Scanning the rest of these babies today!!!

I'm scanning them black and white (I just want the textures). Then, i'm going to pop them into my Procreate files and colorize them. Only two more weeks to go!

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@carlianne defenietly! I would probably also add some atmospheric perspective to the mountains, make them more blurry if you know what I mean. Cool picture tho:)

@BichonBistro Thank you for writing that! I don't think Nadya needs to change her drawing, but I think when we see what someone else sees in our drawings we can be aware of unintended effects - in this case this idea came from the similarity of the curved log and the wolf. So rather than try my suggestion, she can simply decide whether she wants to keep that similarity or not. It probably wasn't unintentional and I doubt people see it the way I do.

I do love the idea of a wolf covered in flowers though. 🙂

@yuriqart what else?

@NessIllustration and @TessaW , here’s the revision. I think your inputs improved the piece tremendously! Thank you so much!
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@Coley I have favored the branches for framing Will and the girl, but when I add the text to the tree, that is no longer as much a factor, so maybe go without the branches?662DD420-29D7-46E0-AB2B-B67AE498C2A4.jpeg

@Jenna-Jenks 😊

@xin-li thank you for your comments 🙂 the problem with my portfolio is that is not focused and consistent. My style and abilities keep evolving and thats why i chose to put my latest pieces on the home page. Soon i will have 3 more pieces in the style of coloured ones, so I will add them to the homepage too.

Nice work

@TessaW Jake’s “how to draw everything” perspective section hurt my brain, but I felt like I learned a lot practicing those shapes in space. The next perspective class is definitely on the list, I just haven’t done perspective in so long. Only one class in college. Thanks for the tip!

LOVE! Such a fun image

Before I start adding color, does anybody have feedback on the composition and/or value-structure of this piece? Also, does this illustration need an additional element, like maybe a mystical creature in the background? Or is it interesting enough on its own?
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@carolinedrawing thank you for sharing your process too Caroline. It seems like I might be the only one who isn’t starting off with a good written process. I sometimes involve the odd word but it’s more ideas generation than keywords, concepts and story. I think writing as a regular thing might be helpful for me too, it’s something I’ve always been weak at.
I’m thinking that the written element explored early on would give the rest of the process a more solid base.

I really like the concept so far. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!

@jdubz I watched a few of the YouTube videos shared up above, and from looking at them, they look kind of similar to water colors (which I'm not a huge fan of.) I think I still lean more towards India Ink, so I will hold off on playing with this particular medium. Besides, I just spent about $250 on Faber Castell pastel colored pencils (I've only done a four pieces with them so far. One I shared here with baby Groot, but also baby Yoda which I really like the results of. I will share 🙂 attached 52Mandalorian.jpg Love vibrancy! 😃 And I probably should invest more time in them before jumping into more mediums LOL 😛

Hi All, this is an illustration I've been working on for a while as part of a book project. I've stared at it so much that it's hard for me to see it with fresh eyes, so I'd be really appreciative of any thoughts or feedback. For example, is it too dark? Is the color scheme working? Are the characters' emotions coming through clearly? Thanks!!

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@Suji-Park you're most welcome! I'm glad I could give you food for thought 😘

@Zachary-Drenski It looks great! Don’t ever look at feedback as direction...Especially from me! It’s just food for thought...It’s always easier to play with someone else’s piece, all the hard work is done. Thanks for posting and encouraging feedback!

I'd like to ask some feedback on what I'm doing stylistically. I'm kind of wondering if maybe I'm over illustrating some of my work a bit.

I tried to do less on the dino than I did with the boy and the yeti.

But I thought maybe I should try pulling WAY back and do some planning then start the first idea with that in mind and see what happened. What I ended up with is spending far less time rendering all the details out and then chose a really limited color palette. I probably started this 4-5 times because I kept changing details on where he was on the mountain.

Does a more simplified approach seem to help it or take away from it?

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@eriberart cool! I'd love to see it. If you would like to share it please do 🙂