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    • Jose Ramos
      Jose Ramos last edited by

      Thanks Smceccarelli!, Nice nitpick, I really appreciate the comment.
      The next illustration, I´ll follow your advice and I´ll put my web address more small, in unintrusive part and barely visible. 😉

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      • Chip Valecek
        Chip Valecek SVS Team SVS OG last edited by

        4 hours to paint?!?!?! I would have just got that cat done in that timeframe LOL. Its a great piece. I would remove the flags, I liked it better without. Since there are no other reference to 4th of July in the image.


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        • TessaW
          TessaW last edited by

          Wowzers! 3-4 hours is really fast, in my opinion. I agree with @Chip-Valecek on the garland. I think it's a cute idea, but I would either remove the garland, or add more elements to suggest that it's the 4th of July.

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          • Christine Garner
            Christine Garner last edited by

            Looks good. Only a suggestion but perhaps try to make the cat stand out more if it's supposed to be the focal point. My eye gets drawn to the girl because she is in the light and the cat is a little bit hard to make out at first against the background because it looks similar in values to the grass.

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            • Jose Ramos
              Jose Ramos last edited by

              Hey guys, thanks so much for the coments, I´ve take out the garland, reduced the signature, and I moved the girl a little to the left.
              About the cat, I played with the levels, so I think now it´s more visible.

              Thanks for all! 😉

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              • P
                pn last edited by

                This is the first vision and purest form of 'independent' for me. Everyone has a child within us and I imagine her to be like this. CareFree. Independent. Happy.
                (Critiques are welcome. )

                (I assume this is the thread for WIP of the July month contest, 'independent ' )

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                • tombarrettillo
                  tombarrettillo @Jose Ramos last edited by

                  @jose-ramos Coming in a bit late, but I have been watching this one develop. Over all I think it is great. A couple things I see: Is the girl supposed to be looking at the cat? Maybe move the left eye so the girl's gaze move more towards the cat. Also, since the cat does not seem to care that she is calling, perhaps "move ahead in time" and make the girls expression a bit more annoyed/frustrated (using both hand around her mouth). Also, the ladder indicates that the light is coming from the right, but the cat and girl show the light behind them.

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                  • tombarrettillo
                    tombarrettillo @pn last edited by

                    @pn Best practice is to start your own thread for feedback. Only the finals are posted together in the contest thread.

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                      linhb last edited by

                      so nice lah

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                      • Jose Ramos
                        Jose Ramos @tombarrettillo last edited by Jose Ramos

                        @tombarrettillo Good points of view Tomb...
                        I´ve uploaded the final version in the post, but I´d like to know what do you think about it.
                        I´ve made the stair more dark, so the light is coming from the left, and I´ve made the girl more frustrated and with her hand around the mouth.
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                        • lmrush
                          lmrush Pro SVS OG @Jose Ramos last edited by

                          @jose-ramos Your composition and rendering is awesome!

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                          • Jose Ramos
                            Jose Ramos @lmrush last edited by

                            @lmrush Thanks so much!

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                            • tombarrettillo
                              tombarrettillo last edited by

                              I know you posted the final, but I was thinking about this illo the other night, and if you feel compelled, it might actually work better if her stance was of utter frustration: arms straight down, her leaning forward, and yelling at the cat. Since she is fairly close tot he cat, her yelling with cupped hands seemed a bit out of place. Just a thought...

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                              • Jose Ramos
                                Jose Ramos last edited by

                                Oh man, you kill me, ha ha ha...yes, I see your point of view, something like when your mom is calling you and you don´t care, and ignore her. 🙂

                                I changed it just for fun, but I think I gonna let the previous one.

                                Thanks Tom!

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                                • ambiirae
                                  ambiirae @Jose Ramos last edited by

                                  @jose-ramos you are crazy fast at this! What kind of equipment do you use?

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                                  • CC_art
                                    CC_art last edited by

                                    LOVE IT! Specially the way the little girl's hair is done.

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                                    • tombarrettillo
                                      tombarrettillo @Jose Ramos last edited by

                                      @jose-ramos perfect! This is even better. : )

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                                      • Jose Ramos
                                        Jose Ramos @tombarrettillo last edited by

                                        @tombarrettillo Your welcome Tomb!... 😉

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                                        • Jose Ramos
                                          Jose Ramos @ambiirae last edited by

                                          @ambiirae Hi Ambiirae... Well, my equipment is a graphic tablet Wacom Cintiq 24HD, Imac 27" and Photoshop CC2017.
                                          I use to work with diferent layers for each element of the illustration... background, characters, main character, foreground, so if I have to change something, it´s more easy.

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                                          • Laurie
                                            Laurie last edited by

                                            @Jose-Ramos This illustration works really great in making you feel as if you are observing it right there... great job at making the viewer feel like they are in the pic with your use of colors, lights and darks and perspective!!! Love the little girl, she reminds me of my bossy little chickadee daughter.....

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