Awesome thread! Hi everyone, my name is Davi, I'm an aspiring illustrator from Brazil I used to study Computer Science and quit on my 2nd year to pursue art! Here are some of my socials: https://twitter.com/lo_pavo and https://www.artstation.com/daviseila Nice to meet you all!

An updated work in progress

Hey Marina, If I could make a suggestion with your value range (middle image). I noticed in your reference shot the darkest darks are around the her ears, eyes, nose, mouth and neck. It creates a lot of interest on the figure. I think this keeps the eyes on her face and we don't really drift into the background that much. Also the lightest lights are right up next to those darks. Looking at your picture from a distance your darkest darks are up in the background and the mustache. The lightest lights are on Omni-Mans neck and shoulder. If you want, It might help to exaggerate the values more on his face and dull the ones in the background and non focal point. It would be really easy to do with a color dodge layer for lights and a multiply layer for darks. Or however you like to work your process. Then flatten it before you add your color. Your main light will be the brightest and the rim light will probably be a little less bright. I struggle with this a lot in my work and I had someone on here point it out to me. I've been trying to create a strong focal point with value and I feel like it is a step in the right direction for me. Give it a try and let me know what you think about it.

This looks good! Amazing work!

Wow thank you SO much for all your feedback everyone I’m very grateful! I’ve gone through all your comments and jotted down the things I need to improve and also which rooster was the favourite - turns out it was the first one with the painterly 3D oil paints which I painted in ArtSet, and which ironically was also the one I had by far the most fun with 😁 the other two were painted in Procreate and the least favourite rooster (number two) was also my least favourite rooster to paint! I will make some updates to rooster 1 and 3 and post here again. Thank you 🌸 Rooster 1 (3D oil paints) Votes - IIIII III * Background needs to contrast better with the subject * Expressive eye and head is good * Rhythm between curve of neck and arch of tail and chest is pleasing * Draw feet - hint of weird little bird toes in the grass :) * Add some of the softness from the third rooster * Good color harmony and edges * Simpler background with less vivid colors would help rooster stand out Rooster 2 (underpaint method) Votes - I Rooster 3 (bright background) Votes - IIIII * Add shadow * Improve background at horizon line * Background colors are good but desaturate a bit * Consider a background color already found in the subject * Improve rendering of head (less stylized)

This looks amazing!

Hi! My name is Jan (pronounced yan;) Originally from Poland but Living in Ireland now. Excited bout Proko2.0! Trying to do art/Illustration for a living somehow:D Some of my stuffs:

Hello, my name is Marina. I live on the east coast in the US and I'm working as sock designer and packaging designer, though a went to school for illustration. Most of my work involves very small pixels of animals, food and such (for the socks) and graphic design for packaging but what I really love to draw is people. Not sure if I'd try to do it as a career but I'd like to improve my anatomy and painting skills as I've neglected them quite a bit when I started my current job. Rendering and realistic art was never my strength but I won't give up because I still love trying them. Excited to be a part of an art community where I hope to learn and grow as an artists and meet new people.

Thank you guys for all the replies! I've made some changes based on your different comments. Is it any better in your opinion? I've also made another "colored" version with slighlty diffrent values. Let me know what you think!