2ND TAKE- Misunderstood Monster WIP

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Branden-Brushett Oh, dear... i’m really sorry, Braden. I was really busy working on the piece that i wasn’t able to read your comment. I’ve already painted the illustration using lighting #1 and i’m really satisfied with it. I’ve attached the illustration below. I hope the kid’s expression still reads through. Thank you so much for your input. Please don’t think I’m completely disregarding what you guys think. I may not execute your comments now but i’ll surely remember and re-enforce them in the future.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

Hi, everybody! Here’s the almost-final illustration. Please let me know if there are some things that i need to work on more. Thank you very much. I hope you like it.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@kathrynadebayo hi! Thank you so much for your support. Yeah, sometimes i also get so technical with how things look that i get so nit-picky and frustrated. It’s nice to bend reality a bit sometimes and experiment with whacky ideas. I wish you the best with your work as well!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

Here’s another version of the illustration where instead of the writing on the wall saying ‘Happy Anniversary’, it’s ‘I love Mom and Dad’. I think it works better.

[Eli]

@nyrrylcadiz I love this final version. It looks amazing and kind of breaks my heart a little! So well done. I think it works well without any words at all--I like the storytelling of just the picture of the happy family juxtaposed with the scolding, shadowy parents and confused, sad kid...

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@eli hi, Eli! I’m really glad you like it! I’ve been doubting my skills lately and to have someone appreciate my work really makes me feel a bit better inside.Thank you.

[StudioLooong]

One small thing to consider would be changing the color of the gray/brown outlines on the crayon drawings. Right now if I were to see the car, tree, sun, or house out of context I would tell you that they looked like they were colored-in by a kid, but not necessarily drawn by one. They're kind of giving off a coloring book vibe. If you change the outline to the same colors as the scribbles and maybe make the outlines a little messier I think it will look more like a kid that size drew them. Here's a cool article on kid's art at different stages of development: http://www.artjunction.org/young_in_art.pdf

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@studiolooong hi! Yes, i see what you mean. I’l definitely work on that. Thank you so much!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

I did a quick edit on the piece. Here it is. I removed the brown outlines on the wall sribbles and got rid of the words. I hope you guys like it. Please let me know what you guys think. Thanks.

[KathrynAdebayo]

Amazing!!!!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@kathrynadebayo Thanks, Katheryn!

[Eli]

@nyrrylcadiz It looks SO GOOD

[Gary Wilkinson]

Great work @nyrrylcadiz ! That kid is super cute. I do think that the text above the heart works better but both are great

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@eli Thank you so much! I’m very happy you like it.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@gary-wilkinson Thank you! It means a lot coming from you.

[Ailantan]

I love your picture, its splendid!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@ailantan Thank you so much!

[DLArmantrout]

This painting looks great! It's making me feel guilty for getting mad at my kids. Very effective!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@dlarmantrout wow... To know that your work could reach other people on a deeper level is very moving. Thank you so much!

[lenwen]

@nyrrylcadiz it turns out so good! the kid is super cute!