@Neet-Mnt-Goatess Welcome!! The next Critique Arena is this Thu, Nov 4. We just updated the What's New button with the event info today, and will be posting/emailing about it over the next few days...We'll be voting on the entries from the October contest.

New contest prompt for November coming soon!

@Iain-Davidson
Thanks so much Iain!
Your drawings are wonderful and very skilled, both real animals and characters!

Thank you for the feedback @blamillo! I understand what you mean with the scarf and will see if I can fix it and add some folds. Really nice tip about the linewidth too! Thank you again!

@K-Flagg I think this reads much better, it also directs my eye more with the pumpkins acting as a line to and from the character.

Thanks — I kinda like the crazy tall bed too. I finished the clean sketch and value study today and am ready to get inking! I think I I might need to buy some more ink though... eeep!

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@Katherine I'm drawn more to B and on looking further into it, I can only say it's probably because the more dangerous feeling triangular shape language or the way that the second design leads me to feel as though the headrest is taller in B.

p.s. Wonderful job on making it look mothy! I love the incorporated circles!

@Frogpunzel Thank you!

I would say yes but they do judge on concept and how well it fits the prompt so if its not super clear it may not get picked.

@Katie-Carling Thank you Katie! 😃

@Melissa-Bailey-0 And by the time I saw this, that's the one I had chosen! I was originally going to get up this morning and post one, but in the end, as it was 1 a.m, I just wanted to submit one and sleep well. Thank you for following me on this piece, Melissa, Laurie and Nyrryl!

@Valerie-Light This turned out great! I love all the writing and how it shows the process.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your kind words about her. I feel like I could have been friends with her too😹

I love your critiques about the eyes and clothes, I'll give that a try! And thanks for the tweak on the run...that gave me so much trouble.

@jenithornhill Good words of caution. I'm planning on having him stand out through color and contrast, but if he needs an extra nudge, I'll dial back some of the surrounding texture. Thanks!

Better late than never: This is my June contest character design for Lucky Albert from SVSlearn. Still need to color, but loving this little guy. Love to know your thoughts?
Kim Gatto
www.designsbygatto.com
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@aprilshin Thank you so much.. 💓

I am in LOVE with this character!! The hair is SO fun! I love the pencil sketch. It feels so loose and organic. The pencil sketch also gives her hair more shape; it feels more bouncy because it kind of goes up on the left side and then out to the side on the right side, whereas the ink sketch has her hair kind of going in a straight diagonal line from left to right. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense. But I cannot wait to see this character in action! Well done!

I agree with @Larue that the limbs being so stiff can be problematic. I think the shapes of the limbs also make the character a bit less appealing balance wise. I like the core of this concept but play around with blocking in different shapes to make the body and see what else could work.

I love giraffes and this one looks like it can take care of himself 🙂

However maybe you could add different animals instead of people? I know, its more work tho 😉

Yes, that's much more clear and definitely funny.