MAY CONTEST: Storm!

[JessicaLinnEvans]

@Tom-Shannon OH! I love it with color!! That yellow squall raincoat is perfect!

[Asyas_illos]

[PenAndrew]

Can anyone help me, I want to know how to get my image the right size for posting here, as when I usually post work it's too large. Do I just resize the original image within the software, and if so what's an ideal size?

[AlliFaith]

@PenAndrew I'm not sure if this answers your question but to post here it just needs to be less than 500kb. So I use the same size and dimensions as what I send to the critique area.

[PenAndrew]

@AlliFaith Kind of but I want to make it easier to look at here. Not needing to scroll down as much.

[Asyas_illos]

@PenAndrew if you keep it a square shape you shouldn’t need to scroll so much. I do my entries for the contest on 2048 x 2048 pixels post them here and wherever else, then resize down to the required 1200x 1200 or smaller, for the critique arena. Hope that helps. I don’t need to scroll a bunch on that size, also it probably depends a little on what it’s being viewed on.

[ThomCharles]

With one day to spare…

[Johanna Kim]

@Asyas_illos So magical and cool!

[Valerie Light]

Just uploaded my entry. I had SO MUCH fun with this one.

[Kim Rosenlof]

@Valerie-Light This is really cool!

[Martha Johnston]

Calm during a storm. I have a memory of sitting with my dad on Pelee Island in Canada. It was the first time I wasn't afraid of a storm. He explained to. me that sInce light travels faster than sound, first you see the lightning flash, then a few minutes later you hear the thunder. Watching it from far away and learning about the science of storms made me feel less frightened.

[Larue]

@HollyOakley Thanks Holly!

[AngelinaKizz]

@PenAndrew I like to make a second file that's the critique arena ratios, and then copy and paste my canvas. I like having the original size to work from if I want to go back in and rework it

[Asyas_illos]

@Johanna-Kim thank you

[Kara_Bazley]

My entry for May. A bunch of friends are hiking when they suddenly see an incoming storm!

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[PenAndrew]

@Asyas_illos Thanks.

[Asyas_illos]

Boy, I really should’ve watched Wills interior design class, before I did that last one lol!

[HollyOakley]

The Aussie Dust Storm can create all sorts of problems, especially if you aren't prepared!!

[Melissa_Bailey]

Here is my entry. Went analog this month and did this entirely traditional with colored pencils (well, there were a few Photoshop edits post-scan!).

[Melissa_Bailey]

And ... thought I'd use this month's prompt (cuz it was a good one!) to do a second illustration on toned paper. Wanted to test out how the toned paper handled watercolor and colored pencil. Next time, I think I'm going to try a gouache base under the colored pencils to help the colors pop against the grey background (I had to do a bit of color adjusting in Photoshop). All in all, it was a fun experiment!