First thumbs for Thursday
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Just sharing my progress
Working on the foreground and middle ground (without the figures present) - 3rd thursday is coming fast - looking forward to summer when i will have more time for drawing!- 
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@Kevin-Longueil It's looking great - wonderful textures on the bark!
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@smceccarelli Thank you Simona! - ( this is a bit off the subject but i love your Weit painting with the wasp - love his expression - you have created such a rich and wonderful world - very impressed)
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@Kevin-Longueil Thank you! One day I will write that book - but it will be a young adults book, and I do not trust my writing skills so far at the moment - better stick with drawing
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These are wonderful! Your trees have great movement, can't wait to see the added characters
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Those trees in your last image are absolutely awesome!
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@Lynn-Larson @Dan-Tavis Thank you both! Great to get such encouragement!
Just started on the figures and the boat - still very sketchy - shrunk the boat down quite a bit which seems to give it a lonelier feeling - not sure if i like it better or not with the smaller boat - might go back to original size..... any opinions? Thanks again
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This is really turning into a masterpiece those trees look fantastic. You have so much story telling going on here it's really good.
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@Damien-Rambacher Thank you Damien! - i went with the smaller boat - it really helped to get a second opinion so thanks again.
@evilrobot Than you so much William! - such a huge compliment from someone i respect - really made my daySeems like i need another week or so for this - i feel like the things i did early in the piece are very rough now that i have worked on the two main figures - i think it will be a late night tonight - thank you everyone for your help and encouragement!
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Really nice piece! Great work,Kevin!!
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@Thrace thank you Thrace - just sent in my Drawing - good luck to you and everyone!
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@Kevin-Longueil Wow!!! This is phenomenal. I am always amazed by your drawing skills Kevin. I really think that if you start illustrating YA novels especially, you'll start winning awards. Beautiful work.
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A-maz-ing!! I really like the openness of the interpretation, could be landing in a new place with the boat going out, or could be going to the shore for the incoming ship...either way, new adventure awaits! Wonderful job Kevin! good luck!
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@Kevin-Longueil Wow. Just wow. This is awesome!
I'm calling it now: this will be one of the tippy-top ones.
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Yep, that's pretty awesome!
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Thank you all so much! It's so hard to see past the flaws sometimes (especially at 1:30 in the morning) so waking up to your support was so great!! -
@natiwata - Thank you again for the huge compliment and support - i often wonder where drawings like mine would live - i really do love children's books and thats what brought me here but what i naturally come up with and enjoy drawing are kind of dark images that do not seem to fit in - i think YA is where i should start picturing my work - thank you!
@Lynn-Larson Thank you Lynn! - I like the openness of interpretation too - are they arriving or are they departing and who is really leading whom (i think that is correct usage of "whom") ?
@mattramsey Thank you!!- i would love to be one of the Tippy-tops Matt! Would love to get a critique one of these thursdays
@jacs Thank you Jacqueline! -
@Kevin-Longueil I agree with all the other comments - this really is a superlative piece, I love the drawing - you always have drawn trees so beautifully and this time you've woven them into a fantastic composition which describes the text perfectly. It makes me want to read more of the story and find out where the man will be led to next. Great job!
I also agree with @natiwata's comment about this style being suited to YA illustration in particular...
