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    Process on work for my portfolio (ongoing)

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    • ArtofAleksey
      ArtofAleksey @MichaelaH last edited by

      @MichaelaH oh yeah much better puts you right into the scene

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      • MichaelaH
        MichaelaH last edited by

        Now gonna do some coloring

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        https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
        https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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        • MichaelaH
          MichaelaH last edited by

          Changed the raccoon, taht he is also moving

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          https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
          https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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          • MichaelaH
            MichaelaH last edited by

            Next llustration finished, I put some more process here. I didn't do color study.

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            https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
            https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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            • BichonBistro
              BichonBistro @MichaelaH last edited by BichonBistro

              @MichaelaH P.S. Your signature is so perfect for the children’s book market 😊

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              • MichaelaH
                MichaelaH @BichonBistro last edited by

                @BichonBistro Thank You, I love mouse so 🙂 🐭

                https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                • MichaelaH
                  MichaelaH last edited by

                  The publishers I am in contact with like my animals, but say I still have to work on human/kids, so last week and this week I did the daily exercise:

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                  • MichaelaH
                    MichaelaH last edited by

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                    https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                    https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                    • BichonBistro
                      BichonBistro @MichaelaH last edited by

                      @MichaelaH I will always love your imaginative animals best but your humans are fabulous too!

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                      • MichaelaH
                        MichaelaH last edited by MichaelaH

                        @BichonBistro Thank You so much for liking my work 🤗

                        https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                        https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                          Amanda Jean last edited by

                          Did they specify what you needed to improve with your humans? I think some of them are pretty good, and that last one is great! Life drawing really helps this stuff, if you can't get to a class, just get to a busy area and do some gestures for 30-60 minutes. You will be amazed how much you can pick up and how it translates to your work after a little while.

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                          • MichaelaH
                            MichaelaH @Amanda Jean last edited by

                            @Amanda-Jean I almost never draw ppl, only animals, so I think they didn't like this less amount of ppl I ever drew to that point, I liked to draw animals more, but now I like ppl also. I never really exercised ppl before. I am going to frankfurt book fair this october and I will get feedback there, I will take my new ppl illustrations also with me.

                            https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                            https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                            • MichaelaH
                              MichaelaH last edited by

                              Process on August Superstition
                              I didn't have much time for this one. At first the storm was coming from left to right, but after I got some some feedback I changed it, because I wanted the first focus to be on the bird and the calm scene.

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                              https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                              • Judy Elizabeth Wilson
                                Judy Elizabeth Wilson SVS OG last edited by

                                @MichaelaH Hey Michaela. What brilliant work. It's so insightful to see your process! Your facial expressions are fantastic and there is so much fun kids will love in your illustrations. 🌟

                                Website http://www.judyelizabethwilson.com/

                                Instagram https://www.instagram.com/judyelizabethart/

                                Sharing positivity through art.

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                                • MichaelaH
                                  MichaelaH @Judy Elizabeth Wilson last edited by

                                  @Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson Thank You Judy for Your nice words 🤗

                                  https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                                  https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                                  • NelsonYiap
                                    NelsonYiap last edited by

                                    Fantastic. Thank you for sharing!

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                                    • ambiirae
                                      ambiirae @MichaelaH last edited by

                                      @MichaelaH I love this there is so much to look at and your animals are adorable 😍

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                                      • MichaelaH
                                        MichaelaH @ambiirae last edited by

                                        @NelsonYiap and @ambiirae thank You both 😌

                                        https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                                        https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                                        • MichaelaH
                                          MichaelaH last edited by MichaelaH

                                          Ok I am working on my portfolio and #fauxInktober Tomorrow's promt is bait and day after freeze, it started only with the grandpa, but later I thought I could do the opossite site for my portfolio (have always two sides), like the before story of little Flip. What do You think? And what about the text?
                                          No problem if somebody with better author (maybe @hannahmccaffery ) or english skills looks over it.

                                          And this was the first time little Flip talked to a human.
                                          „I am not good bait, too small, too fishy, big mouth and talking all the time.
                                          The other fishes don‘t like me, bad bait, bad bait.“
                                          The fisherman didn‘t get to say anything before Flip started talking again:
                                          „But I can tell you a great joke?“
                                          „You know this one?“

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                                          https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                                          https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                                            A Former User @MichaelaH last edited by

                                            @MichaelaH Hi Michaela,
                                            I love your facial expressions on your characters, you always capture great emotions!!
                                            Just so I can understand properly, do you want the two illustrations and text to be part of the same story? At the moment, the text doesn't make a lot of sense when put together, the illustrations could work together though. If your fisherman is fishing at the side of a lake/pond, maybe you could put Flip down in the bottom right corner just peeking up from the water, and he's listening to the joke the bait is telling? Then he goes on to tell Berry? That's only a suggestion anyway, your fisherman illustrations looks wonderful as it is and will work wonderfully as it's own piece.

                                            In terms of the text, maybe something like:

                                            Little Bait had to think quickly so that he could make his escape.
                                            "You don't want me!" he said earnestly "I'm far too small and smelly for the other fish in there, they won't want to eat me! I'm bad bait! VERY BAD BAIT!"
                                            etc etc then he goes on to tell the joke somehow?

                                            It's only a suggestion but do you see what I mean? If you're going to use both illustrations as a double page spread, then you have more room to maybe rewrite the text so that it fits with what is going on in your illustrations 🙂

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