Swimming tigers (attempt 2)

[lizardillo]

@melissa_bailey thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I love a drawover, I’m really grateful and appreciative of this.

That decides it, I’m going with the new version and cropped in like you have shown. I don’t normally add backgrounds or lighting so this is going to be a good practice exercise to try and not to go overboard take the focus off the main focal point.

Thank you so much for your feedback, you always give such good advice. I’m terrible at trying to explain things but you always get it spot on

[Melissa_Bailey]

@lizardillo aww, thanks! Glad you found it helpful! (And that's why there are draw overs -- explaining can be difficult!)

Just a thought: if you decide not to include the birds, you can crop out a little more on the top -- might make for a more pleasing composition.

Really excited to see how this illo turns out!

[lizardillo]

Very rough value study. Does the parent tigers arms need to be outstretched forwards a little more. It looks a little less like a caring beckoning pose and more like it's wading in to attack like godzilla (or have I just been looking at this for too long now??)

The branch at the top might go, I left it in as an experiment but it looks odd.

Going to try for something like this...

some green bits in the water like this...

[Melissa_Bailey]

@lizardillo loving this! The parent does not look like a wading Godzilla to me! (You might be overthinking it or looking at it a little too long.) Color will really change the sketch, too. Since time's running out (for both of us! I've gotta get my act in gear!) -- commit and finish. (I'm going to take my own advice too...)

[lizardillo]

@melissa_bailey I have commitment issues

Thanks for your help

[Asyas_illos]

Perhaps palms up may read more comforting ?

[ruth]

I'm not getting any Godzilla vibes, looks great to me! My only other thought is that she could be holding her head in a kind of exasperated way? But I like the way her paws fill the space and lead you into the scene, so probably perfect as it is. Good luck! Looking forward to seeing the finished piece.