I am in the hospital at the moment, so I have a lot of time on my hands. I recently received a iPad mini as a gift. I’m still finding my way with it. So I decided to do some items related to the Hogwarts houses. I started with slytherin, then Ravenclaw, then hufflepuff and finally gryffindor. You can see my skills evolve in the pics haha

I've done two more speed paints in the past few days. These are such a great way to just relax and unwind after a long day.

Also a good way to study color and composition! I deliberately use a big clunky square-ish brush so I don't get too lost in the detail!

Btw had to scale down in order to upload, hopefully these images aren't blurry
SOURCE PHOTOGRAPHS: pinterest

Made this lil speedpaint just now (: maybe tomorrow i'll add a cat en embellish it a lil

Doing last months prompt right now (:

To everyone who asked, I’m doing pretty well considering but I probably have to stay in the hospital a few more weeks. Just to land back on my feet. Thank you for your consideration (:

Lots of time to draw though! I think I forgot to have fun a little before

About the character: meant to be a preteen, doing a menial job at the railway, she has limited resources so she chose to travel in a job! I thought that was a nice little twist. She’s quite jolly and chirpy, maybe even a little bit on the naive side. And of course her hair never does what she wants haha

Because of school, I finished this very late. But I suppose that just fits in the spirit of Slowvember!

There are still some things that don't make sense or could be improved on but at a certain point you have to know to quit. Learned a lot on this piece! There is also an animated version actually, but I don't know how/if I can post that here... You can enjoy the animated version WITH music here, on my instagram.

Hi! I wanted so feedback or tips on this piece.

The colours might be a bit out there Obviously I'm still in an inbetween stage but that's also the best stage to change things!

It's meant to be about the plans of a young girl somewhere from 10-13 (any fb on the age?) who really wants to be an astronaut. She likes to build her own miniature planetariums and she even made her mom buy an astronaut helmet on ebay!

I should probably change the bottle in the front to some kind of water bottle instead of smt that looks like a poison bottle!

Any feedback on story content is also much appreciated! I'm still learning how to "marry" my illustrations and their "purposes" or "back story"

Hello everyone! I'm currently working on this one in my twitch streams and I was wondering if anyone had some constructive feedback? Or just some impressions?

I'm still playing around with composition so this is the best time to change any of that! The tall "wooden blocks" of trees (on the right) are kind of weird, but I thought they were kinda fascinating. What do you think? I'm trying to get a weird but fascinating vibe. (see narrative below)

I have btw already resolved to move the most left 'wooden stick' a bit more to downwards left, because its too close to the heap of wooden blocks for me.

Narrative:
"Whatever you do, don't touch the statues!" his friend whispered to him. They were making their way to the cabin of Lucille's mysterious grandfather. It was quite a hike from the village and his toes were already red and swollen in his too large boots. "Oh and don't ask about the weeds!" Lucille said. "What weeds?" said Gilbert, with a slight tremble in his voice.

@Heather-Boyd Yes I guess I do. This is what I'd call a "color sketch" and I'm not really married to the composition at this point. I like to spend a lot of time on experimenting with both color and composition and usually go between those until I "hunker down" on the details. I guess I'm very chaotic sorry ^^

I do thumbtails before hand and I did do some of those for this but I often still adjust composition after sketching. I guess I'm a perfectionist but I really enjoy that process.

It's like a misty warm winter, I have some figuring out to do there

Hey guys, I know it's been a while, but I guess I needed the time to figure out how to make this WORK (and I needed to let the earlier "idea" die because it wasn't working)

but here I am! Still not finished (have a busy internship atm) but here is my progress:
(i decided to include my moodboard so it stands out a bit clearer)

As you can tell, my "character" loves Tintin/Kuifje. Btw, if you don't know Tintin. Tintin is a comics series from my country (Belgium) that's quite famous actually, I grew up with it. (see also moodboard)

Errr... please don't use dafont. I come from a design background and I can assure you any professional looks down upon dafont. Instead use google fonts. And use "normal" or "boring" fonts instead of those curly artsy things (that seem quite unprofessional).

And take a look at how the fonts from (well-established) children's books in the bookstore and best-selling postcards on etsy (or something similar) are. Try to go for something like that!

Adjusted the hat in the third pose

Hi guys,

I’ve made a (very late) drawing for the March contest. I wonder if anyone has some tips and critique for my turnaround? I feel like the hat is off in some places...

Btw I didn’t draw the hair or arm to show off the body better.

My idea was to have a traveler that works for the railway. I tried to go for a timeless vaguely vintage uniform. The character is preteen btw!

Doing last months prompt right now (:

To everyone who asked, I’m doing pretty well considering but I probably have to stay in the hospital a few more weeks. Just to land back on my feet. Thank you for your consideration (:

Lots of time to draw though! I think I forgot to have fun a little before

About the character: meant to be a preteen, doing a menial job at the railway, she has limited resources so she chose to travel in a job! I thought that was a nice little twist. She’s quite jolly and chirpy, maybe even a little bit on the naive side. And of course her hair never does what she wants haha

I am in the hospital at the moment, so I have a lot of time on my hands. I recently received a iPad mini as a gift. I’m still finding my way with it. So I decided to do some items related to the Hogwarts houses. I started with slytherin, then Ravenclaw, then hufflepuff and finally gryffindor. You can see my skills evolve in the pics haha

@sarahlovellart Agreed! The big rock actually makes your idea easier to understand! It both makes the yeti stand out more, because of the contrast (the red in the fire does this too) AND it eventually (which is important because it should be second) leads the eye of the viewer to the people watching the Yeti.

So to recap: I see the yeti first, thanks to the way you accented him, and AFTER that I see the people watching him. There is a hierachy of ideas that you achieved here! Great work (:

Also the fact that there is some kind of second idea, that adds mystery, makes your first idea stand out more.

Hey guys, I know it's been a while, but I guess I needed the time to figure out how to make this WORK (and I needed to let the earlier "idea" die because it wasn't working)

but here I am! Still not finished (have a busy internship atm) but here is my progress:
(i decided to include my moodboard so it stands out a bit clearer)

As you can tell, my "character" loves Tintin/Kuifje. Btw, if you don't know Tintin. Tintin is a comics series from my country (Belgium) that's quite famous actually, I grew up with it. (see also moodboard)

C,D & P feel original and inspired to me. I think maybe I just like P because it's a fat cat and that's charming but still, great shapes. P has Totoro energy for me.

C&D feel original and new to me, like I haven't seen them before. The rest kinda feels like I've seen it or it's been done before. They don't have the same WOW factor.

I think you should go with the one that seems the most fun or inspiring to you. What sparks joy for you out of these characters?

@Braden-Hallett said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

More doodles. I wonder if it's possible (or painful) to put piercings in horns?

Considering it's not painful to cut a cow's horns, I think you're safe!

Your work is looking really good! I love to see your process. I really love the vibe of this kid, especially with the kinda "about to eat" (open mouthed) pose

I've done two more speed paints in the past few days. These are such a great way to just relax and unwind after a long day.

Also a good way to study color and composition! I deliberately use a big clunky square-ish brush so I don't get too lost in the detail!

Btw had to scale down in order to upload, hopefully these images aren't blurry
SOURCE PHOTOGRAPHS: pinterest

Made this lil speedpaint just now (: maybe tomorrow i'll add a cat en embellish it a lil