I recently completed my recreation of the digital painting Will Terry demoed to us in his 3 Day Event a few weeks ago. It was a great learning experiencr to complete this. I feel I now have a process to follow that I feel comfortable with.

Hello Everyone! I missed a few months, but I'm back!

I took a more traditional approach. My Grandparents gave me the 1956 edition of the book in the 1960s. My Grandmother's initial was near this scene in the book.

I think Ellie got a pic before she dropped her camera!

More fuzzy animals with clothes!

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!!

Day 5 Blade

@Kim-Rosenlof 500kb is the max file size to submit, 900x1200 at 72 dpi seems to work pretty well. I don't think that's a limitation for uploading the file though. I sumbmit .jpg files myself.

@Kevintreaccar I thought maybe it was a play on the words, spagetti western!

@NessIllustration Sounds Exciting!

@Jim-Algar I plan to focus on something specific each month. September was sketching, October was inking and November was character design. This month is landscaping - trees, water etc. At the same time I am going to practice what I've learned and still need to work on for the prior months. For example, I need to work on varying my lines and adding a whimsical element to my characters.

@chrisaakins I love this piece and your responses to the questions for this post.

I have been a member a year. I have learned lighting and process techniques from Will. I love his illustrations. I learned character and inking from Jake and I took a shading class from Lee and have learned from his more whimsical styling. I have also learned so much from the participants in the forum from their feedback and the artwork they have created. On a recent podcast they mentioned doing master copies. I have identified at least 12 pieces done for the 'Together' prompt by the forum participants I would like to do that with. I might use them to do 3x3 pieces to learn from their work.

This piece has a story - the dragon fly is a superhero that is healing a city and bringing life back after the riots. The line work is varied and I desaturated the colors behind the dragon fly. I think the drawing is pretty good too. I think this was one of my best pieces. It wasn't chosen as a top 16 piece, so it wasn't good enough, but maybe one of these days I'll come up with a piece that will be chosen. Thank you everyone for all your good work and feedback!

I like some things about both. I like the pose and longer hair of one and the skin tone and clothing of two.

Focusing on what you're learning is important, otherwise you are all over the place when there is so much to learn. I know that happens to me. It has helped me to choose a subject, like character design for example, to focus on each month. I create a plan, with courses, books for reference etc. Even with that one subject you may have to narrow it down or take more than one month. Then you want to use what you've learned, not just go on to the next subject. This has been working for me.