Hello! This is my first post to an SVSLearn contest. Thank you to Lee, Jake and Will for providing this opportunity for us to learn from them. I am having so much fun!!

Nightfall . . .

I would go back to them ASAP! Make sure the husband is there and have him show you how to hook it up. If it works great! If not get your money back. You might be able to find a refurbished one from a more reputable source to save you money. If they don't respond I would contact the company for support to see if they can help you. You probably spent a lot of money. If not satisfied I would threaten to take them to court. Bring someone with you if you don't want to confront them alone. It would be a good idea anyway.

@Jeremy-Ross Here it is! In my case I pulled the colors from the original and created a silouette for the title from the original.

My Rendition

Orig Rendition

This is too much fun! I'm glad I already had my Christmas shopping done!!

https://www.instagram.com/dhaagenson/

I see my proportions need some work, the size of the mother's head for example. My focus this month is to try to create cute kids and nice lighting contrasted with the dark.

@LauraA I feel like being a part of this group is really helping me to improve. By looking at what's being done and what works, in my opinion anyway, is so valuable. Being one of the top 16 to me would be a huge milestone. I'm not expecting that yet this time, but I'll keep working at it. After that, with the round robin event, it's fun and valuable to hear what Will, Lee and Jake have to say, but no matter how good your piece is it might not make it through.

I work with the resolution at 300 dpi in PS. Then when I'm ready to submit, or submit for feedback, I reduce the resolution to 72 dpi, change the dimensions to about 1200×900 and save as a .jpg, with quality of 11. This keeps the size down to the 500 kb and the image looks pretty clear when submitted. Keep a 300 dpi copy though to make changes. I was given this info by another member a few months ago.

@chrisaakins I believe it was an AMC show, but I got it from Amazon Prime tv/movies, using my Fire TV. If you have a service/device to view tv/movies, you might search for it. You might be able to get it by searching Amazon itself on a Tablet or Computer too. Your not going to learn much about creating comics from it, but I found it to be really funny and the cast loves comics so much that it's infectious.

This is kind of off the subject, but as a side, I binge watched 7 seasons of the show Comic Book Men and thought it was hilarious! My art class last year included some inking, so I started to learn more about comic book art. I discovered Draw! magazine, which includes a lot of really good information and interviews. I'm not quite ready to move in that direction myself right now though.

@deborah-Haagenson While reasearching my idea, I found a place in Florida called, 'The Juassic Park Discovery Center' where they have robotic dinosaures hatching from eggs. My dinosaur is suppose to be real though!

I'm in! I will look for the link tomorrow morning.

@burvantill I like this one too. I love your name!

Congratulations - That's Fantastic!!

Congratulations - Good Luck!

Hey Jake - You also missed Yaoyao Ma Van As. Thanks!

Will mentioned one if his prior agents once, I think in a podcast. I'm not ready for an agent yet personally, but I believe she lives near me in Arden Hills, MN. I wrote her name down, but don't have it handy. If she's still working, I would love to hear from her.

@baileymvidler I love this! The color palette, the detail and the story. It's fun!