Portfolio pieces WIP- help please

MichaelaH · 24 Jul 2019, 08:24

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Ha ha ha I know what You mean, this motion sickness ...therefore no swing or swinging chair for me..or boat or something that swings my brain...Looks like great thumbnail.

Nyrryl Cadiz · 24 Jul 2019, 13:20

@MichaelaH oh, swings!!! I know the feeling lol pretty much all vehicles actually

Nyrryl Cadiz · 24 Jul 2019, 13:35

Hi everyone! Here’s an update!

Gary Wilkinson · 24 Jul 2019, 13:41

Loving it so far, but I wonder if adjusting the angle of the turtle might work a bit better than it's current pose. Also I think it might be worth checking to see if extending the canvas down slightly will help the weight of the scene at the bottom. Good work

Nyrryl Cadiz · 24 Jul 2019, 13:47

@Gary-Wilkinson definitely! I was thinking of extending the canvas too.

lmrush · 24 Jul 2019, 14:57

Nice job!!!!

Nyrryl Cadiz · 4 Aug 2019, 07:12

I’ve been doing more sketches. This one’s from “The Legend of the Mango” a local folklore here in the Philippines. The story tells of a kind girl who has a literal heart of gold which shines whenever she helps others. One day, when a plague of locust devastates her village. She drives them away by using her heart as a beacon, leading the insects away. The girl never returned but one day the barren trees started to bear golden, heart-shaped fruits. At that moment, the girl’s mother knew her daughter finally came home.

I love that story. Anyway, here they are.

25 Jul 2019, 21:18

@Nyrryl-Cadiz
What a wonderful story! I love the way you're framing both spreads with the mangoes and insects! Very lovely work

Nyrryl Cadiz · 26 Jul 2019, 13:34

Hi everyone! Here’s an update.

26 Jul 2019, 13:15

Beautiful! You did a great job capturing that heartfelt moment!

Nyrryl Cadiz · 26 Jul 2019, 13:16

@Alicja-W thanks! That means a lot.

Gary Wilkinson · 26 Jul 2019, 15:08

@Nyrryl-Cadiz beautiful painting. Great composition, color and story can't really say much else apart from that

Nyrryl Cadiz · 26 Jul 2019, 15:48

@Gary-Wilkinson thanks!

MichaelaH · 26 Jul 2019, 16:06

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Looks so nice, lovely with the light, nice colors

Nyrryl Cadiz · 26 Jul 2019, 16:37

@MichaelaH thank you!

Nyrryl Cadiz · 28 Jul 2019, 12:41

Hi, everyone! I’ve been working on new pieces. Here are some rough sketches.

Nyrryl Cadiz · 28 Jul 2019, 13:19

Here’s an update. I want to finish the line work tonight.

Kuarahy · 28 Jul 2019, 15:21

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I absolutely love this!

Nyrryl Cadiz · 28 Jul 2019, 15:26

@Kuarahy Thanks. This one is of the folklore Ibong Adarna( The Adarna Bird) which is about this bird which can cure all sickness through its song. It’s hard to catch though because if you hear its song it can also send you into a deep slumber and if its droppings fall on you, you’ll turn into stone.

Here’s another update everyone!

RobinCampbellArt · 28 Jul 2019, 15:37

Hi- @Nyrryl-Cadiz
From the original Mango Legend sketch, you moved into painting your work well...the ghost girl is perfect. I like this image a lot. I just went through a portfolio workshop and the faculty that gave feed back asked us to think about showing characters in series, usually three. I saw a second sketch of your character in a field. Ideally there should be a third. I hope you post a third series sketch for the Legend of the Mango set.

I’m also wondering if the aim for your portfolio is for getting picture book work, if so you should be thinking about open areas where potential text could go in all your images.

I love your painting style....are you working digitally? If so what kind of brushes are you using.

Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff. Love it