@merry-millergass I love this!
Mine is not spectacularly creative but I wanted to try drawing tigers so here it is. When I showed it to my adult son, he said, "Which one am I?" He thought it was autobiographical since I am a single mother with three kids 
It's traditional watercolor overlaid with digital pen and ink (all mushed together in Procreate.)
Laurie DeMott
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@demotlj It's good to see you back in the contests! I recognized your work as soon as I saw it.
@chrisaakins I retired on January 1st so I've got more time to work on things. I recommend retirement to everyone
Hi! This month I’ve oscillated between multiple ideas, but decided for this one because I could practise painting a character I probably will be using for a book (that old lady) in future. Putting a tiger in it and make it all work was a great challenge! 
The days I pass in deep regret...
For cleaning and mopping is my destiny set.
The king is out so at least I'll dream...
Of a most royal life ruling o'er all that is seen.
The laws of the jungle ever so fierce...
Keep me from greatness and my hopes they do pierce.
A difficult place yet still here I dwell...
So cleaning and scrubbing must I do and do well.
@lisaf Hi 1. the longest side needs to be 1200 pixels -does that include the name identification part at the bottom or just the artwork? First time doing this, so just curious. Thanks,
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Environments and backgrounds area huge focus for me this year - I find them to be SO tricky! This drawing definitely had major "forest" vibes when I started but I hope I landed somewhere more "jungle" in the end.
Great entries this time! I didn't realize how many directions this prompt could go in.
My entry to this month's contest. Had a lot of fun doing a full illustration for once. A lot of improvements to make for next time.
Good luck to everyone who entered!
P.s I recommend viewing this on full screen brightness as it's a pretty dark lighting setup.
Really love the work I see here and on the commissions site. Was planning on really working on my process this month but due to family life and work had almost no time. Had a day off so used the first of two idea’s, hope to be able to put in the work next month while also picking up the courses again. And hopefully I’ll see improvement when looking back in december.
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@heather-boyd I would say yes. My guess would be that the submission slideshow on the critique arena website can only fit images up to 1200px by 1200px.
I made a duplicate canvas of my project and resized it, then I shrunk the artwork and added text on the bottom. So I still have the original but I also have the smaller version for the submission.
@brettb_draws Beautiful colors and captures my imagination. The little boy is adorable.
@mag Delightful. The tiger's adoration is priceless... and the old lady's "devil may care" attitude rings true. It is indeed a story waiting to be written.
@moana-maureen Sumptuous color.
@ellenseal_art I think it looks super cute. I love the brightness and softness of the colors and shapes. In order for the concept/story to work, you needed the trees to be a certain size for the animals to reach high enough. So between that and the type of grass that makes up most of the background, could be why it feels more like a forest than a rainforest. But I wouldn't go super realistic with the background because it would take away from the art style of the characters.
I definitely want to focus on more environment artwork sometime. I have a whole pintrest board of references to practice 
Now I need to add jungle photos because drawing a jungle sounds really fun.
@niels I have so many things I want to improve on and learn and practice and project ideas to create. School and family stuff pulled me away from a lot of that. I think I'm pressuring myself to make up for lost time, now that my artblock/burnout is finally over and I have given myself time to do it this year.
@chrisaakins Thanks Chris, I appreciate that! 
@asyas_illos Thank you!
@ruth Thanks Ruth, I appreciate that!
Here is my submission to this month's contest. I am so impressed by all the entries here. Good luck to everyone who has entered.
Environments and backgrounds area huge focus for me this year - I find them to be SO tricky! This drawing definitely had major "forest" vibes when I started but I hope I landed somewhere more "jungle" in the end.
Great entries this time! I didn't realize how many directions this prompt could go in.
