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    • Kevin Longueil
      Kevin Longueil SVS OG @natiwata last edited by

      @natiwata @natiwata Super nice Nat! This is so hard and you make it look easy - i have real trouble with this - i was wondering about the profile of the girl - i was wondering what she would look like with a more prominent forehead so i cut and pasted to see - i think it may look a bit more like the girl in the other views for me this way - looking forward to seeing where this is headed 🙂Attachment-1-16.jpeg

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      • natiwata
        natiwata SVS OG @Kevin Longueil last edited by natiwata

        @Kevin-Longueil thanks! Subtle change but I like it!

        Did some more practice with a crowd and fun angle, and putting Will's suggestion of drawing outside the frame to use. He found a gold nugget! Story starter.

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        • Charlie Eve Ryan
          Charlie Eve Ryan Pro SVS OG last edited by

          Great expressions!!

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          • Jason Kellogg
            Jason Kellogg last edited by

            Wow! Good stuff.

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            • Russ Van Dine
              Russ Van Dine last edited by

              love the angle for the hand. The dogs eye is a little under-done and I thing his paw on the boy would be more dramatic for a dog...great expressions throughout.

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              • NoWayMe
                NoWayMe @natiwata last edited by

                @natiwata Really nice image!! I think you should paint this one! If you do however, I would put the dog a little higher so his neck isn't cut where it is... That's the only issue I see with composition! Great characters 🙂

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                • Rob Smith
                  Rob Smith last edited by

                  Really terrific sketches!

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                  • Camila Barrera Daza
                    Camila Barrera Daza last edited by

                    I love the expression of the boy in the lower corner! Ohhh!

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                    • BradAYoo
                      BradAYoo @natiwata last edited by

                      @natiwata This is progressing very well! I like the angle and your choice of having no kids behind the hand/gem. Between that and all the eyes leading it draws the readers attention right to the focus.

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                      • natiwata
                        natiwata SVS OG @Charlie Eve Ryan last edited by

                        @Charlie-Eve-Ryan @Jason-Kellogg @Rob-Smith @Camila-Barrera-Daza @BradAYou Thank you for the comments!

                        @NoWayMe - Thanks for the feedback, good catch with moving the dog up a bit.

                        @Russ-Van-Dine - I agree the dog's eye could be more pronounced, I'll add that when I paint it. I had tried his paw on the boy and didn't get it quite right, but perhaps I'll try it again, thanks for the suggestion!

                        Nat Iwata
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                        • natiwata
                          natiwata SVS OG last edited by

                          Update!
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                          Nat Iwata
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                          • evilrobot
                            evilrobot SVS OG last edited by

                            Super nice work!

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                            • natiwata
                              natiwata SVS OG @evilrobot last edited by

                              @evilrobot thank you! You think this works better as a vignette?

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                              Nat Iwata
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                              • Russ Van Dine
                                Russ Van Dine last edited by

                                l love it.

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                                • karien
                                  karien last edited by

                                  Thats very cool!

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                                  • Nancy Gormezano
                                    Nancy Gormezano last edited by

                                    Wow! love it! (I prefer the NOT vignetted version)

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                                    • lmrush
                                      lmrush Pro SVS OG last edited by

                                      Wow, just great! Thanks for sharing

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                                      • Kevin Longueil
                                        Kevin Longueil SVS OG @natiwata last edited by

                                        @natiwata Super nice as usual Nat! - really nice composition - i like the non-vingette also - i just wanted to see what it would look like if i saturated parts of the gold and the boy to make him pop more - i think i went a bit too far but i thought maybe the boy should pop a tiny bit more than he does? maybe not - possibly just a few more hard edged lines on him? - something though i think - here is the one i did the quick cut/paste/adjust on - Attachment-1-22.jpeg

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                                        • Jiří Kůs
                                          Jiří Kůs @natiwata last edited by

                                          @natiwata What if you did it like they are coming out of the vignette instead of just erasing borders?

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                                          • natiwata
                                            natiwata SVS OG last edited by

                                            Thanks @Kevin-Longueil , I will try and warm things up a bit to make that gold stand out more!

                                            @Jin-Kus I like that idea for the vignette, thanks

                                            Nat Iwata
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