Portfolio pieces WIP- help please

[A Former User]

@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]

Hi everyone! Here’s an update.

[A Former User]

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

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Alicja-W thanks! That means a lot.

[Gary Wilkinson]

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

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Gary-Wilkinson thanks!

[MichaelaH]

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

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@MichaelaH thank you!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

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

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

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

[Kuarahy]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz I absolutely love this!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@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]

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

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

Here’s another update!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@RobinCampbellArt Hi, Robin! I’m very glad you like my art. Thanks. I do have a third piece for the Legend of the Mango series but that’ll have to go in the back burner for now. I was adviced to beef up the variety in portfolio. So for now, I’m more focused on adding numerous scenes preferably Filipino culture inspired. Yes, I do aim in getting into the children’s book market. I also agree on leaving space for the text in your illustration. I try to incorporate that in my pieces. However, some of my next pieces may or may not have that space though. Hopefully the illustration itself can carry the story.

As for my brushes, I use fairly simple brushes. I only use four actually. I hate using a ton of brushes. They’re just too tedious and impractical for my taste. The brushes I use are:
Hard Airbrush
Soft Air Brush
8B Pencil Brush
Chalk Brush

I look forward seeing your work too.

[A Former User]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz
I really like this composition! And I especially like the way you're able to express age without breaking style. It's such an important skill, one that I definitely need to work on, so it really shows how much work you put into your craft. Can't wait to see how you color it!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@Alicja-W thanks!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

Hi, everyone! Just doing some color comps. I was told to use more vibrant colors in my piece so I’m going all out.

[MichaelaH]

I like the strong colors

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@MichaelaH Thanks ! Any comments?