"For the love of honey"

I really enjoyed the process on this one. I didn't want to do anything typical that has to do with love, like hearts and arrows. So I tried to think out-of-the-box and this is the result.

I think I just really wanted to draw a bear and then somehow convinced myself this would fit the topic because bears love honey. At least, that's what Winnie the Pooh told me.

@Braden-Hallett OMG. So good! This is going to be a fun one.

My only feedback would be where the parents heads are in relation to the bottom of the shelves, along with the cereal boxes. It's hard for me to tell the depth; are they in front of the shelves or underneath it? I know they're in front but my brain was playing tricks on me a bit. Lighting may resolve that.

And with the cereal boxes, the focus on the love between the parents two faces might be more clear if the boxes didn't take away from their silhouette? Maybe just leave the box on the left so the back of the dads head is more obvious.

Great line work btw!

I see what Heather is saying about the bridge. I think it's more like stairs, or a ramp coming down to go to a different walkway? But I can see it getting in the way a bit. Well, at least the railing. You aren't giving yourself much space to work with so reducing how far that extends would help establish a more defined silhouette of your character.

I do like the confined space feeling here. Looking forward to seeing the end result!

Pretty "sweet" composition.

Anyway, one bit of feedback is in the value. It's pretty bright right behind her head so my eyes keep focusing on the background. So maybe bring some of that bright value to the front of her face if that's where you want more focus.

Also, the link to your website with the "http://" isn't forwarding correctly. Taking out the "http://" seems to work.

Actually, now that I see your portfolio, I think you would have fixed the values I mentioned above in your final pass. Love your work! Looking forward to seeing the final result.

I wouldn't worry about the color right away. Just paint the values in grayscale and you can overlay color on top of it once you nail the lighting.

I don't think you're too far away from getting the lighting right but the yellow is a bit too saturated and the black line down the middle of the image isn't helping.

Aim for this

The Intuos would be great. I think that's what many of us start off using anyway right? Before investing in more expensive devices like Cintiq's.

You could maybe get one used too, on apps like OfferUp. I've sold my Intuos 4 on there. Or, you can check out the new iPad that's starts out at $329. Which is still expensive. But when compared to thousands of dollars for Cintiq's, and iPad/Surface Pro's it's not a bad deal.

I use an iPad Pro and swear by it but I would only recommend it to someone who is fully committed to using it to further their career as it's definitely a $$$ investment.

(Had a Surface Book for about two weeks and had nothing but problems. Returned it.)

@jason-bowen Yes nice improvement! This is a great thread to watch.

Another thing you might want to consider are the dark trees in the background. (I assume that's what they are, trees blurred out?) I would try making them a lot smaller to help give your image more depth. And then lighten that horizon line of where your middle ground and tree line meet.

If you look at the amazing barn image that @Lee-White posted, there is a thin white fog/mist on that horizon line that helps add some distance. It then has a nice gradient going up from light to dark. Try it out!

@eric-castleman Great job on the highlights spread! My son gets these so I will look out for it. We may already have it. I'll have to check. Congrats!

Slow to me is Fall through Spring in Seattle as I wait for the rain to stop.

@burvantill I had something similar happen to me. I attempted to merge a TON of layers at the same time. Procreate does NOT like this. It crashed, I went back in, all undo history was gone. Image was flattened.

So lesson here is, be very careful when merging layers. And if you're going to do a big merge for whatever reason, maybe make a duplicate of the file first.