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    • Rebecca Jensen

      WIP: "Superhero" for August Critique Arena, rough sketches - feedback welcome!
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      Meekipink

      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.

    • randarrington

      Where do they post the illustration prompt of the month?
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      @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!!!!!!

    • K

      Superhero Character Ideas
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      maarcos.l

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

    • AngelinaKizz

      First Hero WIP
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      @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.

    • Asyas_illos

      Up up and away! My superhero wips
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      @Kim-Rosenlof can’t take all the credit my kids helped with the concept😊

    • jenn

      Rabbit Road Race - composition OK?
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      Asyas_illos

      @jenn I really like it, great colors!

    • AngelinaKizz

      Rabbit road race
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      @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.

    • Rebecca Jensen

      Color, rending, background feedback - for July Contest
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      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. šŸ™‚

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    • Meekipink

      Rabbit Road Race Sketch Feedback
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      Eliana Bastidas

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

    • JQ

      Critique Arena Journal
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      JQ

      @jenn Thank you! ^^

    • lucy_gow

      Rabbit road race WIP (construction site thieves)
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      jenn

      @lucy_gow I love how it turned out!

    • Lara Saldana

      First Time Posting- Rabbit Race (missed the road…)
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      @Rebecca-Jensen thank you!

    • Eliana Bastidas

      Rabbit road race feedback
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      Eliana Bastidas

      @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

      WIP Rabbit Road Race - feedback please
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      Johanna Kim

      @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

    • Rebecca Jensen

      Rabbit Road Race - Rough Phase
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      Rebecca Jensen

      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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    • T

      Road race critique please
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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.

    • Asyas_illos

      My road race wips ^_^
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      Asyas_illos

      @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?

    • von_Nimmermehr

      coolest Treehouse WIP
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      von_Nimmermehr

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

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    • Kristen Lango

      Critiques Wanted on New Storm Concept
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      Kristen Lango

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