JANUARY CONTEST: Tiger

[Merry.Millergass]

Hi everyone! Good to be back!

I initially struggled to come up with a concept for this one. After feeling frustrated & just wanting to sit out again, I ended up feeling inspired by my "imposter syndrome." Go figure! And the seedling of a new manuscript is born.

[HollyOakley]

@asyas_illos Hilarious. Absolutely love it!

[chrisaakins]

@cory-leick aww thanks!

[chrisaakins]

@cory-leick I love your cover and the story behind it. So professional!

[HollyOakley]


[Julia Hegetusch]

@chrisaakins Hi Chris, I'm happy to share details, glad you are interested . So, I don't work in oils. I often do my backgrounds traditionally either in acrylics or watercolour. This one I did in acrylics. I draw the figures in pencil and then scan everything in and place them together in photoshop. I add some textures that I made and scanned in beforehand using one of the photoshop layer modes. So it's a mixed media approach. Hope this was helpful

[ruth]

@cory-leick Beautiful! Great colours and storytelling.

[ruth]

Here's my entry for January. Thought I'd practise some more lighting and perspective.
Loving all the entries this month!

[Asyas_illos]

@merry-millergass I love this!

[demotlj]

Mine is not spectacularly creative but I wanted to try drawing tigers so here it is. When I showed it to my adult son, he said, "Which one am I?" He thought it was autobiographical since I am a single mother with three kids

It's traditional watercolor overlaid with digital pen and ink (all mushed together in Procreate.)

[chrisaakins]

@demotlj It's good to see you back in the contests! I recognized your work as soon as I saw it.

[demotlj]

@chrisaakins I retired on January 1st so I've got more time to work on things. I recommend retirement to everyone

[mag]

Hi! This month I’ve oscillated between multiple ideas, but decided for this one because I could practise painting a character I probably will be using for a book (that old lady) in future. Putting a tiger in it and make it all work was a great challenge!

[aurelia]

The days I pass in deep regret...
For cleaning and mopping is my destiny set.
The king is out so at least I'll dream...
Of a most royal life ruling o'er all that is seen.
The laws of the jungle ever so fierce...
Keep me from greatness and my hopes they do pierce.
A difficult place yet still here I dwell...
So cleaning and scrubbing must I do and do well.

[Heather Boyd]

@lisaf Hi 1. the longest side needs to be 1200 pixels -does that include the name identification part at the bottom or just the artwork? First time doing this, so just curious. Thanks,

[ellenseal_art]

Environments and backgrounds area huge focus for me this year - I find them to be SO tricky! This drawing definitely had major "forest" vibes when I started but I hope I landed somewhere more "jungle" in the end.

Great entries this time! I didn't realize how many directions this prompt could go in.

[brettb_draws]

My entry to this month's contest. Had a lot of fun doing a full illustration for once. A lot of improvements to make for next time.

Good luck to everyone who entered!

P.s I recommend viewing this on full screen brightness as it's a pretty dark lighting setup.

[Niels]

Really love the work I see here and on the commissions site. Was planning on really working on my process this month but due to family life and work had almost no time. Had a day off so used the first of two idea’s, hope to be able to put in the work next month while also picking up the courses again. And hopefully I’ll see improvement when looking back in december.

[kayleenartlover]

@heather-boyd I would say yes. My guess would be that the submission slideshow on the critique arena website can only fit images up to 1200px by 1200px.
I made a duplicate canvas of my project and resized it, then I shrunk the artwork and added text on the bottom. So I still have the original but I also have the smaller version for the submission.

[MaryannLucas]

@brettb_draws Beautiful colors and captures my imagination. The little boy is adorable.