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    Finishing Drills for a Chronic Dabbler.

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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...

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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.

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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?

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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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                        • MichaelaH
                          MichaelaH @animatosoor last edited by

                          @animatosoor Hmm I didn't knwo they were the same person, the hands should be longer on the original and the eyes differ to much, but hair and style is ok. I would put the knie from the shadow guy little down and the shadows parts on the floor thinner. Maybe the beard on the ear side that it is the same for moth in angle (going up)

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                          • animatosoor
                            animatosoor last edited by

                            Thank you, @MichaelaH! I'll go work on those things. Revised sketch for now.:

                            shadow_4.jpg

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

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

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                            • animatosoor
                              animatosoor last edited by

                              These were as much value studies for me as they were "rendering and mood studies." I'd like the end result to have a fuzzy feel as well, especially around the shadow. I'm leaning towards #3 and #4, personally!

                              value studies.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 liek 3 the best, wil be good for the mood, 4 is great also, but maybe it will be to dark? Or maybe something between 3-4

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                                • animatosoor
                                  animatosoor @MichaelaH last edited by animatosoor

                                  I agree, @MichaelaH. I will be going for something in between #3 and #4. Thank you. 🌻

                                  I have been doing these colour studies. I plan to do some more till I find something I really like.:

                                  colour studies.jpg

                                  Overall, though, I've run into a failure this week: It's Monday, and I'm still at the colour studies stage with this. I'm realising how much of a struggle it is for me to pose human figures properly and have them interact in a convincing way.

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

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

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                                  • MichaelaH
                                    MichaelaH @animatosoor last edited by

                                    @animatosoor I like 2 the best, after that maybe 6. Yeah I am also late, had to do some custom order...

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                                    • animatosoor
                                      animatosoor @MichaelaH last edited by

                                      @MichaelaH Thanks for your input! I know it can be hard to manage various deadlines. We can do this, though! You have my support.

                                      Progress shot:

                                      shadow_5.jpg

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

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

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                                      • animatosoor
                                        animatosoor last edited by

                                        I had to take a hiatus to deal with some personal stuff, but now I can do this again!

                                        Week 8:

                                        Exploratory sketches:

                                        Sparkler People_sketches_small.jpg

                                        Sketch:

                                        Linework_small.jpg

                                        Value studies:

                                        Value Studies_small.jpg

                                        Colour studies:

                                        Colour Studies_small.jpg

                                        I would love feedback on this, please! Do any of the colour studies work? At this stage, is there anything I should change in the drawing? 🙂

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

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

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                                        • Heather Boyd
                                          Heather Boyd @animatosoor last edited by Heather Boyd

                                          @animatosoor 4 is my favourite, I was deciding through the others (1-2) before seeing number 4 and couldn't confidently decide. But when I saw 4 I thought wow yes! It was warm like number 1 but has a warmer autumn summer mix glow (my words do no justice how I feel about number 4). I also like the darker scribbles in the foreground. It encourages me to see you found a green that works so well in the warmer colour study of number 4. ❤

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                                          Be blessed,

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                                          • TessaW
                                            TessaW last edited by

                                            Welcome back! I appreciate this thread, as I'm also a chronic dabbler and have a hard time finishing pieces. It's inspirational to see you get so much quality work done.

                                            Color is one of those areas that can be pretty dang subjective- and I think you've gotten all 4 to look appealing already! My personal favs are 1 and 2.

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