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    • AngelinaKizz
      AngelinaKizz last edited by

      I’m roughing out ideas for cloud, and since the prompt asks for ink, im going to do it traditionalLy with markers, and India ink. This was a quick 15 minute rough, is it worth pushing through? Too boring for the prompt? Enough story? Composition ok?

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      • Asyas_illos
        Asyas_illos @AngelinaKizz last edited by

        @AngelinaKizz I like the pov I think it works. I’m so stumped by the fact it needs to be ink! Not my media at all!

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        • AngelinaKizz
          AngelinaKizz @Asyas_illos last edited by

          @Asyas_illos it's not mine either! But I'm always open to trying something new! You could do the bulk in ink then import to procreate and add your stylistic flair.

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          • Maureen*Henry*Artist
            Maureen*Henry*Artist @AngelinaKizz last edited by

            @AngelinaKizz Really creative, love it! Looking forward to seeing it inked!

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            • AngelinaKizz
              AngelinaKizz @Maureen*Henry*Artist last edited by

              @Maureen-Henry-Artist thanks so much!

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              • Griffin McPherson
                Griffin McPherson last edited by

                I think this might be a challenging concept to sell. In a recent podcast episode Lee brought up how often times for critique arena they will get entrees like the four leaf clovers for the Lucky prompt. I think this is similar to that in that someone watching clouds is pretty high on the list of things someone thinks of when they think of clouds.

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                • kirsten-mcg
                  kirsten-mcg last edited by

                  To me the story reads well in this, but I agree with @Griffin that it's a little obvious. Maybe something to save as a great first option, but do some more exploring of the concept to see what else you can come up with? I know that for me I often get suck on my first idea, but if I push past it and stay in the concept stage for longer the results can get more interesting...but then of course you run the risk of getting too creative and moving too far from the prompt! That's what happened to me in the last critique arena. 😅 So I guess what I'm trying to say is find the balance between interesting, but still fitting the prompt!

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                  • AngelinaKizz
                    AngelinaKizz @Griffin McPherson last edited by

                    @Griffin @kirsten-mcg I always have this weird need to get the first one done even if it's super cliche, it ends up getting the ball rolling on the thumbnails and then i end up with new better ideas along the way. For some reason the creative juices done really flow until I do the first illustration. I definitely need to get a better method to stimulating the thinking cap... thanks for the input.

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                      ArtMelC @AngelinaKizz last edited by

                      @AngelinaKizz Hey, I can relate to the need to get the first idea to finish first in order to "unblock" the better ones. All the best!

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                      • Griffin McPherson
                        Griffin McPherson @AngelinaKizz last edited by

                        @AngelinaKizz I don’t think that necessarily a bad method. There’s no rules in art! Do whatever works for you. If this is how you get your creative juices flowing then there’s nothing wrong with that. I’ll do stuff like this as well sometimes. I just don’t give myself any restraints, I can rush through it, I can skip steps. It helps me to generate more ideas and get excited about working on the piece.

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                        • Asyas_illos
                          Asyas_illos @AngelinaKizz last edited by

                          @AngelinaKizz that’s how it usually goes for me too.

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                          • kirsten-mcg
                            kirsten-mcg @AngelinaKizz last edited by

                            @AngelinaKizz That's actually not a bad way to work! Especially if your first image can be fairy quick. Maybe I should try something like that.

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                            • AngelinaKizz
                              AngelinaKizz last edited by

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                              Trying something different, not sure if it’s working. I’d love to some how capture the progression of the zoom in that looks like a cloud, but upon zooming out it’s a kid enjoying cotton candy. My kids always say that clouds must taste like cotton candy…

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                                A Former User @AngelinaKizz last edited by

                                @AngelinaKizz I like the idea of cotton candy looking like a cloud. It really does.

                                With that, what is the story for the piece?

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                                • AngelinaKizz
                                  AngelinaKizz @Guest last edited by

                                  @Stephanie-H since it was just something cute that my kids say… it really doesn’t have substance to the story. So I’m gonna scrap and think more! I haven’t really had a ton of focus this month and it’s showing.

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                                  • AngelinaKizz
                                    AngelinaKizz last edited by

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                                    How’s the story and composition here?

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                                    • Asyas_illos
                                      Asyas_illos @AngelinaKizz last edited by

                                      @AngelinaKizz I know I’m missing something I’m not sure what he’s using the cotton balls for. I see he’s injured and he may be in for more water than he’s getting.

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                                      • AngelinaKizz
                                        AngelinaKizz @Asyas_illos last edited by

                                        @Asyas_illos what I’m hoping to get across is him growing his own cloud to play in since he can’t fly.

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                                        • Johanna Kim
                                          Johanna Kim SVS OG @AngelinaKizz last edited by

                                          @AngelinaKizz I'm seeing a bird with a broken wing watering a pot of cotton balls. It seems to be trying to grow a cloud. Maybe it misses flying and being among the clouds, so it's growing some for itself? Composition seems fine, but the story is still a bit fuzzy I think.

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                                          • AngelinaKizz
                                            AngelinaKizz @Johanna Kim last edited by

                                            @Johanna-Kim thankyou! I need to figure out how to make it clearer that he wants to make his own cloud to play in since he can’t fly with his friends.

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