October Contest: GLOW!
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@stephanie Thank you so much, that means a lot!
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@stephanie Your piece made me feel all the feels. You really are good at reducing concepts down and just concentrating the heck out of them.
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@Mia-Clarke - I'm glad the message came at the right time. Your work is awesome. I meant to say that I loved the delicacy of your "linework" but autocorrect changed it to "lifework"!
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@Martha-Johnston glad I'm not the only one lol! I love the way yours turned out.
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@Mia-Clarke Thanks so much!
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@Mia-Clarke Thanks! I'm loving this community. It's helping so much with my work.
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@JacksonAdamsArt OMG! I was looking at this last night and then the joke hit me and I laughed out loud. Brilliant!! (I'm new to the forum and new to the upvoting process, etc.. Ignore if you can see my accidental down-votes and then corrections of that
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I see there are many strong contestants this month!
Should be interesting!I made a piece as well, not sure if it won't be again considered as an unclear story. To be honest I struggle with coming up with ideas that are not too complex and not requiring a context. This is sth I'm still learning, so that's how I view Critique Arena: as an opportunity to learn. I don't want to make sth banale, but as a result I feel like I end up with sth that only makes sense in my own head
And I admit, I took a risk with that angle
I would be interested to know what anyone makes of what's going on here
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@mzameckaart From what I could see, is this an underwater civilization in a microscopic form, holding a ceremony, with the cat outside looking on? Not sure what the other character is and thought she's a mermaid that is misplaced? Anyway I could be totally off but I do want to say your rendering and paint are beautiful.
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@mzameckaart Ok looking closer that's not a mermaid, she's the owner of the cat, she's obviously human holding a glass of water. Sorry about the mistake!!
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This was a busy month for me, but I was able to do an illustration for the prompt "glow". It is definitely not my favorite piece, but it's something. I considered not entering this month because of not having a lot of time to illustrate, but I have been entering the contest every month for a couple of years now, so it didn't feel right not entering something
. At least I got some drawing time in. 
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@mzameckaart I actually like the angle. I love all the people in the bowl. Makes me want to know the whole story.
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@kirsten-mcg These are great! I am interested in the bird story, and love the cozy campfire illustration.
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@Jeremy-Ross The characters are so cute!
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@JacksonAdamsArt This is funny! Love the concept.
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@LauraA I am really curious to know what is going on in this story; it is sinister, but beautifully done. I love how you did the ghost/spirit and the wallpaper.
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Did a variation my dream farm entree. Its too late to enter the variation but what do you think? do you like this one better?
.Its based on a baby deer my son in law rescued out of a river on maui. They bottle fed her and she lived with them like one of their dogs.The tubes I drew are based on the aquaponic systems . https://www.instagram.com/p/CcYP1MgJ9mB/ Sweet rescued deer is here. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKnooXA7Lk/
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@Kim-Rosenlof @ArtistErin Haha so again my concept is quite unclear!
The story is: the girl doesn't know that there are tiny ppl having their tiny world in her plant terrarium, but she is about to realize it, as they had just discovered fire. She got up in the middle of a night to get a glass of water and stopped, as she saw a mysterious glow. Her cat has been able to see the tiny ppl for a while now (their "cave paintings" are a clue). Tiny ppl have been painting the things they could see - cat paw, random, everyday objects that the girl was putting near the terrarium, occasional insect they had to chase off...
I know, way too elaborate!
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@Kim-Rosenlof Yeah, it may not be a good Critique Arena entry, as it's based on a middle grade novel and requires some context. I'm working on building up a middle grade/YA portfolio. But I stuck it in anyway since it had some glow and I finished it on the 31st.
Question, because I just wonder if anyone else can see it or knows the context: Can you tell what the little girl is doing, and any idea why?
The basic story, without spoilers: The illustration is from Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland. It is set in the early 1920s with allusions to the past. The young girl, Ophie, can see ghosts and thus gets wrapped up in a mystery in the house where she works. This is part of the final scene. The author weaves themes of racism in with the mystery/ghost story part, using the latter as a vehicle to illuminate the former. Can't say more without giving it away, but it's done really well.
BTW, I think your concept is genius! Kudos for being able to knock out a great piece even during a busy month!
