JANUARY CONTEST: Tiger

[Melissa_Bailey]

Loving everyone's takes on this month's prompt! Here's mine -- an homage to the classic picture book The Tiger Who Came to Tea ...

[Melissa_Bailey]

Aaand ... snuck in another one this month, too! (Took a few days off to draw and relax.) It was a bunch of fun playing with color and different brushes in Procreate, and thought I'd share it as well.

[Jeremy Ross]

Both submissions are so good @melissa_bailey!

[Melissa_Bailey]

@jeremy-ross aww, thanks so much! I love the girl's expression in your piece. You nailed the humor!

[Robert Maine]

[Oana]

This image popped into my head by the middle of january in a fuzzy form and I barely managed to finish it in time... not sure it reads well (the image or the concept), but I am really happy, had a blast doing it!

[cianamacaroni]

Hey folks! It's been a while. I wanted to share my illustration for this month, along with the story behind it.

I want to illustrate nonfiction picture book biographies, so I challenged myself to find a figure from history related to tigers to illustrate this month. So without further adieu, let me introduce you to Mabel Stark!

"Marvelous" Mabel Stark is thought to be the first ever female tiger trainer. She fell in love with tigers after sneaking into the circus one night (around 1911) and knew she had to work with them. She suffered 700 stitches in her career and was nearly mauled to death at one point, but she continued the craft until she was almost 80 years old. “For me, there is no greater thrill than stepping into a cageful of those glorious beasts and matching wits with them,” she wrote.

Hope you enjoy!

[Melissa_Bailey]

@cianamacaroni LOVE your style! Great concept and great story behind it. Thanks for introducing us to Mabel!

[cianamacaroni]

@melissa_bailey thanks so much Melissa!

[Catherine360]

Hey everyone I love everyone’s pieces here! Really glad to be taking part again !

[Koaila.art]

Wow so many amazing works this month guys you rock! I thought I wouldn’t participate this month but the last moment I submitted. That was my first time drawing a Tiger btw haha hope you will like it! Someone escaped from the zoo!

[Melissa_Bailey]

@koaila-art LOVE IT! Great movement and color palette too!

[Perky Smith-Hagadone]

[Kim Rosenlof]

@heather-boyd This is so lovely! I love the texture.

[von_Nimmermehr]

i struggeled a little bit with an idea, but i'm happy i made it and man so many amazing works you all came up with, its crazy. I'm always so intimidated.

[Jacy13]

Here is my entry for this month's challenge! A kid that loves anything and everything involving tigers and the jungle

[Perky Smith-Hagadone]

@lisaf
Went wildly different here. The background texture is from a recent trip.

[ArlMon]

Hi! I chose a Chinese fable to illustrate for this month’s prompt - The Fox and the Tiger. It’s about a wily fox who manages to not get eaten by tricking the tiger.
This is the moment where they meet in the bamboo forest and the fox comes up with a plan to save his skin…

[lizardillo]

Hi all, here’s my tiger for this month. It was an attempt at environment practice. Some great tigers posted on here from everyone

[jenn]

My January entry is pasted below. Aiming for a submission deadline for this challenge was very helpful. It compelled me to check out lessons targeted at the problem areas I was encountering. I tried apply the character design and texture lessons. Palette is still a challenge but the lessons have helped me make more deliberate choices.