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    AUGUST CONTEST: Dragonfly

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    • JoshuaDages
      JoshuaDages @Mary Toth last edited by

      @Mary-Toth Thank you so much! It's a color palette I'm definitely not used to, so I wanted to challenge myself a little. Glad it turned out. πŸ™‚

      Joshua Dages
      https://www.instagram.com/joshuadagesart/
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      • Chip Valecek
        Chip Valecek SVS Team SVS OG @Guest last edited by

        @Molambo If there was just one thread it would become to large with comments and wouldn't keep everyone crits organized that well.


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          A Former User @Chip Valecek last edited by

          @Chip-Valecek yeah might be true. discourse or whatever softwareyou use here with the endless pages is not good for such stuff. traditional forums with pages would fit better for such things.

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          • Sara Nilsson
            Sara Nilsson last edited by Sara Nilsson

            Hi everyone
            This is my first time entering this contest. So fun but so difficult when everyone is so god 😊
            I made this piece, thinking of two dragonfly-girls sharing a secret, what is she telling her? You tell me πŸ˜‰

            dragonfly sara nilsson.jpg

            www.bildsara.se #bildsara https://www.instagram.com/bildsara/

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            • Sara Nilsson
              Sara Nilsson @chrisaakins last edited by

              @chrisaakins so cute and nice textures in the leaf in the foreground ❀

              www.bildsara.se #bildsara https://www.instagram.com/bildsara/

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              • djlambson
                djlambson last edited by

                Three dragonflies carefully carrying their human babies on a high flying adventure! I want to be the one peeking over the side..why does everyone want to fly? πŸ˜ƒ

                augustdragonflydlambson.jpg

                https://www.instagram.com/deborahlambson_art/
                https://deborahlambson.com/folio

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                • ryleygarcia
                  ryleygarcia last edited by

                  Hey everyone, here's my post for the August contest! I'm really enjoying the entries that have been submitted so far, great work everyone!

                  Dragonfly_Tags.jpg

                  Ryley Garcia
                  garcia.ryley@gmail.com
                  www.ryleygarcia.com
                  www.instagram.com/ryleygarcia

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                  • Graham Williams
                    Graham Williams last edited by

                    Hi everyone and happy August! Here is my entry for the dragonfly contest. It was definitely a challenge to think of a story concept for this one. There are already some great entries and I look forward to seeing all of them.

                    2020 SVS Dragonfly Submission 80.png

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                      aprilshin @Graham Williams last edited by

                      @Graham-Williams This one made me smile it is so darn cute!! 😍

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                      • Jordi Ventura
                        Jordi Ventura last edited by

                        Hi everyone, this is my entry for the contest! I used a poem as inspiration, I had fun doing it! Great entries so far, congratulations to everyone!

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                        https://jordiventuraart.com
                        https://www.instagram.com/jordiventura.art/

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                        • Cody Markelz
                          Cody Markelz last edited by

                          For those still looking for some inspiration...BioBus youtube presentation on Dragonflies by two Dragonfly researchers Thursday 8/20 1 PM EST. https://www.biobus.org/townhall/

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                          • K.Flagg
                            K.Flagg last edited by

                            Here is my entry for this month! Great entries so far, I can’t wait to see all the awesome WIP’s get posted. CC53016C-56AC-458E-8440-5A6A6AD42CA0.jpeg

                            K.Flagg

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                              aprilshin @Jordi Ventura last edited by

                              @Jordi-Ventura Aahhh I love how you executed the dragonfly! And your character is adorable! Absolutely loving the textures as well. Well done!

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                              • mamadraw
                                mamadraw last edited by mamadraw

                                Already so many great takes on this! It was kinda inevitable I would be going down the meganeura (giant prehistoric dragonfly type insect) route on this one - I have two young kids who are in that real intense prehistory/dinosaur phase! So I ended up thinking Jurassic Park for insects, mashed up with a vintage travel poster for said destination...and here we are. If you look closely you’ll see that the near future for our tourists looks similarly...uh...exciting...to the original...!Meganeuradone.jpg

                                I don’t know why the quality appears so bad on the preview of the image in this post, I guess maybe it is just too big and condensed down, but if you click on it you can see it at a higher quality!

                                Laura Rowan @mamadraw

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                                • Mandy Forte
                                  Mandy Forte last edited by

                                  I am trying a early chapter book genre for this month. 4AA82AE0-83CA-453B-96C1-4E1395F38168.jpeg

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                                  • StudioLooong
                                    StudioLooong last edited by

                                    Here is my entry!

                                    ackerman_dragonfly.jpg

                                    Taylor Woolley
                                    (Formerly Taylor Ackerman / StudioLooong)


                                    Website: www.woolleystories.com
                                    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woolleystories/

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                                    • alicia
                                      alicia last edited by alicia

                                      Zoe had never seen a fire breathing dragonfly before.
                                      Updated- The coloring was bothering me so I touched it up.
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                                          Lisa Pickard last edited by Lisa Pickard

                                          *Updated post. I wasn't happy with the main character's wings so I did a bit of adjusting.
                                          Here's my entry for Dragonfly. A shameful overuse of textures but it's my first illustration practising Procreate on an iPad 4 - so please go easy on me! πŸ˜†

                                          Dulcie-Dragonfly.jpg

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                                          • chrisaakins
                                            chrisaakins @StudioLooong last edited by

                                            @StudioLooong this looks so good. Your lighting looks wonderful. Makes for a nice silhouette.

                                            Chris Akins
                                            www.chrisakinsart.com
                                            www.instagram.com/chrisakinsart/

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