So cool! So she's like the Green Lantern with the ability to materialise any object she can think of? That would make for an interesting character sheet!

I was thinking the same as you, but thankfully the Critique Arena promt says we can include an "action" pose, so it won't just a hero standing there doing nothing. I'm not sure if you'll have the space to add additional characters though, so yeah the trampoline might be too much.

@Asyas_illos aaaahhhhhh I'd see people showing work on prompts and never understood where they were getting it. I'm not taking classes so I can't really submit anyway but....I'd still like to play with the prompts

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION!!!!!!

@kayleenartlover I love the idea of the Bee Whisperer 🐝 , I think you can get some pretty cute ideas from her interacting with the bees.

@Rebecca-Jensen I did try having the two black and white images on top, so that it read left to right, but it didn't connect well to the center pose where she has her magic. I could definitely play with it some more though.

@Kim-Rosenlof can’t take all the credit my kids helped with the concept😊

@jenn I really like it, great colors!

@Asyas_illos thanks! Last go round with covid, only I got it. I was really sick, but I was able to watch classes and make the best of isolating. This go round was a whole different ball game.

Thanks for the feedback! I did fiddle with the Photoshop version some more, but also made an analog version (watercolor, gouache, colored pencil + Photoshop finished). I found it easier to find that 'fade back' transparent yet textured look with real watercolor. Plus it's fun. 🙂

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@PenAndrew okay! I will write you back with messages.

@jenn Thank you! ^^

@lucy_gow I love how it turned out!

@Rebecca-Jensen thank you!

@Meekipink Thank you 😁
@JQ I will try to add more stuff on the background, I still need to do the fixes that @Johanna-Kim told me about. Hope I can finish this today!

@Johanna-Kim Thought I'd share my progress. Among the many revisions, changed the composition to give the feeling of the tortoise moving slowly, omitted the red tracks and left green dots to indicate his past movement, and added carrot speed bumps. Any additional notes, good and bad, are most welcome. slow-race2.jpg

I fleshed out the new sketch a bit, and I prefer these character designs.

The composition feels more symmetrical now (each character roughly centered on each half of the page), which isn't usually something I'd go for, but I think it might work here, where there is direct comparison being made between two characters. What do you think?

Thanks!

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@Sarah-VanDam Thank you for your comments! Yes, I agree, this piece could have benefitted from some preliminary sketches to work out the anatomy and structures. I always wrestle with the balance of the loose strokes and the tight drawing. I think sometimes when I start from a details place it just gets stiff looking. I did some home work on the bikes and they seem to hold up a little better. I was thinking the contrast of the mechanical bike with the organic animals would work. I was also trying to be conscious of the hierarchy of legibility and importance of the elements. I agree, it would have been fun to add a bunch of structures, I just thought it might distract from the main focus. Thank you again, I'll work on that anatomy.

@Rebecca-Jensen thanks for the feedback that would’ve been a great pov! Perhaps on another I’ve already submitted this one I know it’s not the best of my entries and that’s ok. Maybe I can rework it for the old portfolio, huh?

here is my progress so far, im really enjoying my progress here.

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@Eliana-Bastidas Thanks Eliana! That makes sense and I totally agree with you. Thanks for your help! 🙂