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    February 3rd Thursday. Love is a teddy bear.

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    • Will Terry
      Will Terry last edited by

      I like the drawing - interesting to see how you finish it... 🙂

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      • Beatriz "Bett"
        Beatriz "Bett" last edited by

        She could have a raincoat with no hood. The umbrella would have been her cover.

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        • shinjifujioka
          shinjifujioka SVS OG last edited by

          Done for now. I'll revisit it a day or two before 3rd Thursday. Thoughts? Right now I don't have the mental capacity to do a version without the raincoat... 😞

          Love is a Teddy Bear 1000px.jpg

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          • bharris
            bharris last edited by

            I don't see a reason to take out the rain coat. It's a beautiful image and extremely well done! I love your primary color scheme, the patched up bear..... just everything really!

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            • Naroth Kean
              Naroth Kean last edited by

              Totally love this piece and the color is really nice! I think the raincoat is necessary as it helps to focus on the girl and help to fight the background attention grabbers. Great job!

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              • Leontine
                Leontine @shinjifujioka last edited by

                @shinjifujioka Its just great Shinji! Love the colourpalet, the comp, and the details! chapeau!

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                • JajaJulie
                  JajaJulie last edited by

                  This is amazing. I really like how it's not just the little girl showing affection to her bear but also the momma bird sheltering the little one on top of the toy store. The detail is so well done! Great job @shinjifujioka! 🙂

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                  • Thrace
                    Thrace @shinjifujioka last edited by

                    @shinjifujioka All I can say is WOW! I am so in awe of your work, you are amazing!!

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                    • Charlie Eve Ryan
                      Charlie Eve Ryan Pro SVS OG @shinjifujioka last edited by Charlie Eve Ryan

                      @shinjifujioka I LOVE this piece, so charming and heartfelt and I love the characters, the rain and the reflection in the puddles! So awesome!

                      If you are going to revisit it I would maybe just tone down the colors on the animals in the window and the frame and let the bear and boy POP. And/or maybe try to make the glass just a bit hazy since you probably could not see all the toys so clearly in the window from the angle.

                      If not, this is an amazing piece so do as you see fit!! 😃

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                      • Rich Green
                        Rich Green SVS OG @shinjifujioka last edited by

                        @shinjifujioka Absolutely beautiful. Even the more subtle details like the weathering/aging on the down spout are fantastic - just such a wonderful piece. You are extremely talented!

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                        • Rich Green
                          Rich Green SVS OG @shinjifujioka last edited by

                          @shinjifujioka Also I love the Helmet and Hound are tucked in this scene now too! Very clever.

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                          • shinjifujioka
                            shinjifujioka SVS OG last edited by

                            @bharris
                            @Naroth-Kean
                            @Leontine
                            @JajaJulie
                            @Thrace
                            @Charlie-Eve-Ryan
                            @Rich-Green

                            Thanks everyone!

                            Also, good eye, Rich!

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                            • mattramsey
                              mattramsey @shinjifujioka last edited by mattramsey

                              @shinjifujioka just a quick paint over with the no hood idea. Plus I added some reflection to the window (which I think there would be--but maybe not as strong as I have it). The reflection also might serve to "calm down" the background a bit and bring more focus on the main characters (as @Charlie-Eve-Ryan mentioned).
                              The only thing on that is: I really love the vibrant background so I'm not really sure about that change.

                              @bharris the reason to take out the raincoat/remove the hood is to more strongly push the love concept (love is sacrifice). It isn't that it (i.e. the raincoat and hood) somehow is detracts from the image at all. But the idea that the girl is willing to get rained on to protect her bear is pretty powerful IMO.

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                              • shinjifujioka
                                shinjifujioka SVS OG @mattramsey last edited by

                                @mattramsey I'm not able to view the paintover...I wonder if that's just an issue with my computer?

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                                • mattramsey
                                  mattramsey @shinjifujioka last edited by mattramsey

                                  @shinjifujioka weird.

                                  I wonder if anyone else can see it.

                                  Here is the photobucket link if that helps: http://s96.photobucket.com/user/lemonween/media/shinjiFeb3rd-thur-crit-small.gif.html?sort=3&o=0

                                  I may have done something wrong but it is showing up for me. It's a .gif saved for web viewing. That might be the issue. Not sure.

                                  Let me know if that link doesn't work. I'll try submitting a .jpg

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                                  • Carrie
                                    Carrie last edited by

                                    BEAUTIFUL!!! Love it all...every detail, the concept, composition...amazing!

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                                    • shinjifujioka
                                      shinjifujioka SVS OG @mattramsey last edited by

                                      @mattramsey Okay, now the link worked, but I'm not able to view the larger version. Only the thumbnail. Perhaps a jpg? Sorry for making you go through this.

                                      @Carrie Thank you!

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                                      • mattramsey
                                        mattramsey @shinjifujioka last edited by mattramsey

                                        @shinjifujioka lol no problem!

                                        Let's try this:

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                                          • shinjifujioka
                                            shinjifujioka SVS OG @mattramsey last edited by

                                            @mattramsey I can view it now. You helped me solve a problem I had by putting in that reflection. I tried a few times to paint water droplets on the glass, and I was having the hardest time. I think the frosted over glare will provide enough lightness to depict water drops. Thanks!

                                            Also, thanks for the paint over. I really appreciate you taking the time to do so (and for providing the suggestion at the beginning). I'll probably go with the hood based because I like how the yellow contrasts with the blue of the window sill. But I hope you continue to provide input in the future. Having different opinions gives me opportunity to mull over which direction to take an image, and a lot of times that will result in finding solution I wasn't aware of in the beginning. For example, you suggested no raincoat (or at least hoodless) and the reason being that it would showcase sacrifice more. So then I started thinking about how can I push that idea without losing the raincoat? Then I thought that perhaps I could make the raincoat feel a little tattered. And the umbrella broken. And the wagon rusted. And all of a sudden (for me) the story started to come alive about this not-well-to-do little girl who used her savings to.....aaaaand this is getting a little long, haha. Basically, thanks for the input!

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