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!

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

@Wouter-Pasman First of all, I noticed things I liked. I like the gray hair, I like the colors in the snow and the little sparkling stars. I think maybe lighting the sky with a dark blue instead of black might help and maybe even use a slight graident. Also, I think maybe the fairy's body could be a little bit more colorful. The composition could probably be improved a little or maybe add some objects to improve the story. Others might provide a better critique. There are so many on this site who really provide great feedback, but that's my two-cents.

I like 4 also, but I prefer 1 over 2.

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

I'm working on my sketches for Inktober. I have 12 sketches posted to my Instagram account so far. I'm a day behind, but I plan to catch up later this week.

www.Instagram.com/DHaagenson

@CaseyKinseyArt Yes, because the linework and the colors compete and together can overpower the piece. When I was told this I went and looked at illustrations online and found that many followed this. Of course all rules are made to be broken, but it's something to consider when choosing colors. Especially if something looks off.

So much great advise!! I just wanted to add one thing that I was told recently. When you use a lot of line work your colors should be more saturated.

Interesting! I'll be watching for your piece. This is my first time doing Inktober. I'm sketching daily in September and posting my sketches to #fauxinktober2020. Then in Oct I plan to ink them daily. I am following the prompts. I can't really say what my goal was, except to practice my skills and discipline myself to complete a little drawing daily. I am using photo references from Google as studies and I'm liking the challenge of the different surfaces. Doing one each day presents different issues to overcome. I might paint them digitally in November as you suggested. I did ink my first one just to try it. I am really happy with it and it was fun! I think I can do this.

For me it's character design. Recently I've found some classes here that are very good and have provided me with specific things that I can do to play around with designing characters. Right now I am splitting my time and focus between preparing for Inktober and character design. I am really enjoying the process and I feel that at some point it's all going to come together.

@jsnzart Yakovetic responded to my message. Yes, he did do the illustrations in my cookbook. It was one of his first jobs, but I'm not sure it was the first. He was working at NBC in Los Angeles, his first job out of college he said. I don't know what that job was. It was through someone there that he got this. He said it was fun! The author was a popular television personality in CA and did some acting. His name was Geoff Edwards. Born in 1931. So that was fun to find out too. This quirky little cookbook that I've had since the late 70's, who knew! I'm going to print out his email message and keep it in my cookbook. He was very nice!

@deborah-Haagenson typo - took over, not too over.