.

@Dulcie Thank you Dulcie! i made some changes from the first version 🙂 thank you for your help on that - helped me realize i really needed to nail down the story in my mind before i finished the image - wanting to know what happens next is a great compliment - thank you!

I love Lee's idea of a paid portfolio critique class, I would really love to have my entire portfolio critiqued as a whole rather than just one image. If this was offered I would definitely sign up.

Hello All,

Just wanted to share a new hand lettered quote I made today. Happy early New Year!!

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@Lee-White Oh wow, thanks so much for your input. I sincerely appreciate it. I really like your concept, and the perspective you chose for your sketch. I can see how using classic characters, of which almost anyone will have prior understanding, would certainly help immediately sell what's going on in the scene. That is a great suggestion, to be sure. And, you know, when I made my first sketch it did bother me that the tree house and characters were all in the middle of the page, as you note. So, when I changed the chainsaw-wielding character to facing toward the tree house, I tried to move him off that line a little bit. But, I can see how doing so even more would be even better.

Earlier tonight I tried lining and flatting one of my versions:

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I may go in another direction now rather than moving forward with adding detail and shading values.

I would suggest correcting the gesture on the ninja turtle who is running. Typically, a bipedal running figure has alternating limbs. With his right leg swinging forward, it should be the left arm that is matching it, rather than the limb on the same side.

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That said, I really like the gestures of the two middle turtles. The one in the front and the back, I would rework. I also like the stark contrast of the street lamp clearly illuminating just that particular section of the street. That clean line of demarcation from light to dark appeals to me. Very comic book style. I would not recommend changing that, as others have suggested.

Merry belated Christmas, here is another Quick Tip vid https://youtu.be/lcOWWQT4LXY

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Also, I'd also spend a bit of time just drawing hands for a bit. I understand the hands you've drawn are stylised, but everything else in the image has good form so the hands are just jumping out to me a bit.

Happy holidays

Ace

Love it as always! Merry Christmas und Frohe Weihnachten to all of you.
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Merry Xmas SVS!!! Don't get him wet...

If you go to http://chrisperrydraws.webs.com/ you can see stuff I do with oil pastels... and chickens.

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@bharris yeah, it's definitely a great way to get back into drawing after a large project (sometimes even during one). I remember reading Thomas Edison saying that it was good to work on small unrelated projects when there was a wall to overcome, to free your mind and then attempt the big project again.

@Bobby-Aquitania Ooooh. I really like the particular angle you suggested for this. Good suggestion.