Comment from alaskapat
Wow!reading your notes abd viewing your artwork makes me so glad that we don't have tornados here in Alaska,
How scary Mother Nature can be at times.
You have illustrated this so very well to show the power of the tornado this day.
Very well created, arranged and presented!

 Comment Written 12-Jun-2025

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reply by the author on 12-Jun-2025

Thank you so much! They can be very scary!

Comment from Elisabetta Warner
Good afternoon
Once again you have amazed me on your action scene of art work
The tornado looks like it is in motion causing so much destruction
You are very talented
Thank you for sharing
I hope this helps

 Comment Written 12-Jun-2025

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reply by the author on 12-Jun-2025

Thank you so much! Working on 3D drawing with my shading and coloring!

reply by Elisabetta Warner on 12-Jun-2025

Thank for your nomination
Keep up with the lovely work of art

reply by the author on 12-Jun-2025

Your are welcome! and thank you!

Comment from Maureen Woychyshyn
Wow Devonte. Very scary to have injured something like that. You're shading and presentation is very dramatic. Really captures the moment in time. Thank you for sharing your story with us.

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 Comment Written 12-Jun-2025

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reply by the author on 12-Jun-2025

Thank you so much! I didn't have to endure this because I don't live in this area. But I saw it on TV and looked at documentaries on this outbreak to see and understand the impact it had on the deep south during that time

Comment from Ray Gordon
Devonte, you have done a fine job depicting this category 5. So powerful that it could rip two feet of soil from the ground and rip trees to shreds. This iss very remarkable. Thanks for sharing your experience through your sketch. Ray

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 Comment Written 12-Jun-2025

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reply by the author on 12-Jun-2025

Thank you very much!

reply by Ray Gordon on 12-Jun-2025

You are welcome Devonte, very power packed sketch. Ray

reply by the author on 12-Jun-2025

Thank you, trying to work on making them 3D and jump out at you

reply by Ray Gordon on 12-Jun-2025

Devonte, By you having the tree standing in front of the tornado it almost becomes the main event. The tornado should be well defined and the house should have been partially affected, showing power. The base should be well defined as it actually is. Show the power of the tornado as it sucks in the surrounding incidentals. I hope this helps you. Ray

reply by the author on 12-Jun-2025

Yes, this helps! I got this from an actual picture from the outbreak. The house you see in the picture actually does not get affected by this tornado. As tornado is behind the house. So this house was speared fortunately!

reply by Ray Gordon on 12-Jun-2025

Devonte, Just remember you are creating an illusion. Use the picture that you copied from, just as a reference. Why ? because the picture says it better than a sketch because it records a sliver of time of the actual incident. Drawing from a photograph, which many people do, is easily recognized because it looks flat and barely two dimensional. I did a portrait from a live model and it is on my site, check it out, it is of a professional female model. Let me know what you think of it. Ray

reply by the author on 12-Jun-2025

Yessir!!! This is very helpful for my next drawing! Thank you so much!!

reply by Ray Gordon on 12-Jun-2025

Have fun. Ray