Illustrating Children's books assignments

[Thrace]

Do these ears look right? I don't know why ears are so difficult for me!?!

[Karim Benyagoub]

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek thank you Leontine, I like your characters too and I like also your delicate lines, soft and smooth ones

[Steve Young]

Not bad going,

[Leontine]

@Thrace-Shirley-Mears HI Thrace! what a lovely mouse-girly! a view things for improvement: The left ear should be more to the front of the head. and the right arm is bending forwards, witch is anatomically not possible. Don't forget to place centerlines to help you whit placement of the face. Love the tipsy tail!

[Fabienne]

@Thrace-Shirley-Mears That's a cute mouse! And I see you used the bean-shape and contrapposto very well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrapposto

[Fabienne]

@Karim-Benyagoub I like your simplified shapes and lines. Looks very neat!
PS: I want that MEGALASER-Fox!

[Thrace]

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek Thanks for the help!! I will fix it.

[Thrace]

@Fabienne Thanks!

@Fabienne said:

@Thrace-Shirley-Mears That's a cute mouse! And I see you used the bean-shape and contrapposto very well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrapposto

[Karim Benyagoub]

@Fabienne said:

@Karim-Benyagoub I like your simplified shapes and lines. Looks very neat!
PS: I want that MEGALASER-Fox!

Haha thanks @Fabienne, "we" will notify you if "we" ever launch a mega-lazer fox series on the market, hehe.
Btw your characters are very cool

[Leontine]

assignment nr.4

[Thrace]

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek That is adorable!!!!

[Lynn Larson]

A little late to the party, but still found it hehe. I just started the ICB course. I am in love with the drawings so far! Part of what inspired me to start it heh. I printed the first assignment and was working on it at work...yay desk job! here are a few of my squirrels Critique is welcome!

[Leontine]

@Lynn-Larson I love them, especially the one who's reaching fur nuts, it tells a story even though it's only a sketch!!

[Rich Green]

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek your little girl in the assignment no 4 you posted, came out beautifully! Very nice job on the soft painterly effect as well!

[Leontine]

made some adjustments, forgot the flower, so i added that as wel XD

[Lynn Larson]

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek She's beautiful! Maybe a hint of mischief in those big eyes? hehe

[Leontine]

@Lynn-Larson that can be changed, maybe ill try and post an update.

[Lynn Larson]

You don't have to change anything! I have a 7 yo grandson, and I know the most innocent looks has something behind it hehe!

[Leontine]

@Lynn-Larson XD

[DanetteDraws]

@Leontine-Gaasenbeek I love everything about your pretty pink little girl... except the eyes. I'm sorry to say this but I find them somewhat creepy. I'm not sure if its the lack of eyelids or that the iris is such a dark brown that it looks like one big pupil but I think you could make this character that much better with some small adjustments. I'd like to see an eyebrow in there too. I know what you were going for - that big, innocent eye look, but I think you can do that with more contrast between the iris/pupil without it all blending into one.

Also - she's missing just a hint of an ear lobe on the left, below the flower. This isn't make or break though - without it the hair seems as if its falling in front of the ear which is fine (but not necessarily following the reference photo is all).

Such a great job with the rendering - wow that hair in particular is great! And her pose is super cute