My name is Frank. I am a christian, husband, father of four, and as of March 2018 an invested artist/illustrator. I have always drawn and highly enjoyed creating but now i am actively trying to grow artistically. Thank you for trying to understand me more. I pray you have a great day! Much love and God Bless!
“Today was the day, she just KNEW it. Today, Ellie would finally snap a photo of an ink fairy.“
I intially choose to go with a first person perspective of the moment when the ink fairy was finally coaxed out.
i really do have to give a shout-out to those who gave me some good insight and support. *******Thanks @ambiirae @Jeremy-Ross @carolinebautista @Julia @Coley *******
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and their projects.thanks for all the great critiques!
Went with the moment of anticipation. Much Love and God bless! ONE!
Good morning, I pray everything is well with everyone. I just would like to share what I am currently working on. I crossed a video on YouTube that had an artist talking about a challenge he hit with. He was challenged to choose something and draw one a day for a year. I started out on that journey 21 days ago. Not sure if I will finish but I’m just having fun with drawing cheetahs. Here are a few of my preferred ones. Disclaimer: these may not be finished, I’m still in search of my style, and it may not be much like the other children’s book illustrations. I’m still trying to figure that all out. Thank you for allowing me to share. Much love! 
Hope everyone is well and enjoying life. Here is my submission for this month. overly underestimated how little time i would have with teaching remotely and taking two classess. I just could not let go of my personal goal of submitting something each month.
What you see is just a quick piece most likely unfinished with zero planning. I apologize for the half finished work.
I wanted to bend the boat into a more dynamic design, add bright bugish color schemes, and commuicate more of sky to signify the flying. In addition, there is something wonky about the perspective of the front of the boat. Anyways like this quotes says, “Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly” here is my poorly finished dragonfly flying ship that I love. Thanks and much love!
This one was a punch in the gut. After naturally wanting to fight back , then toss and turn with defeat, I’m finally on my third and more professional step...Humility. I am finally able to be more subservient and rework on the piece.
I expanded the story element of the picture and brought out more of the values in the fairy.
Deep down inside I am thankful for the opportunity to participate in the challenge and converse with this community. Just working on getting past myself.
Much love,
Frank
SUBMISSION:
REWORK:
Okay I am trying this again...can anyone see my post. If you cannot then I must find the right way to collect the url address.
I would like to share what's on my heart!
I am very honored to be a part of this community. It is such a blessing being able to see the greatness from every piece of art I swipe across on this forum!
It is so refreshing seeing such a large group of people working together and with little to no hostility. Please keep up the stunning work! This community is a light in a dark time!
Congrats to everyone who is toiling with their artistic ability. Don't give up! The fruit from your labor will grow at just the right time!
Much love and God bless!
Here is my yetis house! Thanks for all the support! Hope you enjoy!
@Jeremy-Ross @Jacy13 @carolinebautista @Cayleen @Asyas_illos @KayPotter Aight I think I am close to being finished.
I cannot figure out how to change the border. Making it taller or wider just doesn't seem to look right.
Anyways I truly am grateful. Thank you all!
Whoa! I love your ink work. I love the airplane too. I was think of objects to scale mine. all of these are so dope. I think the first one maybe sort of that grungy look. What are the cylinders? Wonderful start. I'm excited to see where this start and your creative being takes you! Thanks for sharing.
@Jeremy-Ross Thanks bud. I seen your yeti post. I'm afraid I just do not see, in my limited experience, much to critique. I thought it was quite nice. It's hard because being so new at this I can't distinguish the difference between a critique and my preference. you know? Anyways we are living the dream...so keep sketching that path.
@carolinebautista @Cayleen @Asyas_illos @KayPotter @Jeremy-Ross ... Here is where I am at.
It reworked the:
Still pondering:
I was thinking some bunnies (both cute and for scale) haha
Thanks for your time and patience. I am grateful for your insights and wisdom. It means a lot to me.
So I have been watching a lot of angry mikkos on you tube. He is my go to artist. He speaks a lot about being at peace, drawing and painting within your happiness, and he is really great at environments. Nothing like is name seems.
The reason why I am sharing this is because I too live in the self-doubt world. Battling back-and forth.
With that said I think you are still early on your piece. I've experienced this same feeling like it doesn't seem like it is coming together. Keep at it, stick to your perspectives, and let your creativity free.
I see a lot of potential in this piece. Please don't doubt yourself. Your art is how you see the world. Your creativity is the music of your being. Let it play and enjoy the process.
These are my reminders I tell myself and I hope something in here will help.
There will be times where you will have to rework a lot. The there will be times where its easy.
You're not alone!
@carolinebautista @Cayleen @Asyas_illos @KayPotter @Jeremy-Ross WOW! Thank you all so much. I wanted show my gratitude as I take have my 5th session. Ya'll are the best!
OK so some things that I know I am weak in and don’t quite understand are:
Flow - How the eye moves through the painting. So I think I can see the flow up the tree through the heavier side of the house, around the opening of the cave and back to the mailbox? What do you think?
Framing - I think I maybe should make it more vertices than square, but I do not know how that works.
Also the lighting in the house. I think it is pretty stale.
I still plan on rendering more, adding more lighting effects, and personal items. I would also like to add something to show the scale. I think i may go darker in the cave.
Feel free to share any of your thoughts and yes it is a tree inside a cave in the artic.
