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I really like the use of texture- I think the sky/moon & lighting on the boat and sail work well. I would only suggest brightening (adding/changing something) to emphasize the faces of the animals to drive home the focal point. Really beautiful piece!

Thank you @carolinedrawing and @TessaW I’m trying again. I changed the pixels. I hope that works. Thank you. I guess I need to do research more so that I can professionally load images. Bogging down after creating art is a bummer!

Well I got to thinking about the changes I could make to the image and I just went ahead and did it. I love it now and am looking forward to making the next pigs images. Thanks again to those who helped me come up with a few changes. I intensified the color in the blue pig, took out several sticks and rearranged a few to be coming ground. I added one breaking the grid above the umbrella. I completely changed the tree and took away the visual clutter there. I also took away the extra flowers from the flower bed and toned down the stepping stones’ color. Fixed a few of the shadows too. Now it is more like what I was hoping for.

@JennyJones Yay! Good luck! And yay for homemade halloween costumes. You rock.

Thanks. I’m still working on the story. But maybe at the same time working on a few of the illustrations that I want to include. Thanks for the encouragement! I’ll post so progress here when there is some...

@SusanMiller thanks so much.

Mind mapping is indeed a good technique to discover a fresh approach. Try making a list of words that come to mind when you think of the book. Then make some sketches combining them to come up with new concepts.

@avfarrar Thanks!

Wow thanks for the great advice and sympathy/commiseration, everyone. I will try the suggestions on for size and see what seems to fit. I'll let you know soon. I want to get the show on the road. Maybe "Jenny Jones ...something or other" will up and running by the weekend. Thanks again!!

good luck, let me know if you have any more difficulties and I can check the file out for you

I worked up a few changes. I added the ice cream drips to the ground and to the little girl’s face. Also changed a couple of irksome things about the truck tires. I think it tells the stolen ice cream story better now. Thanks for the help.

@eli Thank you. You guys are so encouraging. I am feeling empowered to keep it up.