Isolation May WIP - critiques welcome

jdubz

Ah, yeah I immediately read it as older brother (as opposed to a dad that may not have longer hair).

If it would be helpful I can take a picture of my own face this afternoon when I've finished home schooling all the kids and we've all been having such a magical time for the last 8 hours together... you could probably just copy the expression and it would be perfect.

Johanna Kim

@ArtofAleksey Love this concept. Your humor is so great!

ArtofAleksey

@jdubz @carlianne @chrisaakins i intentionally left it ambiguous. Unless theres a specific reason for gendering the character, like in last month’s “lisa” illustration, I leave it ambiguous because it really doesnt matter. This way also it can cover a broader scope of individuals that have gone through this time and experienced difficulties or know someone who did. Which also I realize isnt that important for the contest but it’s what i Wanted to do. Do you guys think this is a bad idea?

ArtofAleksey

@Johanna-Kim thanks!

carlianne

@ArtofAleksey I just mentioned it because you had written "mom" in an earlier post. I don't have strong opinions on being gender specific. As long as it doesn't make anyone feel confused.

chrisaakins

I think its distracting because it makes me focus on figuring out the puzzle I perceive rather than focusing on the story. The character is not ambiguous in a good way and does not help you tell the story. That's my perception anyway. You made the boy a boy, and the girl a girl, but the adult is confusing, and not for any compelling reason.

ArtofAleksey

@carlianne oh i did i totally forgot i did

@chrisaakins good point. Lets see what i can do

I think i have a solution but now im mad at myself

ArtofAleksey

Ok..
I think it’s done. I changed the hair and fixed the perspective

chrisaakins

@ArtofAleksey it looks really good!

ArtofAleksey

@chrisaakins thanks Chris. Sad to say this is gonna be my last contest entry for a while

chachaarts

@ArtofAleksey I think it's a great concept!!! Very nostalgic to the many forts I've built as a child! I will say to me some part feel a hair too stiff. Mainly just the broom and the lamp feel too straight in the air for inanimate objects interacting with couch cushions. I feel if you pushed those to be more offset then it would really make the whole fort feel more playful. Otherwise awesome! Cant wait to see the finish!

chrisaakins

@ArtofAleksey Why is that?

ArtofAleksey

@chachaarts it is finished, or rather i am finished with it. I dont think my heart was in this one.

@chrisaakins my subscription is expiring and i dont feel like kid lit is really where i want to go. I keep feeling like im forcing myself to draw in a style i dont like to draw in and it shows. and even the one piece that was called professional by jake himself didnt win the contest, and i didn’t really get any feedback as to why other than it’s not funny. I get frustrated when it feels like I’m putting in a lot of work and not getting out what im expecting. So im gonna shift gears for a bit and see where that goes. Maybe ill come back

ArtofAleksey

@gavpartridge Thanks, yeah graphic novels and comics is what I want to explore more of. I have a few scripts already written gotta develop the art more.

chrisaakins

@ArtofAleksey Well, I hope you stick around the forum. I appreciate your friendship.

ArtofAleksey

@chrisaakins aw yeah totes i love the community here, just not as often as I have been. Maybe when they post the new classes ill join again. I have a schoolism subscription too and theres some fun classes on there too ive been lookin at.