JUNE CONTEST: Meet Albert!

[Kristin Dudish]

@mag This made me laugh out loud... It is SO good!!

[Oana]

Meet Albert the Muskrat! He loves his new life in the human family but his muskrat instincts make hard for him to resist playing with water. That shouldn't be a problem, as all toddlers love water, right? This challenge has been a fun thing to do

[Oana]

Just a question, after hitting the "submit" button on the Critique arena page, on the page I was directed to all seemed to be ok except an item on the page with an error message on it (like there was an image there that didn't download). Did anyone else get this? Unfortunately instead of making a screenshot I refreshed the page which got me back on the page before.... didn't want to try again and submit twice but hope the one try went ok...

[Janette]

Here's my final red panda. I wasnt sure if I was going to get it finished. Seemed like the end of June happened super speedy!

[Ellinor]

First time I'm joining in on the monthy challenge and here is my Albert! Been so fun and inspiring to see everyone's different take on Albert, so many great ideas!

[Sara Nilsson]

@mag hahaha so adorable and really well done.

[xin li]

Here is my little anarchist boar. The first animal came to my mind when I saw the word "mischievous" was a boar :-). Thank you for everyone who provided critique and feedback along the way, always more fun to do these when there is a conversation going.

[Melissa_Bailey]

Albert the wombat is going through a few growing pains adjusting to his new home...

[charlottesart]

@Sabrina-Gosselin yes, similar idea but so interesting how they look so different, too. So many different possibilities with this one

[charlottesart]

@Melissa-Bailey-0 wow, fantastic job! Love your drawing and great job showing his naughty/cheeky side

[lizardillo]

Loving everyone's Alberts! Here is Albert who is (loosely) based on a Marbled Polecat. He has a bandana of many uses. Thanks for all of the progress feedback, it's really appreciated.

[Philip McCuistion]

Here's my version of Albert the cougar cub!

[charlottesart]

@mag love it, haha

[Melissa_Bailey]

I think I'm officially in cuteness overload! Or going into a cuteness coma...

@Asyas_illos SO cute! Love how you use both orange and aqua in your cat character. Your Albert koala is equally as cute ... and so mischievously artistic. LOVE it.

@williammeany awesome character! The way you convey expressions is impressive.

@kylebeaudette LOVE this character!

@Jeremiahbrown Your character is amazing! Love the texture, the facial expressions, the monocle, the butt crack...

@K-Flagg your traditional work is really nice -- would love to see more of it!

@Jenwardstudio those eyes! What a cutie!

@joosterwijk love the pencil textures in this piece!

@Moana-Maureen love how you stylized your musk ox Albert. Very creative.

@willicreate thanks for adding some context in your elevator pitch. Love how you simplified your Albert -- it upped the cuteness level to 11!

@Randi-Gordon -- love the wide-eyed cuteness. And YES -- I've run into the same problem so many times! Now I try to remember to write down which brushes I'm using ... or copy them into their own folder for that specific project.

@Jennifer-Ward love all that personality you infused into your lines!

@Mary-Toth love your watercolor rendering! Great character design. And way to go, making a possum so cute!

@Rachel-Horne -- wonderful design! You're a master at communicating emotion with only a few lines.

@ellenseal14 -- I can definitely see this cutie being BOTH mischievous and kind!

@ruth -- cute, cute, cute! (And I knew it was a coati right off, so well done!)

@miranda-hoover -- CUTE! And wonderfully rendered. As always!

@Jeremy-Ross -- loving this new style you're trying out.

@Iain-Davidson welcome to the group! Another cute character -- love his face! And love how he's only wearing one sock!

@brettb_draws -- love how you stylized your badger.

@Sara-Nilsson TOO cute! That head! That tail!

@mag -- love, love, LOVE this Albert! Furry? Check. Cute? Double check. Mischievous? Triple check!

@Janette -- oh, this is so well done and ... CUTE! "It's so FLUFFY!" (Not that I'm quoting a popular movie or anything...)

@xin-li -- love that you chose a boar ... and managed to make him cute! Loved seeing your progress posts, love his messiness, and love how he can be a little bit grumpy. ️

[chrisaakins]

I ended up getting sick after family vacation so this ended up being a rush job. My apologies!

[Melissa_Bailey]

@charlottesart thanks so much! ️ I really didn't want to anthropomorphize him by putting him in clothes, so his cheekiness was a response to that.

[Melissa_Bailey]

@lizardillo another amazing submission! Love how colorful and cute and mischievous he is.

[Janette]

@Melissa-Bailey-0 LOL I literally just said that line yesterday!

[Gaelle Grizzly]

At the last minute! I wanted to test my future picture book character. What do you think of him?

[charlottesart]

@Melissa-Bailey-0 welcome