So many great illustrations this month. This was a truly fun challenge. Thanks again to all who helped me decide on which image to use. I chose the one that I liked best in the end though. I think of my time as a young kid and having my grandfather bring home a little live octopus one year for supper. It squirmed and wiggled and tried to get out of his bucket. I never ate it but they did (the adults). Anyway, drew this little guy trying to escape a dinner party... Hope you like it!
@chip-valecek @Nyrryl-Cadiz here it is in red now... which one looks best? 
New to this forum and new to an Ipad Pro... When they were little my kids always fought us to eat their vegetables. This is what I thought fearless was for them. This is quick as I'm sort of late hearing about this competition...
Ha! I saw this post and had to add it just for fun... Curious Octopus on Reddit this morning
@paulobordon i see patrick (the starfish). where's spongebob (yellow sponge). a subtle cameo would be funny... can't read what the title of his book is. could it be "humans for dinner"? or "20,000 leagues under the sea"? your image is fun. nice job. good luck!
@eric-castleman that should make a fine computer. Bought a certified refurbished Dell with roughly the same specs for about $600 a month ago off Amazon. I don't own a Cintiq yet but Photoshop CS works great. Plenty of power and storage. Paid about 3x that for my last quad core Pentium system that I built and it lasted about 10 years... Good luck!
and here it is 98% finished I think. Any thoughts or suggestions from here? Thanks in advance 
@late2theparty a little more top light and details added...
I'm also trying to decide which on of these to enter into the Feb challenge... the other one is http://forum.svslearn.com/topic/5544/octopus-for-dinner/12 ... any favorite?
Another funny vid of an octopus running... https://i.imgur.com/hO56wvK.gifv ... where were all of these earlier when we needed them?
@eli only wish i could have figured out how to post the video here and not just the link... ah well... pretty cool vid...
Ha! I saw this post and had to add it just for fun... Curious Octopus on Reddit this morning
@eric-castleman orange, purple and green are triadic colors. i see a lot of blue-purple so your other two colors should be more of a red-orange and yellow-green. the yellow-green seems to be there even though it is subtle and not bright. i like the image... maybe added a touch of green to the fish over the door to break up all that blue and create a triangle of green. see if you artist brother likes it then. nice work though...
So many great illustrations this month. This was a truly fun challenge. Thanks again to all who helped me decide on which image to use. I chose the one that I liked best in the end though. I think of my time as a young kid and having my grandfather bring home a little live octopus one year for supper. It squirmed and wiggled and tried to get out of his bucket. I never ate it but they did (the adults). Anyway, drew this little guy trying to escape a dinner party... Hope you like it!
@michellerodes watercolor is such a beautiful medium to work in. i really like this piece. good luck!
@chadnelson love the jaggedness of your octopus and those big eyes. is that a light on a string or a lollipop? great image. good luck!
@paulobordon i see patrick (the starfish). where's spongebob (yellow sponge). a subtle cameo would be funny... can't read what the title of his book is. could it be "humans for dinner"? or "20,000 leagues under the sea"? your image is fun. nice job. good luck!
@heathertbl cool image. looks shiny and wet. love the tone and textures... good luck!
@johanna very nice. love your color choices and all the details. great job.
