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I like first one as well, but I do like how the bird is looking more toward the lion in the second one.
As a side note- I think when you have a rock like that with a figure on it, people will forever think of the Lion King! I don't think you should change it because of this reason though.
I'm looking forward to the final on this one. I really like the comp.
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Thank you so much for the input so far!
I tend to draw the obvious solution, so the lion king dilema was really something to chew on. I think my final treatment of the work will give it enough of a detour to hopefully tame that association down. That being said, I did take your advice @Art-of-B and look at pride rock and some more reference for inspiration to try and nail down the perspective.
This is my comp moving forward - some of the lines for the pond foliage is really dark, but I was just trying to nail down those shapes in my head - I'll definitely push those back more moving forward.
That being said - I am more than willing to adjust anything in this image if you see anything that just isn't working - I'd really like this to be a portfolio piece, and my process just takes so darn long not to have the foundation feeling solid.
Does the head of the main flamingo feel right? Does the rock formation read? Does the value comp feel right or should I still make some adjustments? Where does the point of interest lay for you?On a side note - I have three days off of work - yeehawww!
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@kaitlinmakes supper cool layout and concept. You may want to add a few birds, reducing in size in order to blend the foreground and mid ground together bit more seamlessly.
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looks great though. I'm looking forward to the rendering.my Sketch Blog
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@kaitlinmakes no problem
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She's coming along - and the input from this feed has been invaluable thus far.
Next I'll do a color comp, and then slowly wade into the actual painting.
Anyone else hate using a light box to sketch an image onto your final project paper?
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@kaitlinmakes looks great!
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This guy near enough killed me!
I'm working on this thing where I don't dog my own work - I fought this guy tooth and nail.
But I do think there were a lot of successes, and the parts I don't like have taught me just as many lessons. I ended up playing around with it at the end and wanted to see what crosshatching in gouache would look like as an approach.
Done in watercolor and gouache.
It's a hard medium to go back and make corrections, but if you have feedback I would love to hear it and digest as I move forward!Thank you again for all the pointers you've shared with me thus far!
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@kaitlinmakes It's a lovely painting -- nice composition and great mood. I've been trying to teach myself watercolor this summer and have become very appreciative of people's ability to watercolor. Your grays, especially, are really nice -- I'm envious.
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what a fantastic piece, just popped over to your website, stunning work!!!!
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@demotlj thank you! Watercolor is such a fickle mistress, but I keep going back to it.
I just saw the sketches of your birds - your lines are so confident and smart and just show their character.
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@lmrush I'm so excited you found me on Insta - I'm loving your work!
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Woah!!! This is amazing! Is this done in watercolors?
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You should call it Song of the Wild
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This is a fantastic piece. I live the monochromatic look you created.
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@kaitlinmakes your watercolors on Instagram are beautiful. Your animals are very lovely. Have you tried out watercolor graphite? I am playing with that now and loving it so far.
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@kaitlinmakes I usually destroy the lines when I go to watercolor which is what I'm trying to work on. I'm thinking of using the Inktober challenge to do a line and wash every day and maybe that will help.
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@kaitlinmakes Me too, so happy to connect, we share tips learned, frustrations and great websites
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@lmrush Yes! You seem so capable of just trusting your strokes as you lay them down - something I'm still working towards.
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@chrisaakins Thank you so much - I have never even heard of watercolor graphite, but I checked out your instagram and it looks like you lay down the pencil and then use water to move the lines around? Do you still use watercolor paper for it?
@demotlj That's a great idea - because it's basically "ink."
Can I piggy back on your idea?
It makes just so much sense - I'm not really a pen and ink kind of artist, so I've been trying to figure out how to make inktober work
