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    Finishing Drills for a Chronic Dabbler.

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    • animatosoor
      animatosoor @MichaelaH last edited by

      @MichaelaH I had a hard time figuring out the angle, haha. You were right about it being skewed. I went ahead and rendered three different versions of the flame's hands so we can see them side by side.

      1: original

      hands1.jpg

      2:

      hands2.jpg

      3:

      hands3.jpg

      https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

      The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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      • MichaelaH
        MichaelaH last edited by

        If the face goes like in 2. than the right should be maybe more hidden. Hmm...
        Hope it is ok, I draw over. I like the wrist and fingers from 2.picture the most, than from the 3.th picture. Shoulder and back I like the most from 1th.
        2019-07-07_152239.jpg

        https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
        https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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        • animatosoor
          animatosoor last edited by

          @MichaelaH It's completely fine - I really appreciate the paint-over! Thank you so much. I'm going to try out retaining the shoulder and back from #1 and the fingers from #2. I completely forgot I'd left the face in in the above post. XD

          https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

          The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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          • animatosoor
            animatosoor last edited by animatosoor

            Trying this, where I'm going easy on the foreground.:

            fire7.jpg

            https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

            The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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            • MichaelaH
              MichaelaH last edited by

              I think I liked it with the tree better, there was this feeling of taking a secret peek at them through the bushes. Will You do the face of the fire spirit? I like it without, because it let me think about what the spirit looks like...hi hi hi

              https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
              https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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              • animatosoor
                animatosoor last edited by

                Thank you, @MichaelaH! I can't decide whether I should have the trees left in or not, but have saved two different versions and like them both for the different reasons you've stated. XD It's Monday here and in the spirit of "Finished, not Perfect," I'm going to post my two versions. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

                I like the fire without the face, and left it in accidentally in that other post. There is no face in the final. 🙂 Because these are all potentially going to be portfolio pieces, I'm more than willing to continue fixing them as and when I think of things to improve on.

                Final(s):

                fire8.jpg

                fire7.jpg

                https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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                • ThisKateCreates
                  ThisKateCreates last edited by

                  Finished another flower lady last week. Still working on the next one.
                  c3fbdc88-45a1-48bd-857a-bdf19cf8b24b-image.png

                  https://www.instagram.com/thiskatecreates

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                  • animatosoor
                    animatosoor @ThisKateCreates last edited by

                    @ThisKateCreates I'm really liking these Flower Ladies! 🙂

                    https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                    The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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                    • animatosoor
                      animatosoor last edited by

                      Week 7:

                      I'm working out solutions for this idea I have. It is going to be a series of 3 illustrations inspired by a short story I love called The Shadow. I think it's not going to be great for children story-wise, but I'm really excited about illustrating this anyhow. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

                      Exploratory sketches:
                      thumbnails_small.jpg

                      https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                      The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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                        A Former User @animatosoor last edited by

                        @animatosoor I'm liking the shapes of the figures you're creating! Best of luck with this project!

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                        • animatosoor
                          animatosoor @Guest last edited by

                          Thank you, @Alicja-W! 😊

                          https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                          The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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                          • ThisKateCreates
                            ThisKateCreates @animatosoor last edited by

                            @animatosoor The face is really cutely drawn. Look forward to seeing it in more detail.

                            https://www.instagram.com/thiskatecreates

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                            • animatosoor
                              animatosoor last edited by

                              Thank you, @ThisKateCreates! 🙂

                              This is my progress so far on The Shadow. There are a number of things I'm still trying to work out at this stage: the design of the shadow, both the characters' poses and expressions, and the overall composition. In my thumbnails I've pretty much narrowed my options for composition down to what I have here, but there's still more problem-solving for me to do.

                              Any feedback would be more than welcome!

                              sketch3_small.jpg

                              shadow_1.jpg

                              I've also got to get started on the July SVS prompt, haha.

                              https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                              The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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                              • MichaelaH
                                MichaelaH last edited by

                                This looks great, the shadow...huhu hu u
                                Looking forward to your july promt idea...

                                https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                                https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                                • Nathalie Kranich
                                  Nathalie Kranich last edited by

                                  I am very excited to see where this is going, might need to dig out that short story! Oooooooh.

                                  www.nathaliekranich.com
                                  https://www.artstation.com/nathaliekranich
                                  https://www.instagram.com/nathalie.kranich/?hl=en

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                                  • animatosoor
                                    animatosoor @MichaelaH last edited by

                                    @MichaelaH Thank you, Michaela. I shall share it once I've gotten my thumbnails together, hehe.

                                    https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                                    The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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                                    • animatosoor
                                      animatosoor @Nathalie Kranich last edited by

                                      @Nathalie-Kranich You'd love it, I think, since we both love some of the creepier material out there! This one's weird, so it's perfect. XD I've this inner conflict on how much of it I should really let show in my work, lol.

                                      https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                                      The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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                                      • Nathalie Kranich
                                        Nathalie Kranich last edited by

                                        Yes, me too, as you know! All depends on your market I guess! Who's the author?

                                        www.nathaliekranich.com
                                        https://www.artstation.com/nathaliekranich
                                        https://www.instagram.com/nathalie.kranich/?hl=en

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                                        • animatosoor
                                          animatosoor @Nathalie Kranich last edited by

                                          @Nathalie-Kranich Yes, I know! It's okay, we'll figure our inner conflicts out.

                                          Hans Christian Andersen! 🤗

                                          https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                                          The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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                                          • animatosoor
                                            animatosoor last edited by animatosoor

                                            Inching along with the posing and linework!:

                                            shadow_3.jpg

                                            I'm wondering if viewers can tell that both characters are the same person? I'm trying to work on it so they still look like each other, despite their clothing and expressions being very different.

                                            I also tried to ensure the door doesn't cut right through the middle of the picture, but it's still there. :S

                                            https://www.instagram.com/sooryajart/

                                            The Beatles: "Roll up, roll up for the Mystery Tour!"

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