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      A Former User last edited by

      Really awesome to see you’re whole process! I agree about the dog being too dark. I know you don’t want it to be too light to pull focus from the main subject but it’s really hard to tell what’s happening in that corner and is a little distracting. Awesome work, really like your style

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      • Eli
        Eli @braden H last edited by

        @art-of-b MAN, this is good! The dog is SO funny--I agree with making it lighter because it kind of gets lost. I love the chaotic composition and the crazy movement and flow of the whole thing. So many great and hilarious little details. Well done!

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        • rachy
          rachy @braden H last edited by

          @art-of-b Love it! It's looking great! 😃

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          • braden H
            braden H last edited by

            Work progresses!

            Thank you all for the comments. The dog indeed was too dark as I was working from the background to the foreground and hadn't yet gotten to him.

            He may, however, STILL be too dark XD

            I've flattened the linework now, so it's just painting from here on out.

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            • cam.royce
              cam.royce @braden H last edited by

              As someone who's learned an instrument, this totally makes me smile! haha

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              • braden H
                braden H last edited by

                Work progresses. And progresses... And progresses...

                That last 20% is a friggin' killer.

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                • Nyrryl  Cadiz
                  Nyrryl Cadiz SVS OG last edited by

                  I love love love this one! There’s one thing i think you can work on though and it’s the little doggie at the lower left side. He just looks so dark and hard to make out. Overall, i love you work!

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                  • braden H
                    braden H @Nyrryl Cadiz last edited by

                    @nyrrylcadiz

                    He DOES still look super dark, yeah. I'll play with brightening him up a bit.

                    Maybe a cooler colour than the many browns will help him pop without taking attention away from the trumpet.

                    Blue dogs are a thing, right?

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                    • Chip Valecek
                      Chip Valecek SVS Team SVS OG @braden H last edited by

                      @art-of-b Of course blue dogs are real, did you ever see Blues Clues?


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                      • nasvikdraws
                        nasvikdraws last edited by

                        Looks great. The celery in mom's ears are a bit too green. I'd either add that green somewhere else too or tone it down. Love the mouse with the headphones 😃

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                        • chrisaakins
                          chrisaakins @braden H last edited by

                          @art-of-b you could repeat the grey in the wall art.

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                          • braden H
                            braden H last edited by

                            @nasvikdraws I may tone down the green of the celery, yeah. I do want them to pop a little, though. I'll fiddle with it 🙂

                            @chrisaakins Thanks for the suggestion! I wouldn't have thought of repeating colours. I'll try that for sure. I'm still internalizing the videos on colour and light and picking colour and stuff. I've got a looooooooot to learn.

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                              aaimiller last edited by

                              @art-of-b first of all, this is beautiful. My only critique is what @Jabbernewt mentioned. I think it can be fixed by adding some neck in front of the trombone, and adjusting the lighting on on the tube behind his head.

                              Cheers!

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                              • braden H
                                braden H @aaimiller last edited by

                                @aaimiller

                                Thanks! Yeah, I'll see what I can do about fixing that trombone this week. I really wanna fix that dog first, though...

                                It's amazing how you can get dozens of reference images and sketch a whole bunch of trombones being played from different angles and get all the way to close to finish and then...

                                It's completely wrong.

                                It. Is. Hilarious 😃

                                Lessons learned all the time, right?

                                I think I may just say that it's not a trombone. It's a neck-wringing huhmuhnuhphone. Strangle-o-phone? Lynch-horn. So many possiblities 🙂

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                                • Jabbernewt
                                  Jabbernewt @braden H last edited by

                                  @art-of-b well hey, man, it seems to me that these are more like final adjustments than anything else. You're so close to finishing, and we're all rooting for that eventual end! Just a little while longer!

                                  Pax

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                                    aaimiller last edited by

                                    Lol. I don't think it would bother me at all if I didn't have a 3 year old, who gets her head stuck in things all the time. I just worry about that poor boy with his head stuck in a trombone. That would make a great short story though.

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                                    • lmrush
                                      lmrush Pro SVS OG last edited by

                                      Wow fantastic work, and your rendering-so envious! Great piece!

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                                      • braden H
                                        braden H @aaimiller last edited by braden H

                                        @aaimiller

                                        I would make a pretty nice little story, yeah 🙂

                                        Actually, that's a good project...

                                        Hmmm...

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                                        • braden H
                                          braden H last edited by

                                          Work progresses!

                                          I used the colour from the picture frame for the dog, and though I still don't like it, I think it's better.

                                          I've learned SO MUCH about colour from this project. At the very least I know that if I had to do it again I'd do it much much better the second time around.

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                                          • bnewman
                                            bnewman last edited by

                                            Great work man. Mouse has headphones now!

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