JUNE CONTEST: A very different kind of prompt!

[Lucky Platt]

Oil painting for June! Cell phone photo uploaded late last night...I had so much fun with this prompt and didn't want to let it go. I feel like the fable of Bongo and Clyde has several thematic threads to explore - brains over brawn for sure, but also the extraordinary risks one might take for a better life. I'm interested in the vision and hope that are intrinsic to an act like this - Bongo's choice to dive right into the fire, with a plan. The broken vending machine was the first narrative element that came to me. I moved the setting into a dusty desert highway mostly because I wanted to paint that place, with all its sense of longing and expanse, and heat.

[Diane Kond]

@Norman-Morana Great idea and beautiful art!

[A Former User]

@KajsaH Thank you!! This is a new way of working for me, so I'm wondering if it will be a style, or if it was just an accident.

[Lucky Platt]

@carolinebautista this is great! I felt the same way about the jungle setting. Psyched to see the animation!!

[Coley]

@carolinebautista this is really fun! What an imagination you have. I love the colors too

[Melanie Ortins]

@Eric-Droke Thanks!

[Melanie Ortins]

@Bricz-Art Thank you!

[Melanie Ortins]

@Brad-Newman Thanks!

[Melanie Ortins]

@miranda-hoover Cool to see the final product. Love how this one turned out!

[Jinjer Markley]

When is the critique, and how do we access it?

[MirkaH]

@Jinjer-Markley its around midway next month. you'll get an email for it, and itll also be on facebook live. There are so many good ones, I'm so glad I dont have to be whittling this down to the main contestants.

[LisaF]

Great work, everyone! Thank you to all who submitted The next Critique Arena will be on Thursday, July 9. We'll email the details on how to join next week. This is gonna be more fun than a barrel full of monkeys! (sorry, I just couldn't help myself! )

[Taigyo]

@cynthia-bowman Way to hang in there, glad to see you finally got your picture up

[LisaF]

@Jinjer-Markley Hi! It's scheduled for July 9, we'll have more details soon

[Laurel Goetz Donkervoet]

@Lorna-H This is so clever and also am loving the style!

[Ryan Ehr]

@Lorna-H Thanks Lorna!

[miranda-hoover]

@Melanie-Ortins Thank you

[cszoltan]

@miranda-hoover Hi Miranda, the composition and colors are on point
I love how Clyde is super huge compared to Bongo, just like at the opening of the New Hope, how princess Leia`s ship is super small compared to the star destroyer.

[vidhified]

@Norman-Morana I love this!

[miranda-hoover]

@cszoltan Thank you! I love the Star Wars reference