Just realized another solution might be to remove the candles altogether, and give everyone lit pumpkins, light coming up from a pumpkin would be like a flashlight under their faces, the creepiest kind of light. Just a thought...

@Lee-Holland - thank you so much!

@johntatulliart - glad you enjoyed the post and hopefully it helps inspire some of your personal practice work! Never know where that might lead to in the future on other assignments you take on!

@bharris @lindsayraecarr @NoWayMe @Thrace @Jiří Kůs Thank you all! I'm a little discouraged about the turn out, but I will keep trying. Unfortunately I am out of time and have to send it to the printer for my friend. I learned SO much in this process though, and that's what matters. Can't wait to make another!

Feel free to Critique! I know that there is SOOOOOOOOOO much that I could fix, but for me this is it. Thanks for all of your encouragement!

@linsayraecarr Thank you!
@Thrace Thanks Thrace!
@Kevin-Longueil Thanks a lot for sharing the idea, and I think it's great! Maybe i should give it the black bar and illustration borders to disguise their attention. I have not totally decided what font or design yet, I just threw something in there haha. I actually find the Cap very distracting. I'll go do something and I think should design the layout before I continue. Thanks again 😃

nice work, love your feel for color, composition and style, try to practice your hands and feet, it will give it that extra punch! but overal great work!! keep it up 😉

Probably the reading from left to right that we dont consciously think about. The vertical one lets me see the house first which may change after you put in value and color.

@Ace-Connell thank you.

I love it! beautifully done.

The hippo background is especially nice. It shows dimension where some of the others are blurred and flat.

@mattramsey said:

@Katrina-Fowler I like the forms, composition, colors and lighting but I feel like the textures are too heavy (for my taste)--especially on the boy and his "father."

I'd second @kevin-Longueil on his advice.

Thank you Matt for the comment. I agree that the texture is a bit much and it's great that someone else can 'see' it as well. Think I'm going to let this piece rest for a while and work on something else.

@edwardben said:

http://forever-mankind.tumblr.com/

Thanks. This is just the larger-than-life promo poster. The actual style is flat to facilitate ease of animation.

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I'll definitely check out your page.

@Andy-Meeker This is a lovely piece. The colours are perfect and I love the new cut cactus to add more perspective. there is one slight change I think may add to this. I hope you don't mind me saying. The girl with her hand over the boat - her has is a bit of a tangent, if it was out slightly and dragging the sand, as if it was water, with wake behind it. Just a thought. Awesome work.

Thanks Dulcie!!

It was actually supposed to be a ribbon haha! But your right, it would look better with texture! I will transform it into a tinsel!

@Rob-Smith Yep, thats a good gesture, the thing is that in real life her eyes are really this dark, and the irises are not visible. But I could have given her a gesture of, it might work, ill try some! Thanks.

@mattramsey Thanks for cristicism.
I really enjoy it.
Best regards!

Thanks everyone for your kind words and show of support!

ryan_2nd_grade_72dpi.png Finished piece, onto the second one. Hoping to finish it tonight or tomorrow morning.

@Jana Thanks for the encouragement and feedback! 🙂 I almost always have that sketches > polished problem when it comes to drawing humans from imagination, and it's probably largely due to my need for a better understanding of anatomy and more life drawing practice. I need dynamic reference. 😛

@seanwelty You are absolutely right. And I did change the pose consciously for reasons involving the my confusion about the perspective and lack of reference for it, but I am definitely scrapping it in favour of going back and finding that original gesture! Thanks a lot for taking the time to crit!

I will shoot some reference with my brother this week, and work on exaggerating and capturing the movement of the pose.

Hi Rich, its just wonderful! love the sparkles! awesome! well done man!