@Nathalie-Kranich love the shadows on the second cover. good work!

Figured I'd post an update. Thanks again everyone for the feedback! I think I'm in a good place to start inking and painting 🙂

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@JoannaH Thanks Joanna 😊

@Lee-White, okay, I will try 30 for one spread and see how it goes. Thank you. I plan on having 3 finished or decently finished pieces for a dummy.

@chrisaakins And one other note- if you do end up using some form of the method, you can use erasers with textures in them to help with style consistency.

@DOTTYP Thanks for the feedback! I didn't realize my Instagram page wasn't working, so I've fixed it.

@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson @ChloeB-artistry no probs happy to share resources 🙂

@KaraDaniel thanks for the helpful comment! they are done in gouache...I will try working on the background, thanks for the suggestion!

I really like your pumped up color! You have a good effect going. The only thing I'd have to say now is that that second mouse's silhouette is still a little garbled compared to the rest. You could consider making him all dark if that doesn't mess with your previous characterizations. And while I love his gesture (totally believable), if he lifted the bottle just a bit more so you could read the silhouette better, that might help too. In fact, I might even plump him up just a tiny bit. The others just have such good silhouettes that his is a little less clear.

The 3 kings idea reads to me, but honestly I thought that was an almond in the first mouse's hand until I read it was a ring. That seemed like the kind of thing a mouse might bring as a gift! I was looking quickly, though.

Great image! Love the perspective!

Would love to see the more bananas version, and some cast shadows to ground them (along with the other aforementioned adjustments to them)

Also, maybe differentiate some of the texturing. I kind of feel like the noise that is permeating the image is overwhelming as it is affecting every surface.

I tried trying the sketchy inky look that is working for my mice in a comic book form, adding lots of texture and using a muted pallet. I like it. I like how it looks like a color pencil sketch on toned paper.
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I got the legs wrong so I didn't finish them.

Congrats on your huge accomplishment! Looking forward to your 4th!

I think the Octopus and Diver works so well with your inking style. Love them all otherwise 🚀

@Elena-Marengoni haha thanks im glad you enjoyed this. I will definitely submit the cover

Thank you so much! This helps a lot! i will definitely try that

@theprairiefox Thank you for the detailed explanation - I've done a tiny bit of lino cutting in the past but never this type of printing - fascinating!

@TessaW I thought so too about the bruising. I was trying a different technique than I normally use with color pencils. I layered in the values first with sepia and ultramarine but they made mud with the peaches and pinks. Lesson learned. I think if I do this again I will reserve my light values and not use the sepia and ultramarine to make my very lightest grey tones. Or maybe I need to improve my blending. The colorless blender dragged the pigment of the darker areas into the lighter ones and then I was stuck with it because you can't erase or undo color pencil.

I did really enjoy building up the layers. I am normally too impatient and try to go dark too soon.

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And this marks the end of my third Inktober in a row! This year was definitely more challenging.. with life happening in other areas.. but I'm glad to have reached the end and be able to complete this fun challenge nonetheless. A lot has been learnt!

Thank you for your encouragement & support! 🙂

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@Kevin-Longueil Took a bit time to answer, sorry! Thank you Kevin, this is helpful! Critique is always welcome 🙂 I am going to redraw her completely and post her here. Yes, everything was slightly squeezed, which I noticed when I mirrored her. I gave more space to the ear in the bottom drawing already. It was based on a really fast sketch.
Warmer skin tone in dark areas - this is interesting to me, because I used to choose a colder tone for shaded areas as this was what I learned to see. (reflection of blue sky light). I will experiment with that. Making the eyes pop = 👌

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just checked out your Instagram - some really nice stuff!

Thank you!

I think this works better with the boy in the top frame. The word on the bottom is also more descriptive in leading up to the next scene.! Thanks for the feedback! 19_Left_8x10 2.jpg

@Miriam Thanks for the tips! I'm still trying to navigate as I go along