The moment before WIP

Susan Marks

@Braden-Hallett is amazed with your speedy progress!
I love the look on the jumper’s face.

Are the people below in the water? If yes, why are they wearing clothes vs swimsuits?

braden H

The people below are in the water. The boy's not wearing a shirt, and the girl's got a swimsuit onesie (or whatever it's called) and a swimming cap.

My swimming teacher always used to wear a shirt in the pool (because of the sun, I suppose) so it seemed right at the time. I'll probably put 'coach' across the back of the shirt or something to really reinforce his role

uzma

Wow, that was fast. I was going to vote for 2, and I'm glad you went with it. Love the way it's turning out so far Can really feel the suspense!

braden H

@uzma Thanks! Gotta strike while the iron's hot and you've got access to the forge, right?

braden H

And done with this for the day. I'll see how far I can get tomorrow.

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Coley

I liked number two best as well! you certainly captured that intimidating feel of this situation, great storytelling of that moment before

ArtofAleksey

@Braden-Hallett ooo I like the water reflection nice touch.

JerrySketchyArt

You are flying through this one! Looks great so far. Can't wait to see the final.

burvantill

@Braden-Hallett make it a Hawaiian shirt with floral print. Lol!

davidhohn

Scrolling through this thread was so fun! Great keywords, solid feedback from everyone in the forums!

braden H

@Aleksey Thanks! Happy accident

@burvantill but then he would just be a crazy old man with a whistle waving angrily at a child on a diving board Maybe that's better, actually!

@davidhohn Thanks! Really tryin' to put that turbocharging course to work

braden H

Allrighty. From here I fiddle and paint!

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Dima Eichhorn

@Braden-Hallett 3, or 1 if the man behind is going to kick the person. gread idea.

Heather Boyd

@Braden-Hallett I just noticed your character's elbows- cinnamon rolls -lols.

ArtofAleksey

@Heather-Boyd I was just thinking that!

steph_artist

So cool to see your progressions with this piece. My eye is really drawn to the character on the diving board. Not an easy viewpoint to create.

@Braden-Hallett Fantastic work so far. I'd probably add a touch of light/halo around the kid on the diving board. I feel like he's getting a tiny bit lost in that deep blue sky?

braden H

@Heather-Boyd @Aleksey There's just somethin' about elbows that scream swirly cinnamon rolls to me

braden H

@lovetherobot Interesting! I may try that. To me at the moment he looks like he contrasts a bit too (almost vibrating)

Thanks for the feedback

This looks amazing that water reflection and the colours are just brilliant and the boys face on the diving board is SO good and he really stands out! You're so good at drawing sides of faces, that's something i struggle with, but your swimming teacher's moustache is fab haha!