@burvantill I think you nailed it. Great work.

@Braden-Hallett Thanks much--this gives me insight into how you work and I can see more into each of your steps. And alas, many of the things I learn along the way are more in the "foundation of the house would be better 2 feet to the left" than color of the paint. But I am learning and progressing-much do to tips and encouragement here.

Have a great comic-con!

@Sophie-Lawson That's so nice Sophie! I love your work too ❤
@Whitney-Simms Thank you Whitney, you are always so encouraging, motivate me and inspire me so much! 🙂

@Susan-Marks Thanks! 'A pleasure to read' is a good thing 🙂

Thanks for the feedback! I'll be making changes once I get back from the Calgary comic convention.

This particular snippet of comic is actually a chapter out of my webcomic redone as a fantasy, so I'll just be using this little bit for my portfolio. I won't be continuing it since it's all already finished and posted (400 some odd pages).

I'll be sure to repost these pages once they're inked and coloured 🙂

@theprairiefox Well done! and yes indeed some days life is too busy for a challenge-so I go with stick with it until done, even if it takes more than the suggested days.

I've been continuing on-how can I pivot the original challenge to do more work-for-me, i.e. use the paradigm to serve my goals. I try to do this with many of these exercises. So I'm working on another 100 heads, this time, drawing characters in my comic-in-development.

I'm also using some comic references (in addition to photo images)--these are taken from work by Doug Holgate, artist for Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles. I'm using these to find an expression I need to convey the emotion in a panel that I need, and then practicing expressing that in my character's head. And continued work on trying to make my characters look consistent.

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Nice idea! I love the dragon in the background and the fact that you keep it subtle, so as to be more of a lurking presence rather than detracting from the focal point, but honestly I didn't even notice it at first. The silhouette of the body may need just a slight bit more contrast to draw the eye there at all?

@Heather-Boyd is a WIP , I just did to add in another conversation about Spiderverse, i did the spiderwebs are created with magic...but I really like your comments, I think that you are right on. My idea is to add some more designs , but I can put more work in this one... really appreciated your comments!

@Aleksey if you can find the original non-disney dub it's amazing 🙂 The voice acting in the newer release with Mark Hamill is... in many ways atrocious (same with Porco Rosso). Though I suppose you can watch it in japanese with subs instead.

Either way, awesome movie!

@Jon-Anderson Haha, your comment made me laugh! Thanks for the positive reinforcement, even if there are no stats to back up that perspective 😆, it does sound good. I am feeling under the weather today, maybe I will give it one last effort tomorrow.

@Braden-Hallett I’m not sure yet if I will try something else for this prompt or not. I will give this one more effort and then see how I feel. The problem is that I tend to work slow, and I feel like time is running out pretty quick. I am amazed at the level and amount of work you are able to put out, I’m hoping I will speed up with a little more practice.

@demotlj Thank you for the feedback! I've changed Lucy's face, not only in terms of shadows and cheeks, but also the eyes, which I've decided would look better if they were closed. I think it's a lot better like this now.

Thank you all for the feedback! It helped me understand some notions about shadows, focus of the illustration and illustrating the faces better ♥

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You can post here:
https://forum.svslearn.com/topic/7315/april-prompt-the-moment-before/13

@Heather-Boyd Thanks Heather, yeah, that's a good idea -more shock-horror 🙂

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Ok this is what I turned over to the magazine. It is not as populated as Where's Waldo, but it's still got a lot going on. Thanks for your help!

Thanks! Let’s see if I can pull it off

@Braden-Hallett You were right! I lowered the intensity of the curtains and bumped up the intensity of the shirt, added a smidge more definition in the fact, and finally adjusted the angle of the stage to make it feel less like he was waiting to go on from a balcony and instead felt more like he was in the wings. Thanks so much for the advice!! I truly appreciate it!!

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Excuse the delay, I didn't have internet for a few days.
@theprairiefox so you mean that in pics 1 and 2 the central tree and the tree on the left are fighting for the attention of the viewer?
Thanks for the insight. It's really fascinating that there aren't really any rules when it comes to that stuff. You just experiment, think about the feel and the atmosphere you want out of the image and see how it goes. Nevertheless I got some useful pointers out of all you guys. Thank you very much!

@Squirrelsize Looks great!

Trying it this way, it changed the story a bit though I think like the ghost is the pied piper for cats who just can't resist sitting on clean laundry ! halloweenweb.png

@Whitney-Simms I just received my notecards and they are beautiful. I got them as gifts but I’m not sure I want to give them away. Thanks so much!

@Braden-Hallett The changes are looking great, I personally think your colour looks great too and think if I was presenting in a portfolio I would put the two in because it shows you can do both well 😃 Great job 🙂