Bay Area based illustrator who loves to sculpt, needle felt, knit, sew, whittle, and pretty much any other art form. There’s never enough hours in the day.
Mr. Herbert McGillicuddy knew something peculiar was going to happen when he sat down for his afternoon tea. He knew, because his wife was never late and was always in her chair by 4pm. He sipped his tea as his eyes watched the clock tick slowly past 3:59.
Suddenly, everything was rattling, falling apart and breaking! Mr. Herbert thought perhaps it was a good thing his wife was no where to be seen... or was she?
Progress shot- I’m fumbling my way through color.
Any thoughts? The details of the books and things are throwing me for a loop. I think I’m getting bogged down in color picking.
How do you guys sort colors of small “insignificant “ items?
Hi all! I’m beginning the March prompt and was hoping to get some feedback. Especially on suggestions for composition.
I know it’s pretty rough but any recommendations are appreciated.
Do you think it is missing a foreground element? Is the composition boring?
️ All critiques welcome and appreciated.
Update!
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B. 
I’m leaning towards A.... but. Thoughts? B? Mystery option C?
Hello!
This is an absolutely gorgeous start!! I love the feeling of the bugs rushing by. I can feel the flutter of their wings.
My only recommendation would be to perhaps adjust the fox's legs - I feel like with the composition and the feeling of motion throughout the piece, the fox feels a little "slower" than the other parts. I think if you stretched his neck some more - and adjusted the feet so that they weren't all roughly at the same level that would help. I also think that if you turned the fox's tail up more (so it moved the opposite direction as the mouse's) that would create a fun flow through the composition. Since right now they are both pointing downwards.
Again - such a fabulous start!! Your drawing is beautiful and the movement is palpable . I can't wait to see the finished piece!
All the best,
Elia
Perhaps try a version without the text but has the same density/energy of the night fall text.
I agree with other posters that the version without text feels like it is missing something - but I think it's that the words give a great movement and create so much magic because their are bright and shiny. I bet it could still feel that without text but just with more shiny sparkly wonderfulness. 
Beatiful piece!
Does this look like rubble dust clouds..... ? Is this working?
@baileymvidler I personally gravitate towards 7/8, but I agree with the two other comments - GO WILD for this stage. I'd recommend getting a big brush (a real brush if you have access) and get gray paint, and make tons of marks just playing with all kinds of wonky shapes with the single color. Then go back in once it's dry with a sharpie or some such and see what forms you can find within those big gray blobs. Sometimes it helps to shake up your mind a little with physical paint without worrying about a specific outcome. I also like to turn things upside down and around while I'm playing with shapes.
@Megan-van-der-Berg Thank you so much! Yours is adorable!!!
@Miriam I know exactly how you feel. I was fairly obsessed and devastate for a while when my husband explained to me his memories were like watching a projected movie when he closed his eyes.
At least we know it has no affect on our imagination or creativity!
@TessaW oh yeah! Definitely a good way to showcase.
@chrisaakins perfect etiquette. You’re doing great 
@chrisaakins why do I get the feeling @Braden-Hallett was not consulted on this prize offer
@Braden-Hallett would it be just drawing? Or trying to finish a piece? I could see this being a series (especially because you only get 40 min. And we all know it can take longer than 40 to do a finished piece ).
It is such a fun idea!
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March on fellow artists!
Love it!