@baileyvidler @KayPotter @Jacy13 @SheerArt @carlianne thank you so much for your kind words! I apprechimade your words, feedback and support a lot!

@CLCanadyArts Thank you so much! Yeah I imagined something like that, I also had this idea that they are living somewhere in a house half underwater, half above the sea level, in a kind of shared apartment situation, that I hope to explore in a future illustration : )

Adding to the feedback above, I'm personally a bit unsure about the scale in this image! It's cool to have this massive cat and fish, but in comparison to all this, the tree looks really small compared to the girl as well.

I'm not sure if the intention was to have it look like the tree is in the distance (hence small compared to the girl) , but if so, It's not reading very clearly to me. Part of that is that it looks like we're looking down on the cat slightly, as if the tree was below our eye level, when the girl is roughly AT our eye level, if that makes sense.

Love the textures and the rendering on the branches and bark!

@aska Thank you again for the feedback! That helps so much. And it makes a lot of sense. As Jake and Will talked about in the last Critique Arena, I’ll definitely need to make sure it’s focused on the task/job at hand because you’re right – this general list is a little all over the place. Thank you!

Sorry about the delay but I just wanted to say thank you for the help and support with this. It’s my first time posting a WIP and figure/face design is something I really need to work on which I why I took on the brief as a personal challenge. I actually decided to give up on this at one point because I was struggling a lot. The feedback helped me to decide to go for it at the last minute (and finished at 3.30am UK time to hit the MST time zone deadline). Thank you, I really appreciate it.

@Georgios-Christopoulos I saw this in another thread. It's awesome how much they work with each other

I saw the number 3, before a B, just at first fast glance.

The bee looked like a pendant to me, with the antennae being the chain, but I deal with jewelry a lot, so my brain is wired to see that I guess.

The eyes are the same size as the wings, at first when I looked at it closer I saw a really cartoony fly. I dunno, just thoughts.

I would draw a few bees, see if any of them feel right. Can always stick with the original.

2.1! love it

I'm also aware there is a rogue whisker so ignore please 😅🤦🏼‍♂️

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Nice! I have been playing the wildemount campaign with my group right now. I cant recommend it more 😃 especially when you have a strategic mind 🙂

@Matthew-Oberdier Whoa! That's cool! I wonder what the properties are and the applications? Haha Thanks for sharing.

@mag Haha, I thought so too.

I bought me some Conte, carbon pencils, newsprint and bristol board paper and made some more texture tests.

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I think these look promising, I'll be making a texture pack available soon for anyone who wants to try this technique with G'MIC out to create nice textured bases for Illustrations.

Also making watercolour ones.

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Thanks for your replies! I'll revisit the arrow position.

@RachelArmington This is personal project, a series of three illustrations for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. So no real binding here, although it's true that I got the dimensions from a paperback, glued copy. So I can imagine that this newly illustrated edition is deluxe! But you're right, that ear could disappear altogether.

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Well, those Greek centaurs on the vases I looked at were pretty slack, then! I was imagining that he was in the process of lifting the bow. But I do remember something like what you said during my brief experience with archery. And given that the arrow is problematic, I'll look at that again. I also feel like the centaur's arms are a little short.

Thanks again for your kind words! Onwards and upwards!

I’m not sure what the prompt is , but I love the scale difference! Very appealing and engaging characters 🙂

Thanks @Georgios-Christopoulos

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Ham Piper ready for submission...phew.

Nah, I give up. I've been up too long, going to bed. Will finish #4 tomorrow for funsies. 😃

@Kim-Rosenlof said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

This looks really great! I love all the sketches you added to show different aspects of the story and character.

Thanks! The sketches were super fun to do 🙂

@Tiffany-Thomas If I had more time I'd have made the entire thing patchwork 🙂 just scraps stitched together and held together with hope!

@Georgios-Christopoulos said in THIRD entry for march contest.:

@Braden-Hallett i bet his greatest enemy is battle Llama from entry #1

ah, yes. The spitting, stamping death!