Colouring styles and techniques(digital)

A more realistic and detailed approach, I was most intrigued by how they did the reflective surface and putting bright light sources where the water meets banking, however I do not think this would be useful for my comic because I still think a simplistic style would suit better.

Very thick lines and a very drastic difference in colours chosen, mixing warm and cold colours can sometimes be risky however the contrast seems to have doe

Very aesthetically pleasing and somewhat realistic painting style, the smoothness is beautiful however would be tedious in terms of a comic formatting.

great advice for making comic panels, I made the mistake of using lines on their own before so finding out about the add panel material option in layers and the divider tool to make the gaps in the panels, it has this overall clean and professional look however for my comic I do not think I need to go outside the lines.

A rough but enjoyable sketch, I particularly like the face as it gives this very angry look as it is supposed to display his displeasure of being asked about his missing hand before the flash back, however I have been suggested to rearrange the panels as the flashback scene does not make much sense from an outsider prospective.

I have made the necessary changes to make the comic a little more understandable however I think it is missing something important as there is alot of white space and lack of emotion somewhere so decided to add more panels to both make it easier to read and better looking.

I had a bit of a hard time trying to work out if the top panel should have very straight unnatural line work on the cages or to draw in my own, quite wonky lines which, to be honest felt like it gave a friendlier approach to the comic. on asking a few people what they thought would look better, all 3 suggested the hand drawn lines instead.

Here is my finished(hopefully) piece, Using striking white and black speech bubble in the back ground for the last panel to make it more dynamic and so it wasn't just a coloured background, for some reason i had the bright idea of doing the white before the lines and wasted quite a bit of time just trying to outline it.

I am overall happy of this comic, i find it busy and quirky while i have been trying to get different angles in the panels so i dont feel like i repeat myself, although the rabbit has remained the same throughout I think my message of 'listen to instructions' was shown through this as well as showing the quote 'that rabbits too cute to bite' which was what the comic was based on.

 while starting this new comic about the quote "that rabbits too big for our cage but the babies aren't" so i was trying to display it in a way that would be similar yet different to the first, most likely though colour and number of panels(soon) but I got into colouring the little girl quickly as I worried about making her look odd seeing that I dont draw kids very often, I think her face needs alot of improving.

I based the kids clothing off this dress and trouser combo, the bright pink is stereotypical of little girls.

I got skin tones from the girl on the very left which seemed to be close enough to the original quoter.

I have added a little more to the comic and also corrected the girls face, I am very happy with it at this point

A current work in progress trying to combine texture and cartoon, the rabbit may look super serious while i love the lining of his face I don't like the texture so much, I still think block colouring looks better for comics than this texturing

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Abby Diamond

Fig 1(Abby Diamond, art.britishbirdlovers.co.uk)

 Fig 2(Abby Diamond, art.britishbirdlovers.co.uk)

All of Abby's work is visually stimulating with her variety of colours, sometimes similar tones of the same colour portrayed almost violently(possibly related to her passion for hardcore and punk music as suggested on her deviantart profile http://finchfight.deviantart.com/ ) or completely different colours that are not aloud to merge together, creating these stunning images, however my favorite part of her work is the etch work, the lines are of different thicknesses, some necessary lines to show detail but a lot of exaggerated lines which actually act like an illusion to the eyes giving the sense of movement which is very pretty indeed.

 Fig 3(Abby Diamond, deviantart.com)

I do thoughroughly enjoy the white space in her bird drawings but her land mammal artwork seems to somewhat lack this,which although it is a shame they are still stunning images, Fig 3 is a 'wip' or work in progress so has white parts still in, but a lot thicker and more vibrant colour is at work here.

Her technique is to use waterproof ink, then a mixture of markers and watercolour gives the colour its vibrancy.

interesting insight into how quickly rabbits can multiply as well as some quirky(and some not) facts about them, a sudden jump into the air followed by a mad dash is actually a sign of happiness and is named a 'binky'.

I saw these rabbit garden décor at wilkos and found their designs simplistic and kind on the eyes similar to how I would like my stories to be portrayed,

Primary Souce

Almost interaction between a half blind Harvey and a curious Alice, however soon as Harvey realised she was there he ran off as fast as his stubby legs could take him, very comical.

Alice cleaning her face, a good sample image I could practice drawing

Blackberry and Hazel, slanted eared twins.

