@CosmoglotJay Cannot comment for AP, but compared to PS the brush dynamics of ProCreate is better. The newest version is a pretty solid piece of software, with which you can do practically everything you can do in Photoshop (in terms of painting, not photo-editing). Some functionalities are still missing, but overall is a great tool for painting.

@NessIllustration That's good to know! Thanks!

@Laurel-Aylesworth So awesome

@deborah-Haagenson I just looked at her facial expression and it does't look like good news - Great Job!

Here's what I have so far - getting there a bit late https://www.pinterest.com/joshwhitedesign/lighting/ I'm going to just keep setting up sub-sections under the lighting category so this should grow in the next few days.

@Aleksey I hope you feel better soon!!

For something totally unrelated to anything else I've done, I just finished a little Christmas village out of foam and cardboard for my wife this past week. Got the lights wired up this last weekend.

@lmrush aww thanks I feel like ive come a long way this year, its completely different from my top 9 last year!

@Heather-Boyd said in December prompt WIP: pigeons: @neschof I love her little legs. Perspective wise the feet of the bench are larger further away and where the lady is sitting it looks like her weight is squishing that side down because it’s smaller. Just something to think about. Thanks, yeah I see the bench squashing effect now you pointed it out. I'll fix that.

Woohoo! That's two votes for the same one! Thank you for your comments, @neschof and @xin-li.

@xin-li I think maybe it's just the position of the boy's eyebrows but to me he comes off as apprehensive or maybe a bit worried, like a nervous smile. I really like the composition and rendering. The little mice are adorable. I think that maybe it would communicate "warm" better if the overall color of the piece were a bit warmer, the green in the upper right reads as warm to me but at the bottom of the page it starts to get cooler, the yellow is on the cooler side for a yellow and the other flowers are a cool purple, maybe you could just play with adjustment curves a bit or add in some small pink or red flowers to warm it up a hair. I think the combo of them wearing sweaters, the way it looks like the foliage is blowing in the wind, and the cooler green tones make me think of it more of it as a cool or crisp rather than warm - it's really close though.

@LauraA I wanted to imply other dogs in the ring, as for the actual shape and placement of the puppy butt I drew, this sketch is still pretty rough and I hadn’t worked out the actual anatomy of a Boston terrier yet (its more of a placeholder) I do like the idea to move it down so you just see a bit of the tail though.

@NessIllustration Aw thank you so much, that's made my day, I'm really flattered

@Nathalie-Kranich I think the stigma around self-published books is for fully-illustrated picture books, not so much for cover illustration and design. The time and effort you put into a cover design is much less than you would put into illustrating an entire 32 pg book so the stakes are a lot lower if the book doesn’t succeed (or maybe even get finished). I say go for it as long as the person has a budget you are comfortable with and make sure to write clear parameters about feedback and revisions into the contract so there’s less of a chance the client will be difficult.

Your character designing is so cute! The mischievousness of the girl is pretty evident but can still be emphasised a little based on the comments shared. As for the placement of the father, how about changing the layout of the illustration from a landscape to a portrait/square layout. Keep the eye level closer to ground like you have, but now you can show more of the beautiful decorated tree and the father sitting on a chair next to the tree. No need to show his face since the girl is the focal point. You could also show one of his hands hanging off the arm chair holding a piece of paper or an address book with Santa's phone number on it. (Also, the chorded phone and the address book sort of imply an earlier time so it would go well together.) Best of luck! Looking forward to the final illustration!

Thanks for sharing!

@theprairiefox: Thanks for the draw over. It was a big help! The composition vid is one I need to watch asap. @xin-li: I think I got caught up in the character design and making it look cool. I didn't give the story much thought so thanks for highlighting that. I'll see what I can come up with! If I can't rectify this piece I'll be thinking about the story much more on the next one. @KaraDaniel: Cheers Kara!

@Washu "Geeky Chic" works for me too...

So glad to see a lot of interest in combining traditional media with digital media. I will be exploring this more at the beginning of the new year. I fiddled a bit more with the piece I started. Here is the current status. I might be able to get the rough edges to look more natural in photoshop. I used a 9b pencil brush in procreate for the edges, as I could not find any rough dry brush I like in procreate

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