@riftweaver haha... I didn't think the title would suggest that. But it's kinda cool. The outlines where done with a brush pen.

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Wow, you all are amazing! Thanks SO much, for the suggestions, taking the time to find reference images, and for the redraw. I'll take it all into consideration and have another go when I get the chance (busy work week ahead). It's a little discouraging to struggle so much over one picture, but it's been a good learning experience, too.

Also, just for kicks, I tried doing three thumbnails last night in all ink - about 90% black with white highlights. Everything looked great except for Gollum. Anytime I shadowed him, he just blended into the background.

@sketchycaroline Thank you so much! 🙏

I... think I'm done. What do you think? Frankness is appreciated. =)x
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Got a little behind posting these here but they are up to date on instagram
Day 19 Hair hair everywhere
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Day 20 Watch out for zippers
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Day 21 Dress up is more fun!
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Day 22 Compare your beards at Thanksgiving!
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Day 23/24 Black Friday Shopping, scare those old ladies with your beard!
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Hello guys! After following the creative composition class (first version) I am starting to build entire scenes and I came up with this one, and I wonder if you could help me to improve it before I take it too far... in the centre , there are garden gates..i imagine a little visual story where the girl in the bottom left is about to enter this quirky place .. I placed a little white path that connects the many gates, or do you think is better to just scatter them around? Value wise, I'm planning to try dark cold colors in the foreground foliage , and warm colours at the centre, with accent colors on those gates. The girl will have a dark value as she is almost on white background! so what do you think?
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I add the sketch plus my garden gates sketch ! THANK YOU!!!

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@donflo Thank you for these great suggestions!! I really love the choices you made in your sketch. I'll keep those tips in mind for next time!

@jon-anderson thanks buddy!

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Re: Watercolor - WIP

Hello
The delicacy of this bird is lovely. I like the contrast of the white in the upper right - I enjoy the style of some blank paper within a picture rather than a fully coloured image. I like the way you've done two colours in the background too - the green and yellow. Intensifying the difference in contrast between the bird and the background even more could perhaps work too to make the bird stand out even further from the background.
I love the speckling of the bird's feathers and the delicate white markings.
Have a great day,
Caroline 🙂

FINISHED!!!!!
Day 31 - Slice
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So I finished! With a big delay so I voluntarily disqualify myself from Inktober :D. It was a great experience. Thank you guys for all the nice words and support. 😍
I decided to continue the strips. I am taking a break for a few weeks to plan out how to return. I'll be posting some sketches in the meantime. Also, I'll be more active on the forums from now on as I was very busy working on the strips. Cheers 🤗

Thanks for the comment. No, the mushrooms aren't a part of her dress, although I had thought about it. I envisioned the Lady Light kneeling in the cavity of one of the mushrooms.

@kadelex I see what you are saying about maybe doing a little more rendering into the background instead of just cutting it off with flat black - thank you!

@kaitlinmakes I did do the far trees wet on wet and in the first one, I sponged up from the bottom a little to try to get it to feel more misty. I didn't so that on the second one which was done on canvas because it lifted too easily from the canvas and essentially just wiped it off entirely.

In the first one, the light green "cloud" in the mid-ground trees and on the ground were my poor attempts to make mist look like it was settling in the woods by sponging upwards again. I didn't even attempt that on the second one because I didn't like the effect. It looked more like a chemical cloud than mist!

I see what you are saying about the twig. Part of why I put it there was to break the symmetry of left and right. That's part of why I was thinking of darkening the background trees a little more in the second one -- the middle felt too empty.

@smceccarelli Yeah makes sense. I bet it will be interesting for you to see what they've done with the finals! If it's just a few, then it shouldn't be too much of an issue, particularly if you work in and keep key elements as layers, but even if not, you can probably copy/mask/paint to get things where you need them to be.

btw, congratulations on all this work! 🙂

@whitney-simms hmm not really sure on that. I know if I am going to print a piece I always make sure its CMYK. But I don't think that would matter on the quality of the print. More for the colors.

I don't know if its the forums compressing this image but when I bring it into photoshop it says its 72dpi with a print size of 35in by 45in. Are you trying to print a 8x11 sheet?

@craig-imrie Same. I spent so much time drawing in ballpoint and never bothering to color my stuff, that color and values are my weakness. I've already come a long way just from taking some of these SVS courses.

@jcantwellart looking through all the comments, you nailed it with this version. Looks great. Only thing I would suggest is to remove the snow flakes on the people in the circle. There seems to be a lot falling outside the circle but only a few inside because of it being white.

@burvantill Yeah! I am learning so much, would love to hear if you start using any of his techniques in your process. I love how his point of view is just, do whatever it takes to make a great picture. Anything goes sort of thing

@TwiggyT@Feleri Thank you so much! I've been looking at it so long already, it's sometimes hard to still see it clearly, you know? It's nice to hear that it still reads and has some sort of impact.