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All caught up now. This prompt was for #possumawesome to be a Ninja Turtle. This was tricky. As he's not a turtle. But a possum. So I went with the thought of him embodying the spirit of none other than Raphael. Partly because they both wear read wraps. I haven't considered scale in any of these. I've been scaling him to a rough approximation that fits each instance. I wonder if having him scaled to his size in all context would make things more interesting? #inktober #inktober2017 #ink #drawing #artistsoninstagram #art #tmnt #mutantturtles #mutantpossum #sai #powerline #deathfromabove #yegart #coreylansdell #inkart #brushpen #prsmacolor #colerase #pentelbrushpen #ninja

I’m part of an #scbwi illustrators group in central Alberta. I received some feedback from member @thatmikeboldt on the piece I posted the other day. Here is a look at the changes. The important thing here are adjustments to the depth of the piece. The original has a very consistent value across the whole composition. This resulted in a lack of depth that made this complicated piece a bit harder to decipher. The changes push the background back a little and create a solid break between the foreground and midground. It also increases the contrast to the shrine bringing more focus to Possum Awesome. While doing my monthly livestream the other day I had a similar conversation about value with one of my patrons and made similar adjustments to the art for my April Patreon delivery. I’m so grateful for the illustrators in the #SCBWI group I’m part of. . . . #critique #edit #seeing #artist #illustration #illustrator #patreon #possumawesome #coreylansdell #watercolor #prismacolormarker

I’ve revitalized my blog. I’m going to use it as a hub for all the stuff I’m doing. I just put up a written post about comparing our creative endeavours to others and how it hinders is. Take a look if you’re interested there is a link in my bio. . . . #blog #coreylansdell #writing #motivation #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #writersofinstagram

Working on a commission piece for one of my Patrons on #patreon. I’m excited to add colour to this! . . . . #possumawesome #coreylansdell #illustration #boat #airship

Had fun with this one. One of my fav films this past year was #wonderwoman @gal_gadot was amazing in it. I haven’t seen #justiceleague yet but I liked her in the supermanvbatman too. She was a challenge to paint. She has such soft features. Very beautiful woman. #failingtowardsuccess #coreylansdell #portraitpainting #digitalportrait #digitalart #portraitart #womaninred

I’m officially a podcasted! You can now listen to the interview I did with Kelly Mellings on iTunes. Do a search for Failing Toward Success in the podcast section of iTunes. Technology is great sometimes. #failingtowaedsuccess #ftspodcast #coreylansdell #kellymellings #outisdecircle

I couldn’t leave it alone. I had to make some small tweaks. Something just wasn’t right about her face. #learn #portraitpainting #portraitdrawing #portraitillustration #drawing #sketch #digitalpainting @bearcourt #failingtowardsuccess #visuallibrary #coreylansdell

It’s been a very full week. Stressful in good and bad ways. I’m very grateful for all that I faced this week. I probably should have gone to bed early. But instead I wrestled through another portrait. This time I used a photo of @bearcourt for inspiration. Experimented with some simple design elements and some image degradation. Used the #reillymethod to start the structure. #portrait #portraitdrawing #portraitillustration #portraitpainting #yegart #yegartist #digitalpainting #coreylansdell #failingtowardsuccess #visuallibrary