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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!

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          • natiwata
            natiwata SVS OG last edited by

            Update!
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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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                • 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

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                              • natiwata
                                natiwata SVS OG last edited by natiwata

                                Lunch break update!

                                Gold.jpg

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                                • evilrobot
                                  evilrobot SVS OG last edited by

                                  This is awesome it really makes me want to see the rest of the story. And I like the full image rather than vignette.

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                                  • Rich Green
                                    Rich Green SVS OG @natiwata last edited by

                                    @natiwata love this piece and all of the great facial expressions you have going on. My only comment would be that the boy in the yellow shirt - his one eye is not really positioned right and it appears to be looking further above the golden nugget that his other eye. I am referring to what would be his left eye. I think if you moved the pupil/iris down inside the eye shape it would line up with the direction his other eye is looking and towards the nugget.

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                                    • Joy Heyer
                                      Joy Heyer last edited by

                                      Very nice illustration! I love the expressions...especially they red-headed boy's. I do agree with Rich, the yellow shirted boy isn't looking at the nugget. I also feel the boy holding the nugget isn't looking at it either. The nugget looks to me like it is more in front of his face than to the right where his eyes are looking. This piece really is amazing!

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                                      • natiwata
                                        natiwata SVS OG last edited by natiwata

                                        Thanks for the comments guys, I agree about the eyes but needed new eyes to see the problem, so thank you!!!

                                        Did a warmup earlier this morning trying to get some action poses with a character and hit some color keys as well based on the beautiful sunshine today.

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

                                          I love your stuff but could you please start another post, this one is long and I have to scroll all the way to the bottom to see the new stuff... whine, whine, boo hoo...

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                                          • Kevin Longueil
                                            Kevin Longueil SVS OG @Russ Van Dine last edited by

                                            @Russ-Van-Dine Hey Russ - at the top of the page there is a "sort by" drop down menu - set to "newest to oldest" and it will show the original post first and then the newest one after that - should cut down on the scrolling 🙂

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