@mag That is a great observation and I'm glad you pointed it out. I'm going to make the changes on my end. It makes me happy to see how the illustration has improved with the right feedback. Thank you so much! 🙂

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IMG_1053.jpeg As per usual, fun sketching while on a plane. Welcoming my favorite time of year.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! I am baby artist👶 (new to it)
So thank you for your support I will definitely give it an another pass with your advice in mind!!!😋

@LauraA great work! I'm really happy you finished this illustration. I think it is really clear now that the ice cream is transforming the kids.

@annastenger Thanks!

I also see a lot of improvement, especially in the story telling portion! I do miss the contrast though that really made your mushroom house pop in the first one. I think you could hit the large mushroom and the lizard with more moon light or perhaps he’s carrying a lantern on a stick to introduce a second light source? Also the brown,path (?)passing behind the lizard isn’t reading well, is it a strip of fabric attached to him or perhaps a path? It is very angular compared to all your other shapes so it stands out to me. The solid warm brown color doesn’t seem to fit, don’t know if you need it. Keep at it, you’re so close!

Looking for a sign?
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@Jennifer-Fletcher they felt this type of flyer didn’t warrant the additional budget for coated stock and 4-color printing.

@AustinShurtliff Thank you! I appreciate an open offer for feedback 🙂 It is hard posting when you are a baby illustrator like I am , but I'm working on conquering the fear! There is a lot to take in and learn here, but I appreciate knowing I have somewhere to turn when I need advice on my art!

@menalkhan Oh no, I hadn't noticed your message! But thank you so much, it's nice that the small characters are enjoyable to look at. 🙂

@Oana thank you so much, I’m glad to hear it 😌

When I was learning perspective, this kind of 2-point perspective confused me a lot! That's because we think of a traditional 2-point perspective where both vanishing points are on the horizon line. But in a traditional 2-point perspective (or 1-point for that matter), all the top-to-bottom lines always stay perfectly vertical (unless the canvas itself is rotated) and parallel to one another. In this case they are not, which is the clue that there is another vanishing point.

To tilt top-to-bottom lines, you'll have either a vanishing point in the sky (the zenith) for a bottom up perspective or a vanishing point deep in the earth (the nadir) for a top down perspective. It actually helps me to think of this illustration as a 1-point perspective + zenith instead of thinking of it as a 2-point perspective. That always just confuses me!

July is about to end, and many of my serious intentions are put on stanby due to holiday activities. Some minimal work is happening though...
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Hi! I think you wanted to post for the How to fix your art challenge but to participate you have to post the image directly into the "submissions" thread! Somehow you made a separate forum thread and it might go unnoticed

@lpetiti You're made great progress. Some things I want to flag. The character still looks Indistinguishable from an adult. As an example of what you can do, in the following image I shifted the eyes to be lower, giving a more juvenile proportion.

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This might go against what I said about being faithful to the reference model... The eyeglass frame could be more complimentary to the character. Look up frames for round faces.

The lower legs I think you were going for plump, but instead look swollen. I would straighten the outer sides of the legs so that the skin looks lean against the bone. Shoes/feet could less dome-shaped, more snout-like.

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Lastly, the character could benefit from having a more contemporary attire. She doesn't have to look like a child model for the GAP, but less like an aid worker.
I think I now know what the attire is based on and will keep quiet now 🙊

@Jeremiahbrown Hey thanks for the feedback, this is really helpful! I'm just starting to learn anatomy so I will definitely take what you have taught me and apply it. Appreciate it!

Hi everyone! I feel like it's been ages since I've been on here, probably because it has been.

I've got a series of books in the works, some with former clients and others with a potentially new client. I'm SUPER rusty because I've been in an art rut for a couple of years.

Anyway I'm starting to draw the main character of my next book and I see a lot of my rusty skills coming out. In trying to stylize the character she's coming out very...stale. And I've really only just started the face shapes. The client is wanting to use a great-niece of hers as the character (which I expected as this is a common theme) and while I'm trying to stylize, I feel like I'm starting off rough.

Any advice? I don't feel 100% comfortable with posting the reference photo unless necessary but here are some initial sketches. the latest one is circled and I think it's sort of in the right direction. I am not the most confident drawing people so it takes a while to make things look more organic and less stiff.

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