congratulations everybody this month was fun, and lots of great images were made

Hi! Good to see you are progressing! The first one looks good.

I think you need to forget about shading for now and focus on proportions, anatomy, structure, perspective.

Thinking about hand parts as simple forms is great, but still, you need to know anatomy to get it right. I don't know how much you studied it, but there are errors - especially with the forearm bones - they basically don't exist in your drawings.

With perspective, I see in some cases (for example- - hand 42,44, 48) your overlapping lines are not right. You are showing it in the opposite direction they should. Which tell me you need to know how are objects placed in space - with that simple forms will help you because it's easy to see it and think about in 3D.

Overall I would suggest you look up different approaches. Sometimes you need to see it from a different perspective before it starts to make sense.

I will share some links to videos that helped me with drawing hands.
sinix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzl3eaxAJpo&t=123s
Jim lee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raCBPneAArc
How to draw hands by drawing academy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEXzwmxJ03E&index=2&list=PLpMemtxT2JQvHwO6voMwBf2VA-wMzNvRB
and the whole list of videos on how to draw hands by proko.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJjMiXlq9ns&list=PLtG4P3lq8RHExM4hzeEW2TRZTB88wKKYf

It takes time to draw hands correctly I have problems with it too all the time, but with practice, patience and mindset that you will get better - You will get better.

Keep working on it!

That is great! And I have to say that this forum has definitely on of the best user interface from the forums i know. Everything is clean and clear. I dont have problems with navigation at all thanks!

alright I think I will not work on this one more so here is my entry. Enjoyed this one!

This was very interesting to listen to! I am not sure if somebody else talked about it, but I am curious if the Caldecott award is only for books from U.S or if it is global award

@tessaw Ooooh the memories! Yes! I loved the movie when I was young Oh well but i guess you talked about the book?

Wow realy great image! I love the colors, rendering and concept as well! The only thing that is "bugging" me. Is that the sedle wit the cris-cross pattern makes optical illusion. I dont know if its convex or concave. I dont know if the pattern does it or the shading, but this part needs more clarification.

Other than that it is lovely piece Great job!!

Thank you for the feedback! @TessaW @Squirrelsize @chrisaakins

I think I will go with the cooler one, but I will push the warmth of the side room more to get the feeling I am looking for.

Thank you!! ^^

This is lovely! I am a huge fan of the concept of small creatures in the normal world Can't wait to see the process and result!

I played with the colors more and tried a cooler variant too which I probably like more than the more warm one.

But what do you guys think?