Is anyone else having a problem with getting procreate to open a file in generic CMYK.
Mine always revert back to display P3 format.

@carolinedrawing thank you for sharing your process too Caroline. It seems like I might be the only one who isn’t starting off with a good written process. I sometimes involve the odd word but it’s more ideas generation than keywords, concepts and story. I think writing as a regular thing might be helpful for me too, it’s something I’ve always been weak at.
I’m thinking that the written element explored early on would give the rest of the process a more solid base.

@Rachel-Horne yes I know what you mean. Thank you for the encouragement Rachel, I really appreciate it

@Nathalie-Kranich thank you, it’s a bit of an experiment with textures and line so I’m not sure if it’s all tying in. I might be trying to do too much at once.

@xin-li thank you for the encouragement I’ll try my best

@Rachel-Horne thank you Rachel for your help. I agree about the distance with the flowers too, I can see it now you’ve pointed it out. Also I can see your point about the intimacy of the scene on the first one. I regret not spending a lot more time on alternative sketches now. Thanks again

@neschof ooo thank you Nicola you’ve made some really good points there. Thank you so much for your help and point of view.

@Phil-Cullen I remember it now. I get your image, because I follow and love your work and I can see how it fits with the theme of your art. To me it’s a bit like when you see an image from an artists sketchbook which might not be strictly speaking illustration, as it’s not necessarily answering a specific brief or story. But it is very typical of your art so to me it doesn’t matter, it makes sense to me. Maybe a snippet of a story waiting to happen.
I especially like the foliage details and I really like this forest monster. They look like a helpful forest troll.

@xin-li thank you So much for your advice with this. I’m going to go back to the drawing board and push on with the research and concept stage, and use more keywords.
I think I probably added too many personal elements without clearly defining them.
I won’t hit the deadline but I’ll take this to finish before I try any more contests.

@Phil-Cullen
Was there an inktober prompt that went with the original Phil?