December contest WIP as is tradition. Feedback always appreciated :)

Heather Boyd

@KathrynAdebayo This brings a lot more of the warmth down along with the addition of the light reflected off of the lightbulb.

braden H

@JoannaH I'll tone it down a tad! Thanks for the feedback

braden H

@KathrynAdebayo said in December contest WIP as is tradition. Feedback always appreciated :

but this dear old lady doesn’t strike me as the youthful type

m'lady was once a well-renowned olympic gymnast. Vaulting into a bed 6 feet off the ground every night keeps her spry (and away from the murderous mice) :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: joking

I like a lot of what you did with the drawover! Thanks so much for that (I know they take time). The lady looks much more at home in your drawover and gives more room for bedroom props (dressers, more traps, etc) I'll totally incorporate that. I'm not sure why I was stuck on a larger lady compositionally, but this does look better

Those rays of light may get axed overall. With the flashlight they made a lot of sense, but less so with the canlde. Though your drawover's given me some ideas on how to keep them

Thanks so much again! All this feedback is gonna make one heck of a portfolio piece (I hope, lol)!

aprilshin

@Braden-Hallett I love seeing your process, Braden! Thank you for sharing it with us because it helps me learn, too. I love that you changed the flashlight to a candle and that the lightbulb was moved to the side, and that the master plan drawing was changed to a simple bottle of poison. It makes the story clear and easy to read!

I thought it would be a fun detail to add like a cup of water next to her on a nightstand to show where they would put the poison. Or somehow show that they've already put poison in her cup.

Amazing work as always!

KathrynAdebayo

@Braden-Hallett Oh of course! She certainly looks dedicated enough to be a gymnast. You could show her vaulting pole in the corner . Haha...

I see what you mean about the candle vs. flashlight. Looking forward to seeing what you do. And I like the glass of water idea mentioned above.

braden H

@aprilshin said in December contest WIP as is tradition. Feedback always appreciated :

thought it would be a fun detail to add like a cup of water next to her on a nightstand to show where they would put the poison

That is an aewsome idea! I'll see what I can do to fit that in during the sketch! I may keep my secondary story to the cat paintings, we'll see.

If I could go back in time I'd build that glass of water in along with a set of stolen dentures in the mouse realm, lol. Thank you for the input!

braden H

I think it's time to start sketching Now I get to play around with character design and stuff.

The reason I did such a detailed mini painting before even doing the sketch is because it's on the colour and light (and therefore the value) stage that I always fall flat and get frustrated. I'm trying to move that stage of frustration up in my process so that it happens when I'm still very rough so I can play around with major changes and crazy lighting in a fairly non destructive manner.

And now I can look over at the minipainting and go 'remember, it's supposed to look like THAT'. Keeps me reigned in.

Thanks again for everyone's input so far

deborah Haagenson

@Braden-Hallett I like the move of the light bulb! I'm wondering if you need her large right hand. Couldn't it be under the covers? Maybe There is a good reason to have it there and I'm just missing it.

braden H

@deborah-Haagenson She's holding her hand up to her ear to better hear the murderous mice

deborah Haagenson

@Braden-Hallett Oh, I like that. I would absolutely leave her hand there, now that I see that!!

NicolaSchofield

@Braden-Hallett I can't help but imagine that she is the farmer's wife (with her carving knife) and that this plan by the mice is fated to go disastrously wrong giving us the origin story of the three blind mice

cortney mahone

@Braden-Hallett this is so cool, I love the description In the upper right image lol, can’t wait to see it finished

braden H

Sketch! Down to the wire. Got a day and a half. But at least the hard parts are all figured out

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braden H

Lines!

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Nyrryl Cadiz

@Braden-Hallett oh no! I thought you were already done. Go Braden!

Coley

knocking it out of the park AGAIN Mr. @Braden-Hallett !!! so fun. in a very evil sort of way ha ha!!!

braden H

@Nyrryl-Cadiz said in December contest WIP as is tradition. Feedback always appreciated :

oh no! I thought you were already done.

Oh goodness no Why take your time and not be stressed when you can wait until the very last two days?

@Coley said in December contest WIP as is tradition. Feedback always appreciated :

knocking it out of the park AGAIN

Thanks

braden H

Everything's laid in. Time for some adjustment layers and the inclusion of hatching and other nice mark making

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Gustavo Ruiz

@Braden-Hallett this made me chuckle! Very nice concept and execution!

Oriana Fernandez

@Braden-Hallett this so reminds me of the Tom and Jerry cartoon, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947), only in this case, the mice are in charge of the poisonous concoction, and not the cat! Hehe! I like how you've handled the two planes, above and below, and even the contrast between the two. As always, your character expressions are priceless! Great composition!