MAY CONTEST: ISOLATION

DaveLeekArt

@Sami-K this is fresh. I really like the colour palette. Good luck!

DaveLeekArt

First contest entry for me. I’ve been dying to join the fun for a while now but have been too busy (aka busy making excuses) to get my stuff together and submit. I guess one of the upsides to these strange times we’re experiencing now is that I was able to find (make) time to put something together.

I just watched the critique arena for April’s contest and I LOVE the new format with 16 short list entries being whittled down to winners by SVS member votes! Great improvement and I hope to make the cut next month to see what kind of feedback I might receive.

I haven’t been as active in here as I would like but plan to make a push to get in here more frequently. Everyone here is doing such great work and the level of positivity amongst artists is very refreshing. Grateful to be a part of the team. Good luck to everyone entering this month!

fullerj

What Isolation feels like

jaredhdesign

sarahlash

Here's a little bird, basically the cartoon bird version of me, enjoying her alone time away from the bustling world. I've really loved seeing everyone's work so far!

sarahlash

@sarahlash Could someone let me know if this looks blurry to you? It seems blurry on my screen, but I'm not sure if it's just me.

KathrynAdebayo

@sarahlash Looks crisp to me

Lucky Platt

sarahlash

@KathrynAdebayo Ok, thanks!

miranda-hoover

@aprilshin I love how it turned out! Great work

jdubz

Here's mine. I wasn't sure if I was going to come up with one but the live demo I did on Saturday gave me an idea that I just went with and ended up really liking the final drawing.

To me isolation isn't at all a negative thing and I think sometimes we forget how function without hustle, bustle, and stress of modern life coupled with constantly being around people. I'm one of those weird people that likes going to the movies or dinner by myself, but I also really like hanging out with people too.

So I thought I'd go with my frog just having a grand ol' time on the water with some fireflies, his pal the many faced moon and some music

Kat

@jdubz this is beautiful! Love the mood you've got here.

chrisaakins

@jdubz I really like this one!

Kat

Here's mine! It was great to have time off work this month to work on it. I really enjoyed the isolation, so I wanted to do something that reflected the peace and calm of being alone, and I wanted to make it a simple scene with not-too-bright colors. I'm fairly happy with how it turned out.

Thanks!

aprilshin

@Mirananemone Thanks so much! Your feedback helped push me in the right direction!

aprilshin

@Kat Aw this turned out so great!!

Kat

@aprilshin Thanks! It was fun to do.

Lucky Platt

@jdubz this is gorgeous and moody, love it!

Lucky Platt

@chrisaakins this has a really nice range of emotion

Heather Boyd

@aprilshin love love the shape of your whale and how you created depth with the shadow of the fish on the whale -I had considered that as well. I think it's so interesting how so many of us have a water element in our work, water = isolation good and bad and a little in between.