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  AMFIBUARY drawing challenge
  drawing challenge amfibuary • • PieterVanDerBeek  

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  Alllright - final 3! Idea with this guy was he'd be a poisoner by trade, and since they carry their young on their back, it's a built in mobile defense platform! My kids were very clear that the Axolotl was the king. So... I tried to make him more of a head honcho. Thought maybe I would mirror the design a little of the Olm since they're very similar, but where the Olm would be an evil character, blind and deaf in his cave, the Axolotl would be the good ruler. And..... the holy cross frog. A friend of mine reminded me of that frog in Chronotrigger for the SNES. Totally forgot about that guy! So, here is a kind of ultimate badass inspired by Kaeru
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  Odd sized otters
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  @Kevin-Longueil this is awesome!! thank you for sharing also funny is always good!
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  fairytale re-write
  project redesign copying • • Mr.NiftyRat  

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  Ok thank you all for clarifying this!
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  "Pushin' Up Tulips" Progress and Feedback?
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  Sorry for the delay. I like it! MY head doesn’t go poop jokes, but that’s me. That’s always a good thing to keep in mind though. I like all the captions with “unearth” or “uncover” I like the word play there. You have such strong values and contrast in the hand, I think I would try to sneak some in to the grass/ground. But not too much, because you want to keep the focal point being the hand. Maybe some warmer tones in the grass?? I do REALLY like it though.
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  Painting progress
  • KaraDaniel  

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  Hi, I totally agree with Melissa on colour comps. They really helped me. I do also find it helpful to take a photo half way through with traditional and do a quick colour paint over in procreate or even on my phone just to see what it looks like. It usually helps me see the overall look. It is easy to adjust some of the contrast, brightness and hue features on your phone to give you some more ideas on where to correct things. I find if I am doing a limited colour pallet I keep trying to add in more colours so I have the colours I am using as paint/digital blobs from the beginning. Then I stick to it. There is always loads of room to shift values and tints but make it feel like its using similar colours. I have been recently using only two or three colours in a limited pallet with black and white. I find having less colours actually easier. If anyone has any good tips for limited colour pallets I would love to hear them? I would love to see how this turns out. I particularly like the bricks and all the detail in the buildings. Is there are story behind the illustration?
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  Dummy & process for a WORDLESS GRAPHIC NOVEL
  help graphicnovel dummy advice • • Mr.NiftyRat  

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  @Mr-NiftyRat said in Dummy & process for a WORDLESS GRAPHIC NOVEL: ul t Preface by saying I am not an expert!! But I have been reading up on this and working on a dummy myself. It does have some wordless pages. Formatting this into dummy script was the most annoying part because it's the least "fun" but it's better than having to mock up an entire book. There are a few ways to do this apparently so it's malleable, this is how I did mine: Page 1/ Chapter 1 Panel 1 A sundog, newly rolls off of a cloud, tumbling head over heels through the sky Panel 2 A sun puppy, with reflections of gold and rainbow, he plays in the sky, becoming more puppy-like and less cloudy. Panel 3 King Finvarra smiles at the sky. He holds a bound book and walks to sit under the tree of knowledge. Page 2 Panel 1 The tree is large and the sunlight under it is dappled and sparkling. He seems patient, old, and wise with intricate faerie wings and a crown inspired by spring branches. Panel 2-4 Finvarra settles in under the tree and opens the book. The book is blank. An inkwell and quill appear in mid-air next to the book and King Finvarra dips the quill and writes “Once upon a time...” I should maybe be going in to even more detail per panel but I am honestly hoping to get more feedback about it once I start querying it. I have 50 pages done per panel and page like this with the rest of the book in a synopsis. Another note I heard from Kids Comics Unite is that Dark Horse has a good method for this https://www.darkhorse.com/Help/FAQ/submissions check the sample script link I love wordless graphic novels and I wish they were around more or I had thought of them when I was a kid trying to get my reluctant reader brother to like books.
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  Anyone else reworking their previous yetis?
  contest yeti redesign • • Valerie Light  

