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@Eric-Droke I see what you mean~ in my mind I was placing them randomly, but now I see that I did not push it nearly far enough, haha. Thank you for the feedback! I’ll see if I can group them in a more interesting way. @idid I was actually thinking about whether I should differentiate them a bit more. I wanted them to be simple and took inspiration from the below image, but maybe the simplicity and sameness only works in Princess Mononoke because there are other varied characters within the movie. I wasn’t sure how to keep the simplicity of my ghosts without making them look too similar/boring. This is something I’ll have to spend more time thinking/exploring. Thanks so much for the feedback! It pushes me to be a better artist, which I really appreciate!

Hello friends! I was reading when I noticed that the shadows from my fingers were casting really odd hues from the two light sources that I had: a window with blue light coming through, and a lamp with yellow/orange light. A crisp shadow cast a blue hue, and a softer, more diffused shadow cast an orange hue. I was so tripped out by it until I remembered what I’d learned about lighting. The crisper shadow was blocking the orange light but not the blue light, so the shadow looked blue. The diffused shadow was blocking the blue light and so that one cast an orange hue. The orange shadow really tripped me out!! But I guess since the rest of the paper would have a mixture of blue in it, if I blocked the blue light, the shadow would look more orange than the rest of the page. I just thought I’d share this with my fellow art nerds! Hope you all are having a great weekend!

Wowow, thank you all so much for all the great feedback! I'm so thankful for how generous this community is! I appreciate all your time and effort into making me a better artist. Love you all! @esgoldman Thank you! I was having a really hard time with the posing. For some reason, my brain kept wanting to stick to this pose and couldn't think of a better one, haha. Next time I'll keep pushing! Maybe it's time for me to finally take the gesture drawing class, lol. @Frost-Drive Lol, omg I love the idea of a little piggy beret! And yes, must work on better poses. @Spencer-Hale Thank you, Spencer! Ah, I see that now. I was trying to make it simplified, but maybe I went too vague. @TamaraDomuzin It's so embarrassing to say that that's what I was trying to do and yet somehow he still ended up looking at the blank wall in front of him, lol. Thank you for the feedback! @baileymvidler Yeah, I was having a rough time with the shadow, too. I wasn't quite sure how to make it look like it was angling towards a different direction. I'll have to do more studies in the future for things I get stuck on. Thank you for the feedback! @franksandovalart Wowowow, thank you so much! So that's how I make him look like he's looking up, lol! And I love the entrance of a new magical color highlighting one item! Thanks for taking the time to do this. I really appreciate it! @carlianne A ladderrrr yeeess~ that would definitely make it feel like he's familiar with these tools. Thank you for the feedback! @Neha-Rawat Yeah, Frank did a great job! Ah yes, hands on hips would've been way better, haha. I originally tried to draw stacks of paper but could not get the perspective to look right and so resorted to heaps of paper, which also is not reading right, haha. Thank you for your feedback, it's very much appreciated!

@MirkaH Thank you so much, Mirka!

I've been following Lee's "How to Make Art You Love" checklist and have struggled through every step! I think my issue with color is that I still have a hard time applying all the theories. I feel like I have all the ingredients, but I don't know how to create a recipe. Hopefully with more trial and error and more experience, I'll figure out color eventually, haha. My plan is to go with the last one on the right side. I figured I should start with a limited palette. Mostly 2 colors. We'll see how it goes!

@Elisheba Oh yay! Thanks for your input, Elisheba!

@carlianne Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction! It's strangely reassuring that the critiques are on the same things. It makes it easier for me to really focus on what I need to improve. Thank you, Carlianne, for your help!

@aprilshin Several of us finished up CED course, well some of us are still working on it (I include myself of course) if your interested in viewing and adding your work to the already created threads @Braden-Hallett created for us. As to your lines, they remind me a bit like my own. I am very loose -good for sketches not necessarily for finished drawings that have solid strong lines. Well that's partly true -my lines are stronger in traditional formats vs. digital (tablet doesn't feel like paper). *Muscle memory with lots of practise and ghosting (practise drawing above the paper with your whole arm and then put down your pencil and draw exactly it on the paper). I would also recommend drawing different lengths as well as straight and curves. Not every shape is one continuous line. keep going

@aprilshin You're welcome! Please do post updates; the folks here - including myself - would be more than happy to help you along, hehe. Thank you, also, for the compliments!

@aprilshin I would like to know that as well. Also, shortcuts would be great. Is there a way to autoplay with the selected play speed @Lisa-F ? Sorry for bringing up an old thread. Didn't want to make another thread about the same topic.

@ashinmakes (I thought I posted this last night!) It's very cute! (And very similar to the one I was just working on--my nieces and nephews like to build little villages outside.) I love the perspective of looking through the village! (I thought about going that low, but then I raised the view a little higher.) I think I would have had trouble with knowing that's a hand--though that should be easier once it's rendered more & you can see the fingers. Oh. It is the fingers. (Ha. For the movie-quote lovers: "You are the brute squad." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmJ2GVOEVFI) I realize it's supposed to be an extreme perspective / foreshortening, but I'm not finding it quite believable. Maybe try working on a sketch of just the girl and draw her whole arm to see how the angle of the fingers would work. I'm thinking the top of the fingers should be angled towards her. Also, these are super-tiny toys! I guess they are like Polly Pocket dolls. The size difference between the close mushroom house and the one by her face doesn't seem to be as big a difference to me as her fingers compared to her face. I'm not good with perspectives, though! I'm struggling with it on my piece as well. It's also looking pretty busy--especially right around the girl's face, but values could help with that. The tongue sticking out in concentration is a fun detail. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this--it's adorable!