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    • Lee White
      Lee White SVS Team SVS Instructor Pro SVS OG last edited by

      Really nice! Love your color and design.

      Only thing off for me is the character design of the giraffe. SInce he's gonna be a main focus, he needs to be perfect. IT's mainly his chin and ears that need work. The way they are now give him a sort of "dragon" look. I'd make the chin smaller/thinnner and look at some reference to do a stylized ear that is correct.

      Great piece. I'd like to see more from this story. ; )

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      • Maile McCarthy
        Maile McCarthy @Lee White last edited by

        @Lee-White Thanks Lee (and everyone). It's so helpful to have fresh eyes on my work.

        Off to study giraffes...

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        • Maile McCarthy
          Maile McCarthy @Lee White last edited by

          @Lee-White @Vicky-Vicky

          Here it is with a giraffe-ier head. I'm wondering if I might have gone too far toward realism, so that the head doesn't seem to fit the body or the boy's face. What do you think?

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          • Lynn Larson
            Lynn Larson SVS OG last edited by

            I think the new head is good! just darken the outlines on the spots to be consistent with the rest of him 🙂

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            • Javier Diaz
              Javier Diaz last edited by

              It's looking good. I would just push the curve the people are on right now. Maybe make it a bit more twisty.
              Just a quick paintover.
              circuswip.jpg

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              • Maile McCarthy
                Maile McCarthy @Lynn Larson last edited by

                @Lynn-Larson Thanks Lynn.

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                • Maile McCarthy
                  Maile McCarthy @Javier Diaz last edited by

                  @Javier-Diaz Ooh thank you! I love the feel of your curve. I'm going to go work on this now and see how it goes.

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                  • Maile McCarthy
                    Maile McCarthy @Maile McCarthy last edited by Maile McCarthy

                    @Javier-Diaz Whew! Okay, here's the update. It was not easy for me to push things this much (and even looking at it now, I can see places where I could have pushed more, especially at the girl/cat section). But I think the result is quite an improvement over the original.

                    upload-6a3ff808-4dda-4e89-9c1a-a367c9323c5b

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                    • Lynn Larson
                      Lynn Larson SVS OG last edited by

                      hehe, love it!!

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                      • Maile McCarthy
                        Maile McCarthy @Lynn Larson last edited by

                        @Lynn-Larson Thanks 🙂

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                        • Javier Diaz
                          Javier Diaz @Maile McCarthy last edited by

                          @Maile-McCarthy said:

                          @Javier-Diaz Whew! Okay, here's the update. It was not easy for me to push things this much (and even looking at it now, I can see places where I could have pushed more, especially at the girl/cat section). But I think the result is quite an improvement over the original.

                          upload-6a3ff808-4dda-4e89-9c1a-a367c9323c5b

                          Awesome work!! 😃

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                          • Thrace
                            Thrace last edited by

                            Such a big difference from where you started. I know you have to feel good about where it is now and all the great advice along the way!

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                            • Maile McCarthy
                              Maile McCarthy @Javier Diaz last edited by

                              @Javier-Diaz Thank you 🙂

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                              • Maile McCarthy
                                Maile McCarthy @Thrace last edited by

                                @Thrace-Shirley-Mears said:

                                Such a big difference from where you started. I know you have to feel good about where it is now and all the great advice along the way!

                                I do! I'm so grateful to be a part of these forums.

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