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Thanks, great idea.

**I finally completed Aprils Project about Lisa's Robot. Here are some learning milestones I hit during this time:** I realized that I need to limit my materials in the starting stage so that I can focus on the drawing only. No paints, No other mediums, etc. This helped me get clear and focus on the drawing first. I learned how to use gouche a little. I mostly used to acrylic, but I wanted to try something new. I really loved mixing my materials. If I'm going to draw my own text, next time I'll make some guides, and draw the text on a separate sheet of tracing paper instead of on my drawing. @xin-li @Coreyartus @Neha-Rawat @carlianne @Nyrryl-Cadiz

@xin-li Yeah, it makes sense. I hadn't really thought of the emotional impact, but it's good to hear going forward. My main focus was mostly on the Raven, that's where most of that decision fell upon after observing Ravens and seeing how they move in the real world. I noticed that the first posture wasn't something they did in real life. So, I pulled back. It's probably a matter of finding that middle ground between reality and exaggeration. Something I'll focus on in Raven #4. I'll also play with the tilt a little more to experiment. As soon as I figure out how to do that. LOL! Would love to hear from others. Feedback is always helpful.

@Coreyartus Thanks for sharing. Yay!

@Shawn and @sigross Thanks for the help. I got my sisters to help to check all of your suggestions. All systems were good. However, she discovered that my Cintiq wasn't being read or connected. Instead, it was working through a windows paint program. After realizing this, we figured out how to reconnect the Cintiq again. Then it said that the drivers needed to be updated. So it's working better again. Hopefully, it stays that way. Thanks again, for jump-starting my troubleshooting.

@Jennyann nice! I like the New raven too!

Re: New Slowvember Update OK. I've been working this side of my concept now all week, only to release that I like the first 3 concepts met my personal brief for my Slovember piece. Today I came across some notes I asked myself before I started the project, detailing the main idea, my purpose, etc. It was somewhat of a reality check. This is a pretty picture, but the other images conveys the message I wanted. So I think I'm ready to move on from Slovember and start on my next portfolio piece. I added some Caldecott fun after listening to 3 Point Perspective.

Thanks for the help @LauraA . The plan is to work these out and then decide which message is more clear. The first set of finishes I completed with the girl in the center or this set with the girl arriving at the glass mountain. So many decisions scrambling in my head.

@Jennyann Neat! I rather like the blue/green red combo in the lower left value study! My next favourite would be the bottom right.

@Jennyann Ok, that makes sense! As annoying as it is to have to buy a pen display (Cintiq or equivalent), I couldn't seem to make any headway with sketch strokes until I did so. And the Kyle brushes that come with Photoshop are good. I still can't make the same strokes in digital that I can with a pencil, but they're a lot closer now than with an Intuos. And with your nice sketchy style, that's going to be important. Another possibility is to scan the sketches and then adjust or fill with digital washes. I took the backgrounds class, and it's a bit more about positioning characters in perspective and dramatizing their interactions than it is about backgrounds per se. It was useful, but not exactly what I was expecting. Hope this helps!

@chrisaakins Thanks

@Braden-Hallett I agree. Head changes are a challenge. I studied the skull structure, so I can try to stay true to the main characteristics of a raven. However, when I'm drawing loose. I find myself loosing that structure.

@Lee-White. Awesome, that's amazing. I love his work.

You have a ton a ton, best to make a limit of roughly 20 (also try 20 different artists). And as others have mention have a focus, you may have one but there’s so many on the Pinterest pages, I can’t focus.

@demotlj Thanks, I'm having fun learning so much about them. I also discovered that they can mimic humans, meaning they can speak, among other things.

@NessIllustration You're probably right... Thanks

@NessIllustration Got it. Thanks.

Thanks @Rebecca-Hirsch

This is my first time making digital drawings. I don't have a tablet or a pen yet, but I do have a touch laptop. So I found this online drawing pad called sketch.io, and made these. I took the drawing animals mammal edition class, and these are some practice sketches of bears. Practice! Practice! Practice!