Kids...
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@bluesky71 Thank you for your feedback! I will incorporate the corrections that are possible at this stage and move to the next piece.
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Little Billy Elliot. I have already started painting this one, but I have the feeling there is something wrong with the pose, or the drawing...or something else I can't quite pinpoint. What do you think?
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I like the pose very much, it has great movement. The only things I see are I think we can see too much of the ear on his right side, and his right arm could maybe be thinned a bit because it's a bit farther away from us. But really, minor stuff. You have a great handle on pose and anatomy.
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Beautiful drawing hun....what did you feel was wrong?
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@bluesky71 Not sure...the left shoulder may be too long. Also not sure about the top/bottom balance. The arms may be slightly too long (or the legs too short...). It is intended to look clumsy and a bit un-coordinated, but not sure if the balance of proportions is believable.
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@smceccarelli I like this a lot! Especially the textures and hessian-y quality and the fact she's shooting against the wind. The thing that bothers me is the positioning of the plane with the catty - would be a lot more powerful visually (and physically work better) if the plane was pulled back further and she was grasping the stick on the bottom.
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@smceccarelli Lovely drawing as always...I have a couple of thoughts as to what might help..first thing I'd try is moving the ears up a bit on the head...at the moment they look a little too low down, sort of elvish, and I think that's making the head look a little funny in relation to the body. Hopefully that would fix it..I was wondering if you were going for a slightly clunky, ballet dancer-in-training look, because that comes across! (in a good way)....but if it still looks 'off' you could try raising the head a little bit....the line of action from ankle to neck is lovely...the head obviously doesn't follow that, intentionally I think...but you could lift his chin very slightly if you wanted him to feel a tiny bit more natural in the ballet role. That might not be needed though! All personal opinion though and it's very nicely drawn already!
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@smceccarelli Love your drawing as usual - i think there is just a bit too much twist in the ribcage just under and to the left (our left) of the chin - if i put my thumb over the characters right shoulder for a few seconds when i take it away it does not match what my brain filled in...does that make sense.... i think just widen the shirt at the top so it extends a bit onto that shoulder and it will reduce the implied twist and shorten the arm that looks a tiny bit too long because of the twist - that shoulder would be raised just like the one on our right is another way of describing the same issue i think - if you showed some hint of the anterior deltoid on that side too it would remove the twist and dipping shoulder issue - really nice drawing!
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Thank you every one for super useful feedback! Every hint was right and the drawing looked much better.
@Rebecca-Hirsch - I reduced the size of the ear and thinned the arm
@Dulcie - just moving the ear up (his left one) made the whole drawing feel a lot more natural. I did not move the chin up because of time mostly - I would have to redraw all the features to match the new perspective, and that is something where I still struggle a lot (drawing faces without reference is still a challenge)
@Kevin-Longueil - Your points were absolutely right - the deltoid hint and a slight change in the angle of the top chest made everything fall into place. I also shortened the left forearm slightly, to have the elbow line up with the waist.
So here is heading for final - not perfect but nearly there.
I have now practically decided to definitely embark into a 100 kids project in the span of about one year - aiming at testing different rendering styles and different levels of stylisation - while learning more about children anatomy and gestures. This is number 2 - and now in my natural painting style.
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Love this little boy, two of my boys take dance lessons. Love it.
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What a great idea to do 100 kids and the illustrations are so cute! You have really captured "kid-dom"
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@smceccarelli This is such a great project and your characters are so wonderful! For Billy tho, I feel like you might not see that much of his ear on his right side(our left if looking at the screen)…I know his ears stick out a bit but it seems more like it’s leaning/bending towards the floor instead of sticking out like the other ear. I did a little Photoshop placement mock. I don’t know if this is really correct but it just feels a little better to me…also try doing the pose and then take a picture of yourself doing it, you’ll have instant reference and get a better idea of what it should look like!
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@smceccarelli Hey love the picture, I wonder if the silhouette of the character would be stronger if one of her legs was up. Just a thought.
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@Jason-Bowen Hey that is really interesting! Yes, it does look more dynamic, though I am wondering if it is disturbing the balance of the pose?
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Adorable, so well done, love the motion in this piece!
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This painting style felt completely unnatural and odd - not sure if it works: I feel bad when I am not rendering...So input welcome. Also wonder if I should keep posting the kids here? I am officially announcing the 100Kids projects at my next post (number 4), but if I really pull it through and keep posting here, it is going to get a very loooong post!
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@smceccarelli You could do 25 groups of 4 and post when you have each group finished.... each character within the group could relate to one another in some way - or you could increase the character count per group and reduce the posts - but i think doing it this way you could add a story telling element to the characters just by the implied association of the grouping.....could generate some nice portfolio pieces and/or story ideas... this sounded like a good idea when it was in my head... anyways thought i would share the thought
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You could always create a page on your website and when you update it let people know to check them out.
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Just seeing these! Such wonderful detail and rendering style in your paintings, the girl with the plane and the dancing boy have such a classic look to them, very appealing in sketch and painting. What a fun idea, can't wait to seem more!
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Nice updates. The newest one still looks great even with the reduced rendering.
