Here is my submission for the contest! Thank you to everyone who gave me great advice along the way. Can't wait to see all the others!

Hello!

Below is my submission for the contest. Thank you SVS for creating this space for us!

Here is my drawing for Yuko Shimizu’s window drawing challenge. I’m still having a hard time with colors and sticking to a process. SVS has helped me improve a bunch, though!

I was doodling ideas for this month's prompt and I couldn't help but finish out this adorable alligator! I most likely won't use her for the prompt, so I'm sharing her with you all here!

I wasn't sure if I was going to make it, but here it is! Almost went cross-eyed staring at this for so long trying to figure out how to make it better, lol. Absolutely loving all the entries this month! Y'all are killin' it! Thank you to all the SVSers who always push me to be better!

I made a rock rhino! Had a lot of fun making this one and learned a lot!

Finished not perfect! I’m realizing that I need to work on storytelling. I’m not sure what the story is here, lol.

Played around with Lee's texture process today. This is very different from what I normally do, but it was a lot of fun!

tl;dr - Any feedback is much appreciated! A fisherwoman was swallowed by a whale and decided she liked living there.

I spent hours figuring out the furniture (shout out to Jake Parker's prop design class) and then a few more hours figuring out how to draw ocean plants and coral. I'm not sure if all my shapes are speaking the same language, though. Would appreciate any feedback if you see any areas where I can improve!

This is what my exploration phase looked like. It probably won't make sense to anyone but me.

This is what I have so far

The story is that a woman was out fishing but she and her boat got swallowed whole by a whale. She found out she actually liked living inside the whale since she could survive off of the food the whale eats and make other things from the occasional trash/debris that gets in. She has with her a basket and her fishing gear. She uses the basket to store the things she collects. She turned her boat into a bookshelf where she likes to display what she considers treasures. Her blanket and rug are made from random nets/ropes/straws/plastic bags she's collected over the years. Her chair/bed is a large clamshell. And her side table is a lobster trap. She's also hung some starfish on the "wall" for decoration. The woman is currently taking a nap.

Things I'm seeing now that I've taken a step back: The woman could be mistaken as dead; I should have her do something active. I think the plants are too big and busy and taking focus away from the fisherwoman. I may need to crop in closer as well. I could push the prop designs more and perhaps give more story to the whale's character design, too. I'll work on these and any other issues people see. Thank you again!

I realized my portfolio had very little diversity so I whipped up this take on little red riding hood. She’s got places to go and people to see!

@cynthia-bowman what issue are you having specifically?

@cynthia-bowman hey Cynthia! I don’t see your image included. Hope you’re able to upload it before the deadline!

@marek-halko Wowowow, the lighting on this is amazing!

This forum is constantly pushing me to level up and to put myself out there, so here I am! I'm still trying to nail down a style, but I know that comes with time. Loving all the beautiful images I see on this forum every day!

@Nyrryl-Cadiz thank you, Nyrryl! ️️️

I wasn't sure if I was going to make it, but here it is! Almost went cross-eyed staring at this for so long trying to figure out how to make it better, lol. Absolutely loving all the entries this month! Y'all are killin' it! Thank you to all the SVSers who always push me to be better!

@catarina-c This is so awesome!! Hahah food chain inception!

@vidhified Oh my gosh, I love these characters!!

Wowowow~!! Congratulations! What a huge milestone!