Hello everyone, managed to finish it on time.

Hello everyone, finally managed to finish it!
Thank you for all the suggestions and help: @Annaaronson @franksandovalart @baileymvidler
Have an Exiting Week!

Hello everyone, almost missed the deadline, again
I`ts my first time participating, hope you like it, and any feedback is welcome!

Hello everyone, I'm exited to share with you my progress of painting this Cover art. Thanks for the feedback that you gave me on the thumbnail.
I have done the "line art" that will be used in the final images, and I also did a B&W test on how my lights will work in the scene. I have already done the Flat-ing for the Characters and different planes, so they will be easier to selection during painting process... and I`m about to start paint!
Your feedback is greatly appreciated,
Thanks and have Fun Painting on your own OZ!

Hello everyone!
I was rely exited about the first art challenge of 2020, and I immediately started to sketch & paint, ironically since it was winter, in the last two weeks of January I got sick and I wasn't able to finish it, but here it is.
Please let me know what you think!

Hello Everyone,
I have been working on the exiting project for the past week in my spare time, very exited about how it came out, but I`m still not sure if I could consider it finished.
Maybe something is still missing or something can still be tweaked to make it better.
Please share your thoughts, what do you think?

Thank you, and much Love to you all!

Hello Everyone,
After a day of sketching these 4 are the ones that I think work the best. I`m not sure which one would be better, a more zoomed out scene with the characters more spread out, or the closeup version with the city in the background.
Appreciate your help!

Later...
I started to clean up nr. 4, it was definitely the most effective of them all.
I will leave it as it is for a couple of hours and start working on something else, and later, with a fresh perspective I will start to paint.
Cant wait to share the process with all of you, Thank you!

Hi everyone, this is an alternate version for my submission of the Nightfall February contest.

Hello Everyone,
I have been working on this continuation of my Nightfall Illustration project from February, very exited about how it came out, but there are still things to be polished or changed. A few Fresh Eyes would be greatly appreciated!
Please share your thoughts, what do you think?

The text is just a placeholder, one of my friends will be writing a little story for this illustration.
Thank you, and much Love to you all!

The Cover, from the February Contest:

Thank you for sharing all of this information. I think in many peoples minds the Wizard of OZ is the 1939 movie rather then the original book, but yes when you do a cover for the Book then I think it should represent more the book.
@baileymvidler thanks for the original illustrations, I dont know why but 100 year ago cartoons and illustrations that were made for children were so creepy lol.

Alright Nyrryl, Congrats! I just checked it out, I think the most useful thing these days is to have All of your best illustrations in one place and scroll able just like on Instagram.

Looks awesome Jeremy, what software did you use to put your cover on the book?

@Eric-Droke Thank you Eric, I think the green sky goes very well with all the reds in the image.
@miranda-hoover Thanks Miranda! My character design style is still in experimental mode, so it will be interesting to see how it will evolve in my next illustration. Rely Love your Cover, it has such a mysterious feeling to it, not just the atmosphere but the fact that its in the "upside down" lol
@aprilshin Alright, Thank you Aprilshin, I goal was to make them as simplified as possible, it was an interesting challenge since in the game dev industry I usually have to make my characters very detailed.
Wow your Chinese interpretation is very unique, it reminds me of the Journey to the West, some grand adventure in the imperial China!

Hello everyone, managed to finish it on time.

First of, Congratulations for having a Baby ! Congrats also to the books, they look amazing, I especially love the first one, the atmosphere is so soft and moody, great job!

Awesome, thank you for sharing Jake!

I have seen an amazing Art stream done by Aaron Blaise on YouTube, and I was blown away of how efficient he was while doing a study, so I decided to implement what I just learned, and started to paint a sketch that I did a while ago.
Please let me know what you think.
Here is the Video Stream Link, have fun painting:
https://youtu.be/zC4HQVraZMs

@deborah-Haagenson @Freya-Chakour @Nyrryl-Cadiz @Eric-Droke @K-Flagg Yes, I think it balances out the flowers and the title more, and also holds contrast to the Emerald City.
@miranda-hoover @carriecopadraws If the sky is a light green then the grass and the City becomes One background, and gives a stronger contrast to the foreground characters and the red title on top.

Thank you for all your help, have a great Weekend!

Wow that's frickin' awesome Nyrryl, Congratulations, it looks very exiting

Thank you @Coley & @JoshuaDages , I think I will balance it our with some flowers on the left side, so it wont feel heavier on the Right side.

Here is a quick update. which one would work best, the classical blue sky background or #2 or #3.
Nr. 2-3 are more interesting with the red title.
thank you foryou feedback!