A good example of a rabbit hiding her ailment, Molly (Bella's daughter in sketchbook) was showing signs of leg pain in her run but as soon as she was put somewhere she did not know she pretended she was fine, treatment of painkillers and plenty of  check ups.

Different angle with Harvey displaying his back and scruffy coat, he could smell thornberry rabbits on me and became very curious

Illustration
Illustrate quotes I found ridiculous in my time working as a volunteer e,g: "That rabbits too big for the cage we have but can we have one of the babies" (the babies mother being the giant rabbits and the babies most likely going to be just as big if not bigger)

children's book looking story about how well Rabbits can hide their ailments but not being suited for children because of death

Illustrating how a rabbit is feeling towards different situation e.g: being handled, fireworks, seeing a potential mate, ect.

Fine art
4 rabbits in a row with their heads facing down but one facing up revealing a mouth that is sown shut to show how people want to stop them from what is natural to them (chew)

Pets with huge exaggerated tears which creates a flood beneath their heads with a small version of the ark fighting against the water to display how we are repeating myths.

paintings of tied up animals to show how restricted they are in modern day society

Ideas

Life & Death
The idea of life and death as humanoid beings wandering the same road at different times is both cute and dark, the living sees where the death has been all around them while the death sees the life and just cheesy cuteness like that.

For this I could look into Egyptian mythology like Nephthys the protector of the dead or the different cultural differences between the entity 'grim reaper'.

Death & Afterlife

Looking into different views towards these things

Anti-Poaching

Making fineart images of what happens with poaching of any animals, being a gruesome wakeup call to the cruelty and quite unnecessary reasoning behind it, for example rhino horn is made from the same proteins that make up human hair, finger nails, horses hooves and turtle beaks. (keratin x) 
I could easily make this a rather surreal series of images which may involve more development.

I would need to research into poaching of endangered animals as well as the poaching of animals that will soon lead them to be on the endangered list.

Pet Neglect

There are different ways for me to go at this theme, I am passionate about animals thats true however I do believe pets can have just a cruel of a start as an end, puppy mills would be a good example of this, dogs often kept in horrid conditions, only their puppies being put on display for people to see while the mothers birth risks increase, puppies can be past deadly diseases or be products of inbreeding for the pure bred look.

one of the most major(but still quite rare) problems would be short spine syndrome in pure bread dogs, there are many more vastly more common problems that come with inbreeding but this is the one that no one suspects because, it does not look right.

Then there is animal abuse by the hands of their owners ignorance or just malice, although this can go from the animal being isolated and becoming feral and afraid or can go from the incident the attempts to 'neuter' their own animals because they want to save money or think they are somehow as qualified as vets, or in places like Gambia where it still isn't common it is more likely than in places like the US and UK.

even though this is a brutal and gut wrenching act, this case was down to ignorance not malice, the kids did not do it out of schadenfreude(the pleasure in watching others misfortune) or sadism, they simply didn't know better, not that what they did was not wrong.

From personal experiences I have learned that making gruesome posters and campaigns don't work as well as people think, people will turn their heads and become ignorant because they 'don't want to see that' so I believe it would be better to somewhat cartoonify this, it loosens the grip from gory to somewhat acceptable but still have dark portrayals.

Understanding Rabbits

Inspired by the Volunteer work I do at Thornberry animal sanctuary where I would be able to not only get primary source images but plenty of brain food(ideas).
I am passionate about rabbits, I have had them since I was little, of course I probably made mistakes because, well, I was a child. A common problem with people that come to adopt a cute bunny is usually because they are buying it for a child as a toy, they wont think that at the time but parents must start buying animals for themselves because it will be down to them to take care of them in the end, children can and will become bored of animals and rabbits are not an animal you can just shove in a cage and throw food in every now and again, they need exercise, interaction, yearly vet checks and weekly(at min) home checks, rabbits can catch anything and everything.

Rabbits are pray animals. Do not expect to buy a rabbit that will be affectionate towards you, rabbits are naturally scared of everything and being picked up is a fear for all rabbits, of course some rabbits like a stroke, like to follow you and are overall a joy to be with, but some rabbits can still be a joy but not ones you can stroke and cuddle.
soon as a rabbit hits 1 year old they are in a teenage stage, males want girlfriends and females must defend themselves and their future babies, so a baby bunny you bought that used to let you stroke and cuddle may have suddenly changed because of hormones and has started to bite or growl, this is a common reason for rabbits to be brought in or even to be put to sleep, because people done know enough and thats why I would like to make a book or a series of images to teach people the mindset of rabbits.