@anthemsweet thank you for the kind words. Everything was done in Photoshop however the texture is scanned from a real watercolor paper. I hope you will have fun with digital painting!

they look great, very nice technique!

@Lynn-Larson oh, haha I hadn't noticed that thanks for pointing that out I will do that!!

I love how you render eyes, thank you for being brave enough to share!

@Ace-Connell "Chill the flower down" seems to be the consensus, and I think that's right. About the title, well, I kind of just figured out that the title is not actually the written post....Thanks for the input!

A technique that people use to show the 3 dimension of an object in 2d. The technique is used for many thing like engineering drawing. You can see that in a lot indies 2d game design as well. It's hard for me to explain in English as it is not my native tongue but here a definition I found online.

"Isometric projection is a method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions in technical and engineering drawings. It is an axonometric projection in which the three coordinate axes appear equally foreshortened and the angles between any two of them are 120 degrees"

notice that artist seem to make thing a bit extreme haha that container on the table in the second image (by Ayano Imai) would slide off the top in real life. All in all, artist use isometric perspective to create very interesting space. Isometric perspective does not look right to those who has not been exposed to the use of this style/method.
hope these picture helps:isometric_vs_true.gif page_7a.jpg

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I know you're moving on but also pay attention to After Thought. Most times people draw the figure first, but draw the background either simultaneously or afterwards. I would suggest making use of layers. Do your background at least 75% complete on a separate layer, and your figure on it's own layer as well. Then you can move them around to what pleases your eye the most.

Right now I see the banjo's problem isn't that it's blurred as so much as an after thought allowing the full arm to be shown. That's not important, the banjo covering his arm would be more convincing. The objects in the stand are floating with no symmetry, not that it needs it, but one or two objects would have accomplished the same effect, that would say display case. What you have is messy display case, maybe you were going for that, but it detracts from your figure's focus... the same goes for the back of the cello. Feels like an after thought to fill in the corner. A side view of the cello would have told your story better...

I agree with Sean's advice on the figure, and Will's idea of lighting a model to help with the realism. Anyway just wanted to give you one more thing to consider, good luck with your next step. Peace.

Thank you so much! Yeah, I'll lighten the image as you suggested, looks much better. I'm struggling with the smoke, since I do this on Procreate instead of Photoshop, so I still have to figure the brushes out!

Thanks again for the input, I appreciate 😃

Thanks Lee for the great advice I just bought myself an external HD for that XD. Feel much safer now. My laptop is over 5 years old and ya know the system when you see the rainbow spinning wheel.

Very cute! The only thing that I would do is maybe make the cake bigger or and a candle to it. I really didn't notice the cake till I looked harder.

@Bobby-Aquitania said:

There isn't enough movement or give-and-take between the characters as it is.

How about making the weight of the ice tip him up and forward, diagonally back pointing towards the upper left corner but with his face closer towards the skier, as if to say help me. And instead of the skier just arriving on the scene, maybe having him taking an iPhone pic, or a selfie with a selfie stick, so then he would be facing with his back towards the head of the yeti.

Also you could have the ice water splashing out around the sides of the cracks...

Hope that makes sense?

That's an interesting idea! I think in the future one thing I have to work on is assessing and evaluating the character pose before moving on to the lighting/value work. If I had stopped midway through the drawing I think I would have done something more creative.

@Chip-Valecek said:

Welcome Zoe, I also tried schoolism and took a few courses. But when it came down to the subscription plan SVS was a better deal. Also I enjoy the community around here. Great people to talk to and share work with!

Hi @Chip-Valecek -- did you know that they have introduced a subscription plan at Schoolism also? You can only view 1 class at a time, though. You can switch for $1 as many times as you want. It's somewhat inconvenient because you have to wait a few days for them to process your switch. I prefer this site because you can see all the classes and jump around between them.

@Joy-Heyer -- yeah, I think I would approach this differently if I had an idea in mind to start. This was a case of drawing without having a plan.

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

@Katrina Fowler It was great seeing you and @Dulcie too! I love this illustration! Dulcie was right about the t-shirt...and the last post fixes it perfectly. I totally think you pulled off all of Marco's suggestions. I understand the reasoning behind other suggestions about color and texture, but in this case, I don't agree. The saturated colors indicate power--which is exactly what is happening. The fairy is using her power to make Pinocchio a real boy. And I really like the textured strokes. It may be worth considering a stronger shape to the glow emanating from the wand and around Pinocchio, but it isn't necessary. I love the highlights in Pinocchio's hair, the change in the highlights on the fairy's arms and face, and Pinocchio's nose. It is lovely!

Really nice work! Love the color and the mood!

I also like the concept of boycutting the rules of perspective in some of the work shown here, it does give a sense of whimsiness... However, I think that in your piece, there is a slight sense of perspective, just enough to give the impression that the incorrect perspective wasn't done on purpose. Maybe by pushing it further like @Natiwata suggested, we would more easily get the feeling that this is your style. I'm not sure though

I'm callin this done. Please let me know what you think.

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A quick sketch to help heal my aching heart. RIP Alan Rickmanalanrickmansnapesm.jpg

So I decided to make it a postcard and they came in the mail today. So excited!
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Looks better so far. But should experiment with some form shadow on his skin and see what it would look like.

Thanks @Dulcie @Dan-Travis ! @bharris I did alter the buffalo slightly so that his back leg was more visible and you could see his horn in silhouette based on Lee's suggestion and I think it helped. Thanks!

@Thrace-Shirley-Mears Hello Thrace - i am not sure about this idea of mine but here is what i was thinking - it is possible that the saturated edges are pulling my eye off the page - i think saturation is a way to guide the eye of the viewer - i just did a quick cut and past of slightly desaturated edges to see if it helped with this (i didn't push it very far) - i think the way i did it is not good but i do think that it is easier for me to focus on the characters with the edges being less saturated - what do you think?...... i just did a little poking around and discovered the "Sponge tool"!!! you can use it like a brush to desaturate areas - hold down the "Dodge tool" icon and it will appear Piggies.jpg