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@Amber-Lynn-Benton Yes, that's a good plan. I have mixed things up according to my projects. A friend asked me to draw some of her family in their game characters. I did the first attempt and realized I really didn't know how to draw a figure well at all! I usually do cartoony things. I did some research on different sites and figured a few things out and worked my way through them. I wasn't being paid so I felt less pressure to have them perfect (except I did still want them to be as perfect as I was able). I decided to buy the class. I'm glad I did. Still have a lot to master but every bit helps. I've also found some other really good youtube videos, etc. that help. One I watched the other day was by Alphonso Dunn (I think I got that right). He was explaining the bones and how the muscles attach to them. I will watch that again.

MOO

@Laurasketches It makes me smile

MOO

I putzed a bit more

andersoncarman

Day 9: California Sheepshead

MOO

Okay, this one is definitely not a finished product but I wanted to get something up. I am still sick and getting ready to travel tomorow so I decided to stop here and just post as is. You can see I was trying t use the robo bean underneath. Next posts for awhile will probably be quick ink doodles just because I will be in a car and or hotel and hopefully having all kinds of fun out and about with my grandson and daughter!

andersoncarman

Day 10: Flashlight Fish

andersoncarman

Day 11: Leafy Sea Dragon
Day 12: Frogfish
Day 13: Wolffish

andersoncarman

Day 14: Stargazer Fish

andersoncarman

Day 15: Whale Shark

andersoncarman

Day 16: Crawfish ( I like throwing in a few non fish animals)

andersoncarman

Day 17: Mahi Mahi
Day 18: Gulper Eel
Day 19: Gar
Day 20: Koi

Heather Boyd

@andersoncarman

Day 18 is my favourite of your latest!

KC

Hi All!
I would love some feedback/suggestions for improvement on this WIP.
Thanks so much!
KC

ShannonBiondi

@KC I'm a newbie so maybe take my advice with a pinch of salt but I feel like the emphasis should be more on the fish's expression. At the moment, the star fish is so saturated that all my attention goes to that first. Maybe desaturate the starfish a bit and saturate the fish's head a bit more?

I really like it though. It's really sweet

ShannonBiondi

@andersoncarman These are all so cool!!!!

andersoncarman

@KC This is super cute. One thing that would help would be to lose the "elbow" on the jellyfish, instead, let it hang loose in a curve so that it doesn't feel rigid. I am a little curious about the story? why is a fish wearing a diving suit?

andersoncarman

Day 21: Boxfish
Day 22: Walrus

KC

@ShannonBiondi Thanks! You're right. I wanted more color, but it is distracting.

KC

@andersoncarman Thanks! I'll fix that and it's a great suggestion.
As for the story- it was supposed to be a mermaid robot, but I didn't feel a human face was working. Maybe I should re-work that area all together.

andersoncarman

@KC What is confusing to me is specifically why would it have a helmet if it can breathe underwater?