Been a SVS member for over a year now and am finally getting around to participating in the monthly contest!

I just did the 5 drawings! I need to fix some fingers, but other than that I think it's good to go! Does anything look like it's placed wrong or the perspective is off? The idea is that he's a little "snow ball" and he can tuck in his arms and legs and roll around.

Also, quick question. For the competition you have to be an svs member right? How do they know you're a member?

So I started drawing these two guys, Alfred the Penguin and Shadow the Leopard Seal little over a year ago due to some Inktober 52 prompts. I think these are my best ones and was hoping I could get some feedback? Technical drawing, but most if you can see a story in them and their personalities. I post these on Instagram so they get a caption but I feel like people usually don't read them.

Thank you so much for your time! You are all wonderful!

Hi! My name is Meg Clayburn. I graduated from BYU with a BS in Design last June. I want to be a children's book illustrator with some small projects on the side. Just wanted to introduce myself and drop some personal projects to see what y'all think!

@carlianne 2 feels very regal and sophisticated, whole 4 has a more young naive adventurous feel. I think it has to do with muted shades vs. Bright tints if that makes sense.

@kylebeaudette I like him! He looks a little like cookie monster to me. I think it's a great I idea to use this to work on something you might not have experience with. For the fur though, maybe try drawing more the shapes that lots of fur makes instead of the individual strands?

Right now all I have got it sketches, except for the one with some color. I'm just trying to narrow down the design so I can get some more final sketches done to tweak out the final details before I do a turnaround. So which concept is working for you so far?

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Yeti mountain

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Yeti snow ball

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Yeti snow queen 1

Yeti snow queen 2

@doro_thea @DaveLeekArt @Rekha-Salin-0 @jdubz @Brandon-Garcia-0 and anyone else, I did a couple more designs of the abominable snowball guy. What do you think? (Just looking at the overall design) are there aspects of these I would mix?

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I was thinking this one could suck in his arms and legs and become a ball that rolls around.

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I was thinking this one would be tall and walk over trees and stuff.

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@Jim-Algar I really like this thread! I'm going to improve on my figure drawings skills so I can work on making human characters. All of mine are animals and I've been using "that's my style" as an excuse for it to stay that way. I'm also going to better at documenting and sharing, and to do this I'm going to post on Instagram 5 days a week for the year and hopefully into the foreseeable future.

Thanks for this! I've been thinking about this a lot, and it's nice to put it out in front of other people making the same goals!

@Kalimostlypaints it looks really good, my suggestion is to look at the balance of the little boy. I think the leg closest to is should be closer to the footprint than the one further away from the footprint... The feet look like you could draw a horizontal line right under them wish makes the back one look longer. It's a super cute idea and the composition is great!

@carlianne 2 feels very regal and sophisticated, whole 4 has a more young naive adventurous feel. I think it has to do with muted shades vs. Bright tints if that makes sense.

@Larue I agree the squirrel matches the prompt the most, but the boat is my favorite.

@carlianne 2 is my favorite, but I think 4 fits the prompt better.

@kylebeaudette cool, that would be what is been missing. Thanks!

Hey! I'm getting offered a deal to illustrate a chapter book series. It would be a spot illustration with the chapter great, kinda what's going on in Harry Potter, and the covers. They're asking me what I charge and I have no idea! Anyone done anything like this before?

@kylebeaudette you did that with polymer clay?! That's amazing! Polymer clay always cracks on me.

@kylebeaudette these are awesome! Do you have access to a kiln or what kind of clay are you using?

@carlianne we totally have that one! My baby loves it! It's so cute!

@carlianne yeah if it wasn't local I totally would! We get the panda create for my daughter. So do you illustrate the puppy panda books?

@Shelley-James-0 go to svs learn Instagram page and find the January contest finalists. It was another character design and seeing what they got away with might give you a better idea.