hehe good job
its very nice as usual

Great !! I love the bright colours and perspective, it's very nice!
The step by step has been very interesting to follow, great one!
+10

An excellent piece. Love the work you put into colouring.

Beautiful work!

Charming work.

Great composition and colors!....Beautiful work!
Carlos

Nice job, cute lady!

Hmmm. To be honest with you Arne, id have to say this isnt one of your better works. I think the initial drawing was a lot stronger than the final piece turned out (nice WIP though mate, i was quite intrigued. Plus the beautiful pose shot at the end lol)

In this work, i find that the wood grain / colour is overpowering the rest of the work. My eye was stuck on it as soon as i opened the piece, rather than seeing the characters. The characters themselves are very well stylized (your usual quality mate ) and well coloured themselves, but i think the background detracts from the final work.

I also have another problem with that background. With the woodgrain you've placed in there, i can't help but feel that it is making the perspective look off. Looking at the architecture frame, it isnt, but that woodgrain does something odd. Also in terms of colour, i find the placement of that lavender purple colour in the painters hair adds a very strange contrast, almost awkward to look at. The grannies right shoe also gets lost in colour and shape behind the carpenters left foot. Shape wise its correct but i dunno if you meant to lose it in colour as well. I can't help but think this was a more challenging piece for you in regards to colour and shape balance. But you have managed to achieve a basically 1 to 1 shape balance with every element, which is really quite good.

All that aside, i think your usual use of colours (in terms of the characters) are fantastic, and im still finding myself lost and giddy letting my eyes wander around the border. I still love your use of negative shape.

A good addition to your book mate, just in my opinion, far from the strongest. Hopefully you can see some of the stuff i can
Evan

So funny and wonderful¡¡¡¡¡+10

@Evan; I do, dammit. Now I do. I have to say though; It's supposed to be partly estranging and uneasy to the eye.

Nice!

great composition (working outside the borders is a nice touch),
the whole image feels alive.

Great characters too

+ 10

i saw the WIP!
AMAZING!! Your technique it´s wonderful!! Great work ArneMaster!!

great characters, each one has it's own flavor, but that's just part of being a great illustrator that bird looking in curious is really funny
+10

Gotta love an illo with such a sense of humor and style. What impresses me the most is how very different each character is in personality and basic physical appearance yet so well integrated and stylistically unified. Interesting WIP, too, so thanks for sharing that with us in addition to the finished product.

Everything looks great in here Arne.
Good work! +10

Saw the WIP for this at DA. Excellent work Arne, it turned out really nice. You have a really unique style and it is TOTALLY suited to childrens illustration. Got to love the shapes of their heads and their faces!

I just LOVE this illustrations of yours!

Nicely done. No crit this time ! I really dig all the characters' expressions except for that one in the background but I guess he must be part of the story.