DECEMBER CONTEST: YETI
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@chrisaakins awesome job love his bottom lol and the addition of the staff he looks a hundred years wiser now
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@powsupermum Thank you so much. I feel like he likes a good laugh and gives out good advice to travelers who climb up to see him. The first piece of advice is "Don't climb up the Himilayas. It's cold up here!"
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@chrisaakins right on
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@powsupermum Thank you!
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@Jake-Parker cuteness only gets you so far.
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@chrisaakins Awesome job like usual. I’m right behind you. I have some finishing touches. Are you in the all-stars?
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@dafoota no. I've gotten as far as the sweet sixteen 4 times, and the elite eight last time, but I'm not an Allstars. But thanks for the compliment!
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@chrisaakins ehhh...well i think of your art as awesome created by an all-star!
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@dafoota This is so creative!
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@chrisaakins this is so great! I love the body shape and his expressions- makes you wonder what he's going to get up to!
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@Coreyartus great concept Corey! I didn’t even think of this. These drawings put a smile on my face as soon as I saw them.
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Hello! I am just wondering, with the monthly challenges, I know that anyone in the Forum can participate, but do you select the 16 finalists only from your SVS paying members?
Thanks !
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@ValD yes that’s right
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@ValD Were you at the critique last week? yours was totally going to make it into the top 16 but you weren’t an active member you should join!
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@Gabby-Correia great work! I love this little guy. He does resemble the cast from Trolls but you can’t go wrong with such cuteness:)
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Hey Fam!
Here is my entry for December! Introducing Monty the Lumberjack Yeti.
The thoughts behind making Monty a lumberjack is quite simple. I thought about what SVS Learn said in their podcast about thinking on what makes the character so unique and why. Monty is a yeti and his environment is mainly in mountainous terrain so I thought about what other things like to hang out in that environment and a lumberjack came up. It was an added bonus that lumberjacks aren't animalistic, so it adds a bit of spunk.I also considered the shape of the yeti as well. In my research of different cartoon styles of the yeti I found most of the designs were quite rounded, so to add a contrast to usual styles of art I decided to make the yeti more square to add a bit more shape language. The square communicates strength and I wanted that to be incorporated. With that said I also rounded the corners to show a softer and friendlier character.
With this color and pattern pallet I didn't stray too far from traditional pallets you'd find in a lumberjack or a yetti because I wanted to make it obvious what this character is meant to be.
I also added a homemade stone axe as an added prop to help build the character's personality as a lumberjack. The geese are Canadian because...well... I'm Canadian. They add more to his story as a character and the environment he lives in, and you can tell that he has a personal vendetta with the flying bomber squad. I thought it'd be great to add to these poses set out by SVS Learn, to add more of a feeling of laughter and whimsy.