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    • TessaW
      TessaW last edited by

      Working on updating this piece. I kind of wanted to see if I could throw a bunch of busy foliage in the background with warm colors and still keep my focal points.

      0_1498941109318_GECKO-BIKE-RIDE-JUNE-2017-copy.jpg

      Website: www.tessawrathall.com

      Instagram: www.instagram.com/tessawrathall_art/

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      • WithLinesOfInk
        WithLinesOfInk @TessaW last edited by

        @tessw So cute! I think you could brighten the mom and kid a bit, or push back the background even further. But the values among the background elements are very cohesive and non-invasive!

        http://Www.lauraslaterillustrations.com
        https://www.instagram.com/withlinesofink/
        http://lauraslatersketches.tumblr.com/

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        • WithLinesOfInk
          WithLinesOfInk last edited by

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          http://Www.lauraslaterillustrations.com
          https://www.instagram.com/withlinesofink/
          http://lauraslatersketches.tumblr.com/

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          • WithLinesOfInk
            WithLinesOfInk last edited by

            Here, this is kind of what I was thinking. I can send you the photoshop file with layers if you want to see kind of where I slopped everything in. 0_1498947395224_Sloppy_edits.jpg

            http://Www.lauraslaterillustrations.com
            https://www.instagram.com/withlinesofink/
            http://lauraslatersketches.tumblr.com/

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            • Jose Ramos
              Jose Ramos @TessaW last edited by

              @tessw said in Building my portfolio:

              o see if I could throw a bunch of b

              Great work Tess...I love it!

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              • TessaW
                TessaW last edited by

                @Jose-Ramos Thank you!

                Website: www.tessawrathall.com

                Instagram: www.instagram.com/tessawrathall_art/

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                • Tyson Ranes
                  Tyson Ranes @TessaW last edited by

                  @tessw Your stuff is awesome, has a great quality/feel to it.

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                  • TessaW
                    TessaW last edited by TessaW

                    @withlinesofink said in Building my portfolio:

                    @tessw So cute! I think you could brighten the mom and kid a bit, or push back the background even further. But the values among the background elements are very cohesive and non-invasive!

                    Thanks for your feedback! Sorry, should have replied to you sooner, but I was thinking about how to incorporate your advice.

                    I'm getting closer and closer (at least, to the best of my ability), which seems like it's harder and harder to make progress on this. Still have a bit to do. I don't want to emphasize the mom as much, which is why I have chosen to keep her pretty dark and less contrasted. Do you think that's ok for the image as a whole? Or are you finding that you want the mom to be as much of a focal point as the girl and the gecko?

                    0_1499150778288_GECKO-BIKE-RIDE-JULY-2017-back-up-copy.jpg

                    Website: www.tessawrathall.com

                    Instagram: www.instagram.com/tessawrathall_art/

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                    • TessaW
                      TessaW @Tyson Ranes last edited by

                      @tyson-ranes Thank you very much!

                      Website: www.tessawrathall.com

                      Instagram: www.instagram.com/tessawrathall_art/

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                      • WithLinesOfInk
                        WithLinesOfInk @TessaW last edited by

                        @tessw This works perfectly for that intention! I like it!

                        http://Www.lauraslaterillustrations.com
                        https://www.instagram.com/withlinesofink/
                        http://lauraslatersketches.tumblr.com/

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                          smithdraws @TessaW last edited by

                          @tessw This has a lot of things working for it and the way you've staged it with the lighting reads as being from the child's point of view which I think is what you were going for. Only one thing sticks out to me as needing addressed. The child's legs seem too short relative to her arms and torso; some foreshortening is appropriate but as is the legs seem too short.

                          https://www.instagram.com/joshuasmithdraws/?hl=en

                          Twitter handle: @smittyjosh

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                          • TessaW
                            TessaW @smithdraws last edited by

                            @smithdraws Thanks! Made them longer. . . hopefully long enough. Put the correction back in the first post.

                            Website: www.tessawrathall.com

                            Instagram: www.instagram.com/tessawrathall_art/

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