@kanari-illust thank you Kanari, I think you are right, it’s not so obvious that it’s a moon. The partial moon would have to really shout moon at you, maybe with craters or a moon like glow or some stars hanging around. Or perhaps the bottom point of the crescent could be visible.
Also I’m glad you pointed out about the first one with the door. Originally I thought she could be getting the impossibly sized moon out of her bag, Mary Poppins style, but I didn’t feel this would work with the composition. I should just give it a shot.
I think I’ll do some more thumbnails.
Thanks again

@Shara-Mills ah, wow, thanks 🙂

for the expressions, I initally had them looking frightened but it seemed a bit too scary, so I made them happy, I'll work for something in between!

I'm actually considering starting over another new one lol! Will see what happens, I had another idea. But maybe I'll end up doing both (submitting only one of course lol).

I agree with Tessa that the jealous and pleased expressions are clear, but for the competition prompt where everyone was “shocked” might call for some classmates or other characters to convey the shock called for.

Cute concept and kid versions of Galinda and Elphaba.

@TwiggyT My daughter had lice. Ugh! I cut her hair really short and she started dressing like a boy. All the kids called her Bob for a few years. She is now a Mom with a five year old son. She is a girl again 🙂

I like both ideas. If you choose to do the robot, I like the one with the girl on it's shoulder and kids all around.

The flamingo would be a lot of fun.

@TessaW @chrisaakins Thank you, I'm glad you like it! 😃
@Zachary-Drenski Glad to hear you like the changes! Thanks for your feedback, I probably would have missed them if you hadn't pointed them out 🙏

Thanks y'all!
@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen Thanks, and you're welcome! With this project, I decided to just share the whole process from start to finish. It's going to be a good ride I hope!
@Nyrryl-Cadiz I know right? I was like, "it's a fairy tale, love this story and know it by heart, I need a smaller project after that oracle deck (just completed a 44-card oracle deck for Blue Angel Publishing.)" But, once I really dove in, realized what a grand story it really can be, and I had a vision from the beginning of what I wanted the reader to experience, so am just going to go for it. Some of these are quite complicated too, but I'm going to learn a lot (already am), and I think come out with something pretty special. <fingers crossed>
@demotlj Thank you! It makes it even more fun knowing the structure of the whole thing from the beginning. There were a lot of points, I was tempted to start getting to the art before the whole thing was laid out, but I stuck through it, and am glad I did.

It made me a little sad to read that you were demotivated because of lack of appreciation on social media-the art you have made here is really really hard to do, and most people perhaps don't realize this. Do not let others demotivate you, make art that makes you happy. You should be happy and proud about this piece you have made. I know you did it for lighting but I also wanted to share a tip I once learned in an art class about portraits; I was taught to make a grid over the original, then on your paper draw the grid and then draw/fill in, it works to help keep proportions on point. Happy creating!

@chrisaakins thanks for the idea. I bought a gold pen the other day, will play around with that. I think it's a gel pen (pen and ink is new to me). I guess a paint pen is probably different, I'll look it up, not a lot of art supplies where I live so I have to order stuff in! although we have Staples here, maybe there would be something there if gold pen doesn't' work. I am planning on coloring the illustration in photoshop later anyhow.....so much to expiriment with 🙂

Hair from A, the rest from B. ❤

Am already kind of having a lot of fun with this. I've heard that an octopus is as intelligent as a kitten, so why not have an octopus pet? Once I started sketching, I was thinking how useful it would be to have a friendly pet octopus, I mean they got all those arms to hold your pencils and books, and whatnot! Plus, so many hugs! I bet they could draw pretty well too if they put their octo brain to it. 😉

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I think I’m about done with all the projects from this collection. Here are the notecards! Super excited to get them out there for sell. Lots of great feedback from my clients. They are ready to give me some money. Well, a little money. Ha!

@MichaelaH Thanks! The front legs do need work. I’m going do some more sketches using your lady bug wings out suggestion.

@TwiggyT Oh brilliant, thank you so much! I can definitely tell the difference with the rump and I completely forgot about that strap thingy - just shows I know nothing about horses haha!
Thank you for taking the time to do that draw over 🙂

@NessIllustration Gotcha! I'll apply those changes now, you're definitely right! Thank you 🙂

@xin-li That's how I show my process, I do it in a blog and then have a link from the polished work to the process, that way people who want to see it can find it easily but the people who would be put off by rough sketches or a screenshot where I still need to fix a bunch of things aren't distracted by it.

The trees ere too vibrant so I lowered their opacity. Any more comments? Critiques?

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@Jorge-Valentin Love this and seeing the process was so interesting

Thank you Judy, that's awesome of you to say! No, it's not for a story. I was trying to fall asleep one night and the image just popped into my head. That doesn't happen very often, but I went for it and this was the result. I might toss around some story ideas from this- but I woudn't even know where to start. 😶

@RobinCampbellArt 👏I think it looks wonderful the changes to the mammoth make it look much more proportional ❤️ I wouldn’t say no one will miss the trees on the cliff side they were beautiful and you had done a great job on them

Hey Gang! Lightbox expo is this weekend and I'm putting the last touches on my portfolio. I fly out in the morning. Wanted to share a couple new pieces I've made and a revised piece.

This had a couple things touched up digitally, I think it brings a little more life to it.
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One of the things I needed to work on was some sequential pieces, this one goes with the Crow illustration thats 1. This takes place earlier in the story before they have a run in with the crow. For the image order I want this to follow the crow one, being the new 2.
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I had so much fun with this sheep illustration, it had to go in the portfolio. I feel like it's one of my stronger pieces, so I want it in the middle, I'm going to have it follow the taco truck watercolor piece.
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This last one is part of the crow illustration series, this would be once they arrive to meet the crow. I'm having a hard time with this one. There's things I like about it, but there's something I can't quite place.

Wanted to see what people thought and if it should go in the portfolio. I'm not sure where I would place it in the order, maybe after the other two in this series? This was laid out with the intent of being a spread. But what do you think?
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Please let me know if you think the order of these should be different. If you want to see how they feel in order, I have them up on my site. https://www.normanmoranaillustration.com

Also!! If anyone else is going to be at Lightbox please hit me up, it would be awesome to meet someone from the forum! During the expo I'm more likely to see a message on instagram, and a link to that is in my signature.