Thank you @BenR and @DOTTYP for the feedback. I really appreciate it. I changed my picture. I might fix it up some more, but I think it is getting better now anyway, thanks to you.
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@inkandspatter said in What I worked on this week:

I can immediately recognize your work when I’m scrolling through my feed

Well that's good 😀

As for style I think over the years I did make some decisions as to what I wanted my style to look like. As in saying to myself 'I like smooth linework. I gotta smooth out those lines' or 'I really like using texture. I gotta learn to incorporate it without using simple texture filters'. But really, for the most part, it's just kinda evolving as I produce. Saying 'yes please' or 'no thank you' as I look at other people's work.

As for how long I've been tryin' out the SVS videos I think I took the painting texture and deets liveclass last year around April. That's when I really started trying to utilize the videos.

@nessillustration awesome, so glad to hear some of the suggestions worked out 🙂

@inkandspatter I tend to like to use the most saturated color or the darkest dark and/or lightest lights in the area of focus. I think you the foreground (or sometimes plane of focus) usually claims both the darkest dark and lightest light and values compress in mid and background. You could compress in the dark range /low key for the background trees for an eerie feel or move higher key if you want a light, fun forest idea.

I'm not sure the best way to add contrast to the squirrel and keep him further back though. If you do a low key bg you could make him lighter against it and that would draw the eye. You also have several branches and the tree shapes pulling the eye to the squirrel.

It does feel like having the lizard draw the eye first and then the squirrel tells the story well though.

@BenR

I noticed that shortly after I posted. I had two different hand drawings and accidentally clicked the older layer on when I was trying to close a folder. Whoops.

Sharp eye! No one else had mentioned it.

@Jonas-Zavacky
You’ve helped a whole lot! Thank you, Jonas! I’ll do that. I see where things get muddled.

And thank you! I had a lot of fun with the clothes.

@Darian
Thank you, Darian! Also, I have no required dimensions or restrictions. This is a character of mine and something I did for fun.

I'll try cropping + adding more small scale objects to better emphasis it. I had taken some inspiration from the high arch walls in Middle Eastern architecture and hoped the palm trees might have helped. I'm going to try dividing it into stories with balconies, stairwell, windows, etc. Thank you for suggesting birds! Gardens likely would have some nesting somewhere.

@carriecopa
Okay! Thank you! I think I have an idea of what to put so that storytelling aspect is filled. Thank you again for your help!

@Teju-Abiola
I see!

When I started this, I had been looking at Middle Eastern architecture and its high arch walls. I'll test out dividing it into floors, add shutters/windows, and balconies, etc. I see where I can push it to look more like a courtyard to help with scale.

Thank you so much, Teju! I really, really appreciate all of your help!! Thank you so much for the PS edit as well! It helped me a lot.

And the sky isn't terribly important. I can cut some of it away.

@Heather-Boyd

I see what you mean. I’ll move some things around so things aren’t so symmetrical. Thank you, heather!

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I want to thank all of you again so very much for your help! 😄 I think I’m going to do two versions of this. I’ll be keeping everyone’s notes in mind from this, and you all have given me some ideas on how this could be heavily changed.

@demotlj oh cool, I'll have to look into that! Thanks for sharing your suggestion! I'm really intrigued by how other people stay organized and motivated.

If i were to be brutally honest here, i think the character’s eyes make him look like he’s high. Lol 😅 i’m really sorry.

@kathrynadebayo Thank you i will try to tone it down 😃 Pink pig you mean the ball with handless beside window, right?

Oh that one looks pretty good too. Thats worth trying. Thanks.

I’m not really sure. Is the front character using a hair drier for a gun?

@heather-boyd could be a fun idea — oh those poor poor poor people who don't know! 😉 — That was a project for a huge IT services company and concluded about a year ago, but I could modify it for the portfolio ( ^ - ^ )

@chip-valecek Thanks so far he is the most popular

@darian Thank you! The focus will be on the animals indeed so thank you for the pointers!
The eye movement is something I haven't mastered yet, at least not deliberately so I'm glad this is incorporated in the piece. I wish I could plan that with a vision beforehand, and I hope to learn that in the course.

I will try to change the focus like you suggested with secondary and tertiary animals. I hope I'm able to, but I will practice! 😃

@inkandspatter

I could have used a smaller brush to get the more details in the water hitting the shore, instead of such broad strokes. I rather liked how my #slowvemeber digital water near the shore went. I could always delete and restart if i needed to. So I need to map it out better in traditional mediums.

🙂 Thanks to you as well.

@jason-bowen Oh, man, not harsh at all 🙂 The last thing I want to have happen is present my portfolio to someone and have them say 'I'm curious as to why this little girl has such a luxurious moustache' :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

@Art-of-B yeah right? 😃 You must be crazy then, because you are posting finished stuff pretty often 😃 How much work do you do behind the scenes? :DD

Thank you :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes:

I’m back with another illustration that I’d like feedback on. I learned so much with the feedback last time, so thank you for that!

When you look at this illustration, what would you tweak? My inspiration was a children’s holiday program, where one little girl steals the show and knocks over a classmate in the process.

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I think I’m done although I’m happy to tweak it if you see anything that needs attention. Thanks for everyone’s help.

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Just a suggestion. Since this story is about a dentist and the monster and his teeth, i think it would be best to show more hints of that. So yes on the teeth.

You've got some nice things working in the picture but I think it needs a slight touch up in composition. The group of trolls and the house seem to be the same size and split the image right down the middle. Maybe extending some trolls along the bottom to the right can make an interesting shape and guide the viewer to the house without breaking it up right down the middle. One good thing is that you have such a good start that whatever you adjust to make your picture better probably won't involve a complete overhaul.