NEED ART FOR SVS YOUTUBE CRITS!

[NickyDrew]

Hi, I don't know if you're still looking for art to critique, but if you are, I'd love some help with this piece. It's a picture book cover mock-up from my portfolio. Other than my terrible attempts at painting dappled sunlight, I can't figure out why the illustration's not working. Any help would be super appreciated!

[skeletortoise]

For assignment 2 in Will’s Developing Great Visual Stories class

[LauraA]

@skeletortoise I don't know about the foreground, but that little throwaway scene in the background makes me laugh out loud!

[ksfabian]

[skeletortoise]

@LauraA thanks!

[Katherine]

[Georgios Christopoulos]

I d love to see how one of these could get better!

[Miriam]

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[Pamela Fraley]

@Katherine Is this a dream land? It sucked me in right away! I love your style and the color palette you used!

[Sarah VanDam]

@skeletortoise I absolutely love the humor you’ve got going here!

[Miriam]

@Georgios-Christopoulos I like the Candle Gnome

[Georgios Christopoulos]

@Miriam thanks!he was fun to come up with!

[mcoxart]

I illustrated a (self-published) kid's book a couple of years ago, here's one illustration which I consider to be among the weakest.

Background: The characters put on a "Wizard of Oz" school play. Off-stage, a character with magical powers creates a real-life tornado to make the play more exciting, which takes everyone by surprise. This illustration is meant to convey the fever-pitch of chaos that occurs in the auditorium, as the tornado snatches up objects from the audience -- grandma's dentures, the Principal's toupee, the Superintendent's pink purse, etc. I will say the illustration demanded a level of technical skill that was beyond me at the time, and I'd be grateful to anyone willing to "rip it apart" so I can do this better next time!

the illustration that made it into the book (yikes):

another composition attempt:

[Amy sa]

(Middle class girl in fancy mall, She's at the eating portion with lots of decoration, She was surprised to see cristmas tree in summer so she decided to take a selfie)

Made the character with colors, but for the background i wanted to do grayscale version first and then color. The background is not looking as I thought.
I'm a very begginner to this, and it's my first illustration for childrens book but I do know how to use photoshop and have some drawung skills. it'ld be really helpful if you make an critic on this.
~Amy

[Amy sa]

[Amy sa]

Adjusted it a bit, played with light and shadows also recolored it, It's much better now, but I still want crits on this for further improvement,
Also need advise for beginners I can make a full page like this but many books include creative graphic design which I've no experience on.

[stephanie]

Here! I'll add this to the pile. Hope it comes in handy! Loving HTFYA. Hoping you keep up that monthly draw-overs & drawing crits, as an ongoing promotion of SVSlearn and the How To Fix Your Art booklet, once it's done.

[Anika Tasnim]

Would love to be considered for critiques. Thanks in advance!

[tamatea16.art]

@Lee-White

[kayleenartlover]