Our SVS Virtual Studio 2019!
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 @Heather-Boyd I'm sorry for your loss. It's neat that you found an opportunity for a little study during those circumstances and perhaps find a release. I really like the shapes of the dog and bird, too. 
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 After practicing with stylizing things.. finally came up with a character design idea for my webcomic. Based off of Slavic folktales, prince Ivan.  
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 @Aleksey Do you mean Ivan Ho? 
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 @Heather-Boyd maybe? Im not familiar with the surname, theres so many ivans in russian fairytales. 
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 @Aleksey Sorry I guess not. Sir Walter Scott wrote a Scottish novel of an Ivanhoe. 
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 @Heather-Boyd ah no this is based off of ivan the fool. And various other slavik folk tales. 
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 Working on finishing color for a to-be indie-published book... had to share with someone! (SHHHhh for now) 
  
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 Another ivan design. I think i like the pointier jaw more. 
  
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 @Aleksey I agree gives him a more confident if not a tad overconfident personality/look with the pointed jaw and nose. I don't know anything about the character however. 
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 @Heather-Boyd yeah i agree. Im kinda making it up. In the old stories hes the protagonist, im kinda making him an antihero because of how self centered he is. My own little adaptation. 
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 @Aleksey I also like the pointier jaw. The round jaw gives him more of a lazy look than an arrogant look but the pointier jaw communicates his personality well. 
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 @demotlj yeah totes. Iโm gonna redo it (again) until it looks right to me. This is gonna be very fun. 
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 Please feel free to go bananas on your critique  ( saw discussion on safe words in forum earlier ( saw discussion on safe words in forum earlier ) )
 I have been trying to challenge myself with different camera angles as well using a limited colour palette- still trying to get better at digital too. Have revisited a Hansel and Gretel book cover I worked on in turbocharging your creativity class many moons ago - concept of โits a trapโ - but I changed the whole composition. Keywords; ominous,scary.Any and all feed back welcome. 
 Thanks in advance
  
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 @Buddy-Skelton amazing, man. Love these birds, and your 2019 rendition does a great job of capturing their beautiful lines. 
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 Was trying the silhouette method to come up with a character โshapeโ and it helped me when i drew it on paper. (Thanks @Braden-Hallett ) messed up the back hand a little but I got a good idea now of how i wanna make this character look. 
  
  
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 @burvantill I think it turned out awesome. Great job at getting all those objects in there and composed so well. There are so many retro late 70s references here--love exploring your illustration. Your Photoshop tweak helped to focus our eye more on the girl, but you didn't overdo it. 
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 Hello my fellow illustrators! 
 The SVS Virtual Studio has been so popular that we are going to make a new thread each month for it now.Post what you are working on in Our SVS Virtual Studio MAY 2018thread.  
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 @Daria-Khil You can repost this in virtual svs Studio for June if you like.  
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 @Heather-Boyd Thank you! Could you give me a link to it, please? Is this thread not active already? 
 
			
		 
			
		 
			
		 
			
		 
			
		 
			
		 
			
		 
			
		