Strange Behavior (Illustration) Entry: Linda Smith

#61

Loved the idea of marine cats, soooo cute! I´ll wait for ups!!!

#62

Lester’s looking nice, Linda. I agree with Reinaldo, though: His eyes could be a bit more expressive. They’re working better in your three mini-sketches because the hilights are sharper there. You might try exploring darker eyes with sharper specular hilights on them. The rest, though, especially the fur, is looking great!

#63

Rei - I made him just to stare at you mua ha ha ha. Thank you for the suggestion on the eyes and I wont’ tell anyone you said “cute” in public :smiley:

Jujuba - Thank you , still working on a more detailed cat sketch too ( I was lazy yesterday )

Mike - You always make awesome suggestions :slight_smile: Thank you for those and the compliments.

#64

Well, ReinaldoRomero deserves the credit - he’s the one who pointed it out first. I just reiterated and reworded. But glad it was helpful no matter who said it! :slight_smile:

#65

Mike - I guess I meant that as a general statement. I go through a lot of threads and read the comments and you never fail to have excellent crits and suggestions. You are one of those that is generous with their time and in helping others. :slight_smile: bleh enough nicey nice stuff from me ha ha or you might end up with a fresh batch of screaming teenage gurly fans.

#66

hey lynda, this thing you uploaded last is adorable! but i have to point the fact that there are some anatomical issues with it. so that might be something you might want to address later in the piece.

ill keep an out for your thread. best of luck.

#67

Thanks Slav , errrr ha ha ha like his head is so big he might roll like a ball instead of walk and his arm is growing out of the side of his head and I don’t want to talk about his ears… yeah weeee just to name a few . Maybe when I develop him further I will give him a big belly to match his oversized head, not sure yet where he will go as I work on him more. I just hope he doesn’t mutate too much on me :eek:

#68

I really think you should give that insurance guy some extra attention because I know it could be a real killer.

#69

i really like this idea of the lemmings… please stick with that. as walrus sugessted having a parade of lemmings walk by and one take an interest would make for a stunning painting…
easily one of the best ideas on here. jealous.

your chracter is nice at the mo… are you using references? If so i would do a few life drawings of lemmings and then go on to design a more cartoony character. Also if using reference look how the shadows and higlight fall on the lemmings fur, try not to fall into the trap of painting every strand of fur, try to create the illusion of fur rather than painting every singe straneg, and perhaps also be a bit more adventurous with brushes as it looks a bit airbrushy.

cant wait to see what you come up with. subscribed.

#70

MoKhatib - Thanks for the visit to my thread :slight_smile: Lester is getting a bit lonely I have not had much time to work on him lately. Hopefully soon he will get a bit of attention.

W-I-L - Excellent suggestions and yes I am using references, I found that lemmings are kind of an odd looking critter. They look like miniature beaver hamsters combinations. The idea of doing a few life studies is great :slight_smile: Thanks a bunch .

#71

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