Whenever anyone mentions mermaids I can't help but think of sailors recording 'mermaid' sightings and describing the creatures as much more masculine and whiskered than they anticipated :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: So my mermay entry contains no mermaids. Just the things that most likely spawned the mermaid myth.

Cassandra demands breakfast for dinner. Jeremy also wants breakfast for dinner, but doesn't want Cassandra to have it. Annabelle demands her cheerios in her special flower bowl. The twins are showing their love for Senator Ursinius (also known as Mr. Bear). Joey has once again played 'hide the poop' but honestly cannot remember where, and thus needs his older brother to find it. Mr. Fuzzy Britches, as is his right, enjoys the dinner theatre. Happy anniversary.

Boy did I ever learn a lot from this challenge!

Good enough!

Doooooooone. Just in time

I realized after finishing that this could almost be considered spaceman spiff fanart, lol.

But it's done now!

The moment before the first dive.

It's big, yes, but is it big enough?

@carlianne said in 'together' contest WIP:

I think you could have his body facing away while he is looking at them if you wanted to follow the musical theater rule

Glaring sullenly over his shoulder, perhaps? Stealing glances at their majestic castle as he toils away with his small selection of basic blocks? Absolutely

@JoshuaDages said in 'together' contest WIP:

I'm wondering if maybe the outcast kid could have a piece that they need (or will eventually need) and that way he gets to be a part of "together" as well? Just a thought.

That's a neat idea! I'll try that out for sure

@notfitkid Thanks so much

@carlianne I'm actually looking to make him a little LESS removed from the group. The more isolated and contrasted I make him the more likely the image will read as 'alone' instead of 'together'.

But then again I may try your idea! One never knows when something'll read clear as a bell

also have a hard time ignoring the rules of musical theatre which are mostly 'all actors should be paying attention to what the audience should be paying attention to'

@TessaW said in Your Tools of the Trade:

@Braden-Hallett When you're standing, how high is your drawing tablet? How high are you lifting your arm and what is your neck angle?

The surface of my table is just above my belly button. When drawing near the top of the tablet my bicep is parallel to the floor. My neck angle is just a relaxed forward look. Not significantly up or down.

I was gonna sit this one out this month cuz I got some deadlines coming together all on November 30th, but I get to attent the all star so I gotta make somethin'!

Concept is a group of kids combining blocks to make a castle far grander than their classmate's.

Simple sihl/value study

Start of a colour study. The idea is that each kid has their own colour of blocks, and they're putting them together to build a big castle. Selfish Sandy who keep his blocks to himself is much jealous.

@xin-li said in Your Tools of the Trade:

@Braden-Hallett do you stand when you draw? I work on a 13-inch Cintiq too, and I have a lot of back pains lately. Your set up gave me some ideas

I do I recently had to relocate to a sitting desk for a few days and I immediately got a pinched nerve, so standing clearly does something good!

Some people buy fancy adjustable desks so they can sit in their chair when they want to. I built a high desk and bought a drafting stool that rises high enough for the table

@Gabby-Correia all the time I use it to look at reference, control music, browse facebook, and all the rest of garbage that keeps me from doing work.

I'm half with @Griffin . I think this does convey the prompt (and I think ants working together to steal foodz is a GREAT idea).

However, when I think of ants working together I think of them working as a group to lift something much MUCH bigger than they are. I'd love to see the line of ants working in group to carry large whole foods (peanuts? maybe go super silly and have them carrying a whole apple or a sandwich?)

Other than that I really like the perspective and design!

@Gabby-Correia

I use a standing desk! My ACTUAL workspace is jammed into the right side. My 13 inch cintiq is in a standing easel and my work computer is the little black box behind it.