Share July HTFYA Ideas & WIP - (Food Truck)

[LauraA]

@Sarah-VanDam I know, right? Once we finally get the idea down, we almost have to finish! Please do share. I looked at your site and the work is very nice!

For me, it may be fall before I can draw again, but I'll try to use the down time to study and write (via speech dictation).

[LauraA]

@Gabby-Correia Love the tank! My seller is also a mermaid (at least part time), so I was thinking through ways to show a hint of tail.

[LauraA]

@MarcRobinson Great design and concept! What will the food look like?

[Gabby Correia]

@MarcRobinson oooh love the details so far!

[MarcRobinson]

@LauraA thank you. I'm going for a traditional "Gypsy" style caravan with light bulb themes. I'm going to try and incorporate a joke in there somewhere, but I'll sort that during the painting phase.

[MarcRobinson]

@Gabby-Correia thank you, Gabby.

[Larue]

@LauraA
Well that sucks! I hope you heal up quickly! Very frustrating:( Your art will always be here,as will we.

[Kristen Lango]

Loving everyone's ideas!

So I'm slightly guilty of changing the prompt a bit with this one.

I've ended up rethinking my story to be from the point of view of Scully Seagull who just wants a decent meal. He's tired of circling dumpsters and wants to teach his fellow gulls some proper table manners

The food truck is like no other because the pasta is being rolled fresh on the top of the truck and falling directly into the pot below with the work of these cute kids

I'd love to hear your thoughts even if I can't change all that much at this point because of time and working traditionally - there are already so many layers of paint on this thing haha

[jahn]

OK I think I am ready to post as my final, however if anyone has any small corrections or advice I would appreciate it. Thanks!

[A Former User]

@jahn the sun is rendered in a realistic style that differs from the style in the rest of the composition.

[jahn]

@thomas-young Do you have a suggestion of how I could render it? take out the solar flares and just have a circle? Or make it more cartoony?

[Julia Hegetusch]

@jahn love the racoon throwing the food off the truck for his forest friends

[A Former User]

@jahn Give the cloud a silver lining that suggests the sun's presence. It is the solar rays that draw my attention from the focus of the story.

[A Former User]

@jahn Alas, Rhonda's truck has no rear-view side mirrors where you capture her priceless reaction to that renegade raccoon who has once again out-witted her. Maybe her facial expression or she is shaking her raised fist?

[jahn]

@thomas-young great idea, thank you

[A Former User]

@jahn I think you have the beginnings of a great children's book!

[Larue]

@LauraA
Thanks for you response! Appreciate it.

[Larue]

@jahn
Thanks Jahn. This was my first idea but I think it might be too dark but think I might do it as a personal project. Appreciate you’re in put and BTW, I like the way your HTFYA came out!

[Oana]

Hi! I really like this idea and I think it is clear and suitable... but for over a week I tried to get past the doodling stage, so I decided at least to post a smudgy doodle, maybe it helps me move on. Maybe I will manage today to draw 2-3 different perspectives in a cleaner manner and post them for feedback. This time the thing is a bit too complex for me - the food truck itself, the background and my ideea requiring 7 characters, so I'm still planning how to organise everything arund...

[jahn]

@Larue You're welcome, and thanks again for the things you pointed out to help make my illustration story clearer!