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  @Valerie-Light not as yet. I am going to wait after the spot illustration before I start reworking it.
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  Landscape Values
  • Travion  

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  @LouD I think I get what you're saying and I changed things up a bit. I feel like I going in the right direction, but not entirely sure.
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  Art Matters local radio show!
  • Naters.Art  

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  Hi there! I just wanted to share that I'll be doing a radio show for the next several weeks! Every Wednesday from 9-10 MST me and a buddy will be taking over an art show called Art Matters on our local radio. It's no "3 Point Perspective" but it'll be nice background noise while you draw. I would love it if people from SVS tuned in. You can listed every Wed from 9-10 (staring tomorrow) at http://www.radiorethink.com/listen/KHEN/ Also we're looking for topics and questions so feel free to send some my way! Hope you enjoy! @Lee-White @Jake-Parker @Will-Terry
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  Looking for a good book printer?
  • Jesse Hintze  

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  I will look into some of these resources. Thanks Gang!
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  I got published!!! :D
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  Congrats!
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  Illustrations of two OG characters. Feedback please?
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  @Meg-Clayburn you're so welcome! Totally relate to what you're saying. Especially when working traditionally, that fear of having to erase can hold us back. Personally, I've found that drawing characters over and over helps me to get comfortable, as does sketching out a character sheet with different facial expressions. The other thing that greatly helped me loosen up and push expressions is the summer I spent doing caricatures at a zoo -- you HAVE to exaggerate caricatures and with squirmy kids sitting there, you have to draw fast! If you also find yourself struggling with being brave and loosening up, try doing some quick caricatures. (Nobody has to see them but you!)
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  1 Year Later - Ways to Improve?
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  @jdubz This looks fantastic - personally I think the colour looks great on this one. Not too saturated, not too light. With the pink tree and low sun, they are basked in a golden glow, so the little bit more on the grass looks great. It's great to see old works re-visited... It's a really good way to test out what you've learned!
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  Portfolio Review: What can I improve!?
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  @Valerie-Light Thank you! I am so glad you like it I think I need to work on my art style. An artist's work is never done
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  Website Critique Requested
  • Valerie Light  

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  Hello to anyone who feels like giving feedback! I'm trying out a way to reformat my website for a better first impression. Here's a link to the WIP website at the moment: www.valerielightillustration.com Imagine that the 3 gallery tabs called Painted Illustrations, Digital Illustrations, and Line Drawings don't exist on the navigation bar at all, and you've only got the Illustrations gallery and Contact up there. Does the 27-image gallery called 'Illustrations' give a strong enough impression of my style? Are there things in the old galleries you think ought to be in there?
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  book dummy. how rough can roughs be? feedback needed
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  @davidhohn Thanks so much for the info! this is so helpful. Thanks for your opinion and thanks for the examples you posted. This is very helpful to me!
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  What’s missing?
  critique composition drawing procreate digital drawing • • phoenix yip  

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  @skillydan that’s a great idea, thanks!
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  Feedback on storyboard thumbnails
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  @ABCre8ive This is awesome feedback! Just all the questions you have makes me realize how much I have it in my head, but what's not being conveyed. Exactly what I was hoping for, thank you! Genre: I'm trying to do something along the lines of the old Twilight Zone TV show, so it's like a little morality tale set in the old west. So not Zombie. The Story: The basic idea is that Reynolds killed his buddies to take all the gold for himself and they've come back to get their revenge. I wanted there to be a kind of "twist" where his greed and paranoia ends up sowing the seeds of his own demise. Obviously his motivation is not coming across here. Classic example of trying to cram my characters into a plot I've "oh so cleverly" devised! Great stuff for me to chew on, I might have to go back to the script, but better to catch this kind of thing in the thumbnails than after having spent ages designing everything out. Thanks again!
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  working on a book dummy - need some feedback for the cover design
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  @Melissa-Bailey-0 thanks for pointing that out again. I saw it and somehow couldn't muster the energy still to change it and said to myself:" oh it is not that bad". But it was good to see that you picked it up straight away, so here is the hopefully final update.