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    • Karim Benyagoub
      Karim Benyagoub @Leontine last edited by

      @Leontine-Gaasenbeek thank you Leontine, I like your characters too and I like also your delicate lines, soft and smooth ones 🙂

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      • Steve Young
        Steve Young last edited by

        Not bad going, 🙂

        Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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        • Leontine
          Leontine @Thrace last edited by

          @Thrace-Shirley-Mears HI Thrace! what a lovely mouse-girly! a view things for improvement: The left ear should be more to the front of the head. and the right arm is bending forwards, witch is anatomically not possible. Don't forget to place centerlines to help you whit placement of the face. Love the tipsy tail!

          Leontine
          "A picture is worth a thousand words."

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          • Fabienne
            Fabienne @Thrace last edited by

            @Thrace-Shirley-Mears That's a cute mouse! And I see you used the bean-shape and contrapposto very well. 🙂
            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrapposto

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            • Fabienne
              Fabienne @Karim Benyagoub last edited by

              @Karim-Benyagoub I like your simplified shapes and lines. Looks very neat!
              PS: I want that MEGALASER-Fox! 😃

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              • Thrace
                Thrace @Leontine last edited by

                @Leontine-Gaasenbeek Thanks for the help!! I will fix it.

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                • Thrace
                  Thrace @Fabienne last edited by

                  @Fabienne Thanks!

                  @Fabienne said:

                  @Thrace-Shirley-Mears That's a cute mouse! And I see you used the bean-shape and contrapposto very well. 🙂
                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrapposto

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                  • Karim Benyagoub
                    Karim Benyagoub @Fabienne last edited by

                    @Fabienne said:

                    @Karim-Benyagoub I like your simplified shapes and lines. Looks very neat!
                    PS: I want that MEGALASER-Fox! 😃

                    Haha thanks @Fabienne, "we" will notify you if "we" ever launch a mega-lazer fox series on the market, hehe.
                    Btw your characters are very cool 😛

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                    • Leontine
                      Leontine last edited by

                      assignment nr.4 leontine gaasenbeek assignment 4.jpg

                      Leontine
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                      • Thrace
                        Thrace @Leontine last edited by

                        @Leontine-Gaasenbeek That is adorable!!!!

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                        • Lynn Larson
                          Lynn Larson SVS OG last edited by

                          A little late to the party, but still found it hehe. I just started the ICB course. I am in love with the drawings so far! Part of what inspired me to start it heh. I printed the first assignment and was working on it at work...yay desk job! here are a few of my squirrels 🙂 Critique is welcome!

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                          • Leontine
                            Leontine @Lynn Larson last edited by

                            @Lynn-Larson I love them, especially the one who's reaching fur nuts, it tells a story even though it's only a sketch!!

                            Leontine
                            "A picture is worth a thousand words."

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

                              @Leontine-Gaasenbeek your little girl in the assignment no 4 you posted, came out beautifully! Very nice job on the soft painterly effect as well!

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                              • Leontine
                                Leontine last edited by

                                leontine gaasenbeek assignment 4.jpg made some adjustments, forgot the flower, so i added that as wel XD

                                Leontine
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                                • Lynn Larson
                                  Lynn Larson SVS OG last edited by Lynn Larson

                                  @Leontine-Gaasenbeek She's beautiful! Maybe a hint of mischief in those big eyes? hehe

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                                  • Leontine
                                    Leontine @Lynn Larson last edited by

                                    @Lynn-Larson that can be changed, maybe ill try and post an update.

                                    Leontine
                                    "A picture is worth a thousand words."

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                                    • Lynn Larson
                                      Lynn Larson SVS OG last edited by

                                      You don't have to change anything! I have a 7 yo grandson, and I know the most innocent looks has something behind it hehe!

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                                      • Leontine
                                        Leontine @Lynn Larson last edited by

                                        @Lynn-Larson XD

                                        Leontine
                                        "A picture is worth a thousand words."

                                        https://leontineillustrator.com
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                                        • DanetteDraws
                                          DanetteDraws last edited by

                                          @Leontine-Gaasenbeek I love everything about your pretty pink little girl... except the eyes. I'm sorry to say this but I find them somewhat creepy. I'm not sure if its the lack of eyelids or that the iris is such a dark brown that it looks like one big pupil but I think you could make this character that much better with some small adjustments. I'd like to see an eyebrow in there too. I know what you were going for - that big, innocent eye look, but I think you can do that with more contrast between the iris/pupil without it all blending into one.

                                          Also - she's missing just a hint of an ear lobe on the left, below the flower. This isn't make or break though - without it the hair seems as if its falling in front of the ear which is fine (but not necessarily following the reference photo is all).

                                          Such a great job with the rendering - wow that hair in particular is great! And her pose is super cute 😃

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                                          • DanetteDraws
                                            DanetteDraws last edited by

                                            @Lynn-Larson Welcome to the party! 😃

                                            Good job with the first assignment - I also love the little guy who's stretching upwards - so cute. I'm wondering if a squirrel's legs would invert inwards like that if he was up on two legs? Not sure, I'd have to see reference imagery to know for sure. Also - not sure what that dark area is in his crotch area... it looks somewhat phallic to me! haha

                                            The top single head one reminds me of Will Terry's style actually, very round and cute. Was his work an influence? Because of the roundness though I'd say to me he looks more bear-like than squirrel. To keep a squirrel look I think the pointier nose is a defining characteristic.

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