@smceccarelli Yes! super excited - such an awesome program - i agree about a larger iPad... i was hoping something would happen in that direction with the new pro - still going to get a new one though

@smceccarelli The all-over print looks extra cool I think - can you do the same on a black tee with the values inverted? They are all really nice though!

@smceccarelli This is so great! Congratulations and good luck!!

@eli Thank you for your feedback Eli!

@chrisaakins Thank you for the feedback Chris!
@Jason-Bowen Thank you for the feedback Jason! Very much appreciated - i'm starting to a "normal" layer as we speak - it is improving i think...i will post the minor progress below - thanks again
@NessIllustration Thank you for the feedback Vanessa!

still working on it but the "normal" layer is helping for sure - thank you for your help everyone!

@nyrrylcadiz Thank you Nyrryl!

Thank you @Chip-Valecek - it is always good to hear your take on things!
@Art-of-B Thank you for the feedback - it is Very good to know this is part of your process - your work is really great!
@rcartwright Thank you for the the feedback! - i will check out the resources you mention - i recall Sycra has a great video about color value too.

@darian Thank you for the feedback and the question that made me think I have gotten out of the habit of checking my values with the cutout filter! But that was my main method Lee White mentioned it a long time ago and it seems pretty useful - i ran the image through the cutout filter with and without the color to see how it was reading - i will get back into this habit now that i am making an attempt at color

@smceccarelli Thank you for the feedback Simona! - it does look pale and chalky for sure - i think using this method as a first pass, as you say, will be the way to go. I think i will finish this piece and see where it ends up

I am wondering how this might read to folks - i am starting to work on color and thought i would try adding a color layer to my grayscale drawing and see how it might pan out. A while back i tried adding a color layer to my black and white drawings and it did not work at all... i understand now how obvious that should have been. That was what made me decide to start using grays instead of black and white for my Oz project so that in the end i might be a little closer to having some success with a color layer - so here is my first go at it - this is the unfinished redo of my Gatekeeper drawing - i know it is not a finished piece but i am wondering if the color layer on grayscale ( with a bit of brushwork on top here and there) might work as a finished product for an illustration....or does it look too " color layer on top of grayscale'ish" ?- any feedback is much appreciated!!

@gary-wilkinson Looks great!! I think if you move the boy with the drum in a bit to the right or shift the whole group around the piano (including piano player) to the right it will seem more balanced - the boy seems too close to the edge i think - flipping the composition seems to show off the slight heaviness of that side .... another thought would be, Is the singing bird a focal point? if he is i think you could move everything away from him to the left a bit as in a steelyard composition and maybe bring him more to the front especially if it is a two page spread - really nice work!

@art-of-b Wow - super nice! For feedback i think the only thing that pops out for me is that the tail may read as the lower jaw of the creature - it did for me and even now when i have figured out that it is in fact the tail it keeps reading as being the lower jaw - the perfectly lower-jaw-like location of the tail is the main culprit i believe - it could also be that the teeth above and the bumps (osteoderms?) below look very similar and the overbite leaves a visual absence of the lower jaw making the chin look like it might be the soft palate of the monster. It might be just me though so feel free to ignore - really nice drawing!