I'm in with my sword wielding witch!!
Jason Bowen
I really wanted to loosened up this month. This is looking more like a dark whimsical story! & perhaps needs a bit more before calling it an actual portfolio piece, but I had fun creating! Any crit thoughts on it is greatly appreciated! -Todd
@fauxtoddgraphy Love this!!
I just happened to be finishing up a black and white piece when I saw this. I posted it in another thread, but I'll put it here as well to throw my hat in the ring.
@johanna-kim thanks Johanna. Are we going to see something from you too? 
Hey, all. I'll throw in this sketch in white ink on black paper just for fun.
@gary-wilkinson Yes, but I thought I'd push myself to do a new one. I attended a conference recently where I heard from an art director and literary agent that including a b/w section one your online portfolio is a good thing, particularly if you're interested in illustrated for middle grade books, which I am.
Update I was able to finish inking it, so here's the final version.
If anyone is interested, you can see my WIP here: http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/5913/may-fauxcontest-wip-critiques-welcome. I feel like I've grown a lot with this one!
Thanks again to @jon-anderson & @gary-wilkinson for your helpful critiques!
Hi I'm new here and thought I would join in. Hopefully I'm using this forum correctly. And hopefully my morbid art wont scare you all away 
@jody Welcome to the forums! Your mouse is cute, even if it is dead. 
I really like the way you framed it with the plants.
@miriam Thank you! I really like the improvements that you have made to your drawing.
@miriam this composition is much more dynamic! I hope you find time to finish it.
Great job everyone! I'm afraid the end of the school year sucked my time away like the machine in the Princess Bride, so I won't be able to enter this month. But I love seeing everyone else's work.
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@rhirsch Congratulations on being done with the school year. (Hopefully, you didn't lose more than one year of your life! Ha, ha!)
@fauxtoddgraphy Thanks for starting up our FauxContest!
@miriam Yeah for sure! Maybe some more votes will come through today, not that the votes are crazy important, just happy to see all the work. 
@fauxtoddgraphy I think you should pick your favorite and send them on an all expenses holiday lol 
new SVS contest is being announced today. : )
@jason-bowen Wish I could! lol
@jody I really like this piece. It's framed really well and the values work great. Just a thought, but it would be interesting to see how the piece would be interpreted if the outline of the mouse/rat was taken away and you used the plants to silhouette it's shape, kind of like an optical illusion.
Sry just saw the Fake Contest article on Facebook. So here is a quick post:
@gary-wilkinson Yes, but I thought I'd push myself to do a new one. I attended a conference recently where I heard from an art director and literary agent that including a b/w section one your online portfolio is a good thing, particularly if you're interested in illustrated for middle grade books, which I am.
