September prompt WIP. Feedback always welcome :)

[braden H]

@chrisaakins Thanks, man I was a substitute teacher for a couple years, actually.

I'm not gonna get into the exact reasons why I quit, but with the way the BC education system is going I'm glad I got out when I did, lol

BUT ANYHOO I'm happy doin' this thing for a while

[braden H]

Haven't fixed the steerin' wheel yet. This one's gonna be down to the friggin' wire :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat:

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Braden-Hallett the inking alone is already amazing!

[Phil Cullen]

This is looking so freakin cool, nice work!

[Dima Eichhorn]

@Braden-Hallett Great work as always.

[braden H]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz @Phil-Cullen @Dima-Eichhorn Thanks guys

[braden H]

Front row left to right is:

Madame Weatherwax
Fitspatrick
Waddles
Skratchy
Monsieur Dents de la Mer
Art-bot v1.1
Yorick (way too on-the-nose, but whatevs )
Bink

Back row left to right

Mr. 'Z'
Mako (lower)
Gabby (upper)
Jay
Ethan
Douglas (lower
Lily
Sebby
'Ristopher
Noah (upper)
Angela
Candice
Cato (lower)
Kyler (upper)
Ichabod
Jyff
Halley

I'm hoping to have it almost all painted by the end of tomorrow

And if I don't, I'm adding some more tone and handing it in black and white.

[peteolczyk]

@Braden-Hallett that’s amazing Braden

[Amanda Jean]

LOVING THIS! :smiling_face_with_open_mouth:
There's so much happening and it all fits so well.

[braden H]

@peteolczyk @Amanda-Jean thanks guys

[braden H]

Hooray for colour vomit

Rendering is about half done or so. Gonna work a bit more today and try and finish it off tomorrow.

So many skin tones...

[peteolczyk]

@Braden-Hallett that is so good Braden. I really like the peculiar shapes of the shark and the monkey. I could look at that picture for ages there’s so much happening.

[chrisaakins]

@Braden-Hallett I only see one serious flaw: None of the kids have cell phones recording this event. Although if they did have cell phones, none of them would notice it.

[Chip Valecek]

@chrisaakins That would have been a great gag to have one kid on his cell phone completely unaware of what was happening.

[braden H]

@chrisaakins I a bygone era, before the cellphone The golden age of school bus shenanigans.

@Chip-Valecek Damn I wish I'd thought of that :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: Ah well. Too late now

[braden H]

Okeedokee! Time to put it away for a few hours

[theprairiefox]

@Braden-Hallett Looking good.

A couple of minor thoughts... not sure how right they are.

1. Driver's nose seems too red to me. Almost distracting.

2. I am not digging the grass color. Not sure what to do about it, but it is throwing me off of the whole picture.

I do love the piece though, you make the hard look easy... you are killing it as usual.

[peteolczyk]

I’m really enjoying this piece Braden. Just a thought with the grass, the higher saturation to the left seems to be taking my eye off the page. (The saturation could just be my device settings )

[ArtofAleksey]

My eyes are drawn to the right side of the piece because of the bright yellow and green and the woman on the left could use either better contrast or a thicker outline because she blends in with all the other stuff.

[braden H]

@theprairiefox I'm definitely gonna play with the grass colour. It's very neon

@peteolczyk It is most certainly not your device settings. That grass is positively glowing :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: Definitely gonna knock it back a bit.

@Aleksey Iiiiiiiinteresting! I think I'll knock the sign back (and I'm gonna fade the background characters a little as well). I'll do what i can to make her dress a bit brighter, too.

Thanks everyone