Please join us on the "Weekly Animal Challenge"

hahaha lauri i look like such a dork. think i would be use to it by now.
need to get some bugs up did this dragon flyish thingy the other night just messing about please ignore the ugly orange flowers

Lauri 65 bucks????? wow! I ended up going to the doctor yesterday, well what do you know, I have a very bad cough LOL there goes my 20's

Oh, and she asked me if my face was hurting, it wasn't then but after I got home it started to hurt, so I am going to call her back because I think I have a sinus infection, I had to sleep with a heating pad on my face all night.

Love the llittle dragonflies Synni, I really like the wings with the white. BTW your orange flowers are nice too

I LOVE DRAGONFLIES!!! great design synni! keep up the great work!

thanks kathy! my buggy's legs are tear drops overlapping eachother then i went back and squared them up a bit:)

I have been sooo inspired by everyone here, and really wanted to give this challenge a whirl, so here is my attempt at (of all things, a praying mantis!)[img][/img]

What did I do wrong? My pic is supposed to be there!

Col wrote:What did I do wrong? My pic is supposed to be there!

The address you put was the place where it is on your computer. You need to host it somewhere and put the address where it is hosted between the [img] tags.

[img][/img] Yay! got it! Not a perfect specimen, but I hope you can at least tell what it is. I can see lots of mistakes.

Ohhhh! what a cute prey mantis Great job!

Thanks, Maggie! Your praise means a lot to me-I admire your work so much! I admire everyones work on here! Its all good! When I grow up, I wanna be like you!

Thank you Col, you are such a sweetheart! I am so glad you are sharing your work with us!

Everyone is doing so great! I am so inspired, I love this thread. I see a couple of designs that have great shading. I have got to learn to shade. What color do you guys use to shade? I'm definately more on the cartoon side of things!!! But I would still love any good shading tips.

Synni, such cute dragon flyes and the flowers are great too.

Col that is wicked

Col your prey mantis turned out great! thanks for sharing

Thank-you, everyone for all your positive comments! I've never actually seen a mantis, and have to thank my Hubby for the suggestion. Google is now my bff.lol.

this is my niece and daughter, they are only 3 months apart and are best friends.

Ok So I missed last week cause I was busy busy with festival prep but as soon as I heard it was birds I totally wanted to try a peacock feather and I figure better late than never, so here it is..

Rather than miss another week I'm putting in a dragonfly design I did a few weeks ago that I think needs a lot of polishing especially when I see the bugs going up for this week! Great topic BTW I'm booked for a garden theme naming ceremony soon and was wondering what to do for the boys I reckon they'd love some of these creepy crawlies! The level of art on here is improving by the day! AMazing! anyways hopefully i can get another bug in before the week is out but its show and festival season over here so maybe not...

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR EVERYONE!!!!!

Gina, wow, wow, wow!!! Great job on that beetle, the shading, highlights and the details are flawless!

Riana, you are kidding me right??? That peacock feather is stunning. Did you take step bu step? you should submit it to the March challenge. Love the dragonflies, the colors are amazing, what colors did you use?

Synni, gorgeous butterflies and models. Love the colors and the use of purple for the line work, Great job!

Riana- Wow love the dragon flies, the colors really set it off.
Gina- That beatle looks so real! the shading and everything look amazing! great details. great work!
Col- Give yourself more credit!! That Prey Mantis looks GREAT! i think you hit it spot on.

AMAZING critters!!!!

Gina that beetle is AMAZING!!! I feel like I could reach out and pick it up! Your shading is perfect.

Synni, cute girls. I love the bold bright colours.

Riana, don't you just love peacock feathers. I have a feeling we're all going to get better at those with this months challenge. Yours are so pretty already. Loving the dragonfly design too.

You all are blowing me away with these bugs. I can SO see my boy loving the crawly ones

The bugs going up are incredible, I am blown away:)
hmmmm, I have to start a "how to" thread on shading......

IamGinaW wrote:

This is soooo real that I just feel it run over my skin.
I don't like insects! brrrrr. Goosebumps everywhere!!