Here's my submission. This piece was inspired by There Was an Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket (a nursery rhyme). Also, I deleted my last post and am reposting the image. I hope that's okay. Thanks!

Hello everyone,
Here is my entry for January's prompt. So excited to be participating in my first contest!
(Hope I'm posting this correctly.)

Hi all,
I'm new here and a little nervous about posting. I just finished up a class on imagining things in perspective and it was so very helpful. Lately, I've been creating quick little illustrations to both practice perspective and working digitally:

Hi all, just wanted to share what I'm working on for the February contest. I was inspired by the nursery rhyme There Was An Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket. I was wondering if there are any glaring issues that I might want to rework? Also, I haven't added lighting or shadows yet because I'm a bit lost. In the image, the main light source is the moon, but in reality, it's the sun (reflecting off the moon). So...which way should the shadows fall? Am I overthinking it?

Anyway, here's what I've got so far:

I’m so sorry - I was one of those who viewed your post, but didn’t respond. In all honesty, I just feel completely unqualified to offer any helpful critiques, being so new to illustration myself (and new to the forums). But I know how terrible it feels to put your work out there and get little response. I’m definitely going to make more of an effort to stop lurking and start interacting.

We make play dough a lot and my two year old can spend an hour with that. I saw blanket forts and water play mentioned - we also like those things. We read a lot of books and he’s just starting to build with legos. After that . . . I’m also looking forward to some new ideas!

@Jenna-Jenks Thank you so much!

@Jeremy-Ross I saw that! Yours looks great! I will probably finish mine up and submit it in the next week or so

Yes, let us know! I’ve got 4 kids too, and our school is cancelled for at least a week.

So many amazing entries! I loved seeing them all grouped together.

Yes, let us know! I’ve got 4 kids too, and our school is cancelled for at least a week.

We make play dough a lot and my two year old can spend an hour with that. I saw blanket forts and water play mentioned - we also like those things. We read a lot of books and he’s just starting to build with legos. After that . . . I’m also looking forward to some new ideas!

@baileymvidler Yes to the house breaking. And maybe stuff flying out of the windows?

Ok, you guys are convincing me to go back to my original idea! And comparing the two, I think you’re right. It does feel like we’re more in the action there. I really, really appreciate everyone’s thoughtful responses. Still working hard over here, but I’ll post another update when I’ve got one.

@chrisaakins Great job so far! I also loved the mice breaking the frame - glad you added it back in.

Here's an update. I changed up the composition to look down on the whale and kids, and I also changed their position a little bit (so the girl doesn't look like she's flying, lol). What do you guys think? any glaring problems? I'd love opinions before I really start adding color.

@Kim-Hunter Oh, I like that idea!! I'm going to try some new angles today. Thank you so much for the thoughtful reply!

@Rachel-Horne I agree. Going to work on the composition more today. And that object was a muffin that the boy tosses to the whale, but I think you're right - it doesn't quite work. Thanks for replying!

@EliaMurrayArt I think I'll try making the rocks around the whale large and also smooth, so that they could easily mistake him for a rock. And I love the idea of exploring what the children do just after the whale takes off. I was thinking about maybe turning this into a little story, so I'll definitely be looking at that. Thank you!

@burvantill Thank you! I'm currently working on some new thumbnail sketches. I definitely think you're right about making the whale bigger.