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    • Coley
      Coley last edited by

      Excellent video. PDF saved and printed and up on the wall. Subscribed to the channel. Thank you!

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      • K
        Kat SVS OG last edited by

        This is an excellent video! I really appreciated seeing examples of what each step looks like. Now I can clearly see how much of the process I have been skipping. Didn’t realize it before. Super helpful, Lee. This really is great for someone like me who is trying to learn this on my own.

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        • sigross
          sigross @Lee White last edited by

          @Lee-White I managed 48 thumbnails on poking a collapsed drunk Cyclops in the eye with a shard of his shepherd's staff.
          Buzzing. Top tips.

          IMG_1425 1000px.jpg

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          • ArtofAleksey
            ArtofAleksey @sigross last edited by

            @sigross oh good you did one where they climb on top of the Cyclops

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            • xin li
              xin li last edited by

              @sigross super cool. keep the good work.

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                A Former User @Lee White last edited by

                @Lee-White I've just subscribed! Great advice and I'm looking forward to your next video! 👏

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                • Heather Boyd
                  Heather Boyd @sigross last edited by Heather Boyd

                  @sigross

                  I like 14,15,39 and 41 and I like seeing his eyeball lols

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                  • sigross
                    sigross @ArtofAleksey last edited by

                    @Aleksey yes I thought maybe they could run up his leg with a low camera angle. I like doing this many as it gives me more room to explore. Gets the visual cortex pumping.

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                    • sigross
                      sigross @Heather Boyd last edited by

                      @Heather-Boyd yes I like 39 the most as the cyclops looks like he's in a stupor, kind of slumped with his head dipping. 14 and 15 were the ski jump idea and launching themselves off the edge with a bit of dexterity. I think I'll draw him with a droopy eye as he'll have had a skinful of juicy wine.

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                      • Lee White
                        Lee White SVS Team SVS Instructor Pro SVS OG @sigross last edited by

                        @sigross very nice! I'll be doing a video on how to pick the right thumbnail soon. Not sure if anyone struggles with that, but I have some theories on it. : )

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                        • Elinore Eaton
                          Elinore Eaton @Lee White last edited by

                          @Lee-White Really looking forward to that video! Sometimes, the more I thumbnail, the more overwhelmed I get with options.

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                          • peteolczyk
                            peteolczyk last edited by

                            my 50 thumbnails. Thanks Lee
                            I’m finding this lesson incredibly helpful.
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                            • Aaron_T
                              Aaron_T last edited by

                              Putting in the time to work out the thumbnails would definitely save me a ton of clean up time in the later stages. Great tips.

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                              • Susan Marks
                                Susan Marks @Lee White last edited by

                                @Lee-White Thanks-I've been wondering about the comment "well it was hard until I got my process down"--just what's the process. And you spelled it out.

                                As a still a beginner-it's so helpful to have a map. I think lots of the questions and suggestions here will give you a nice list of topics for the lotsa-more videos I hope you make.

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                                • Whitney Simms
                                  Whitney Simms SVS OG last edited by

                                  How many studies and thumbnails when you don't really care and the bar is set extremely low. Like, when you are designing a cross country t-shirt for your kid's team because you would rather buy that than the one at Walmart. And now you are selling them as a fun raiser. Way to step up and be a picky mom. Dang it. should've been happy with the Walmart shirt. For the record, I have printed out 24 outlines and will have the perfect coloring and design before bed. Way to be the voice in our heads @Lee-White !!!

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                                  • BichonBistro
                                    BichonBistro @Whitney Simms last edited by

                                    @Whitney-Simms what were you thinking 😉

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                                    • Laurasketches
                                      Laurasketches last edited by

                                      @Lee-White A question: what if you happen upon a particular visual image (as opposed to an idea, or line of text) that you are wanting to create... do you still go through 50 thumbnails? As in observing the image from every point of view?

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                                      • Lee White
                                        Lee White SVS Team SVS Instructor Pro SVS OG @Laurasketches last edited by

                                        @Laurasketches That's a good question and I'll be answering that in the next video. : )

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                                        • Perrij
                                          Perrij last edited by

                                          I really enjoyed this video, Lee!! I'm going to try and put it into practice

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                                          • demotlj
                                            demotlj SVS OG last edited by

                                            In preparing for Inktober I decided to use the 50 thumbnails approach except with text, writing down 50 things that came to mind for each prompt word. It was hard but I admit, after I wrote down the obvious things I had to do more mental work (and googling) and came up with many more ideas than I would have otherwise. Now I’ll have to do 50 thumbnails of whichever ideas I choose. Yikes! I may not be done with Inktober until March but it was a really good strategy and stretched my creative muscles.

                                            Laurie DeMott
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