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    AUGUST CONTEST: Dragonfly

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    • Eelwick
      Eelwick last edited by

      If only it had been firefly... Could have made some fan art ๐Ÿ™‚

      Erich von Hasseln
      https://ashcop-illustration.carbonmade.com/

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        aprilshin @djlambson last edited by

        @djlambson This is brilliant! Our eyeballs have a refresh rate????? Wow. Like wow. Makes sense as to why our hands become blurry if we wave it too fast, hahah. Thanks for this gem, Deborah! โค

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        • JoshuaDages
          JoshuaDages last edited by JoshuaDages

          Hi Everyone! Here's my entry for this month. Thanks to everyone who gave me advice in my WIP thread!

          I thought a fun idea would be for a dragonfly to be learning how to fly with cloud "floaties." However, because clouds are a bit finicky, his mom spends a lot of time coming to the rescue!

          svs_august_promt_joshua_dages_small.png

          Joshua Dages
          https://www.instagram.com/joshuadagesart/
          https://joshuadages.com/
          https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoshuaDagesArt

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            Ruth Tripp @chrisaakins last edited by

            @chrisaakins love this character and his expression! I want to enter this little world and look around!

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            • Mary Toth
              Mary Toth @JoshuaDages last edited by

              @JoshuaDages I loove the colors here that you chose. So cute!!

              https://www.instagram.com/marytothillustration/

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              • JoshuaDages
                JoshuaDages @Mary Toth last edited by

                @Mary-Toth Thank you so much! It's a color palette I'm definitely not used to, so I wanted to challenge myself a little. Glad it turned out. ๐Ÿ™‚

                Joshua Dages
                https://www.instagram.com/joshuadagesart/
                https://joshuadages.com/
                https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoshuaDagesArt

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                • Chip Valecek
                  Chip Valecek SVS Team SVS OG @Guest last edited by

                  @Molambo If there was just one thread it would become to large with comments and wouldn't keep everyone crits organized that well.


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                    A Former User @Chip Valecek last edited by

                    @Chip-Valecek yeah might be true. discourse or whatever softwareyou use here with the endless pages is not good for such stuff. traditional forums with pages would fit better for such things.

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                    • Sara Nilsson
                      Sara Nilsson last edited by Sara Nilsson

                      Hi everyone
                      This is my first time entering this contest. So fun but so difficult when everyone is so god ๐Ÿ˜Š
                      I made this piece, thinking of two dragonfly-girls sharing a secret, what is she telling her? You tell me ๐Ÿ˜‰

                      dragonfly sara nilsson.jpg

                      www.bildsara.se #bildsara https://www.instagram.com/bildsara/

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                      • Sara Nilsson
                        Sara Nilsson @chrisaakins last edited by

                        @chrisaakins so cute and nice textures in the leaf in the foreground โค

                        www.bildsara.se #bildsara https://www.instagram.com/bildsara/

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                        • djlambson
                          djlambson last edited by

                          Three dragonflies carefully carrying their human babies on a high flying adventure! I want to be the one peeking over the side..why does everyone want to fly? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

                          augustdragonflydlambson.jpg

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                          • ryleygarcia
                            ryleygarcia last edited by

                            Hey everyone, here's my post for the August contest! I'm really enjoying the entries that have been submitted so far, great work everyone!

                            Dragonfly_Tags.jpg

                            Ryley Garcia
                            garcia.ryley@gmail.com
                            www.ryleygarcia.com
                            www.instagram.com/ryleygarcia

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                            • Graham Williams
                              Graham Williams last edited by

                              Hi everyone and happy August! Here is my entry for the dragonfly contest. It was definitely a challenge to think of a story concept for this one. There are already some great entries and I look forward to seeing all of them.

                              2020 SVS Dragonfly Submission 80.png

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                                aprilshin @Graham Williams last edited by

                                @Graham-Williams This one made me smile it is so darn cute!! ๐Ÿ˜

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                                • Jordi Ventura
                                  Jordi Ventura last edited by

                                  Hi everyone, this is my entry for the contest! I used a poem as inspiration, I had fun doing it! Great entries so far, congratulations to everyone!

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                                  https://jordiventuraart.com
                                  https://www.instagram.com/jordiventura.art/

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                                  • Cody Markelz
                                    Cody Markelz last edited by

                                    For those still looking for some inspiration...BioBus youtube presentation on Dragonflies by two Dragonfly researchers Thursday 8/20 1 PM EST. https://www.biobus.org/townhall/

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                                    • K.Flagg
                                      K.Flagg last edited by

                                      Here is my entry for this month! Great entries so far, I canโ€™t wait to see all the awesome WIPโ€™s get posted. CC53016C-56AC-458E-8440-5A6A6AD42CA0.jpeg

                                      K.Flagg

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                                        aprilshin @Jordi Ventura last edited by

                                        @Jordi-Ventura Aahhh I love how you executed the dragonfly! And your character is adorable! Absolutely loving the textures as well. Well done!

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                                        • mamadraw
                                          mamadraw last edited by mamadraw

                                          Already so many great takes on this! It was kinda inevitable I would be going down the meganeura (giant prehistoric dragonfly type insect) route on this one - I have two young kids who are in that real intense prehistory/dinosaur phase! So I ended up thinking Jurassic Park for insects, mashed up with a vintage travel poster for said destination...and here we are. If you look closely youโ€™ll see that the near future for our tourists looks similarly...uh...exciting...to the original...!Meganeuradone.jpg

                                          I donโ€™t know why the quality appears so bad on the preview of the image in this post, I guess maybe it is just too big and condensed down, but if you click on it you can see it at a higher quality!

                                          Laura Rowan @mamadraw

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                                          • Mandy Forte
                                            Mandy Forte last edited by

                                            I am trying a early chapter book genre for this month. 4AA82AE0-83CA-453B-96C1-4E1395F38168.jpeg

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