illustrated poster

[Beatriz "Bett"]

I love your poster. My only comment goes with Lee's original comment about leaning the cars and characters forward for the illusion of speed. Your cars look like they are leaning backward or standing still, so my impression is that it is a traffic jam not a race. I'm just a beginner, but I hope this helps.

[NoWayMe]

I agree with @B-Macia, I think the piece is great, but I would definitely lean the cars foward!

And also, you moved your original point of view to more of a "top view". I think it can work, but I feel it might be better to lower your camera angle a bit and overlap the cars more. It would add depth to your image I think... I hope this is clear...

Great illustration though!

[Christina Brown]

@B-Macia @NoWayMe Thank you both! I did a messy sketch over and lost the sign. What do you all think now? I know i need to improve the sketch, just seeing if it look right in the skeleton stage? If the idea looks good, i'll start refining it. I really want to move on to color!

[Beatriz "Bett"]

I like the composition and the viewpoint. I've got to say, the giraffe cracks me up. Did you ever hear the old Bill Cosby routine about the baby buggy races? This reminds me of that. Look it up on YouTube, it is hilarious! Every car had its own theme music, Batman, The Green Hornet, etc.

[Christina Brown]

@NoWayMe and @Beatriz-quot-Bett-quot
Thanks for your advice! Here's my final sketch before I move on to color. Will Terry's "There Once was a Cowpoke" illustrations inspired most of this, the giraffe was my own idea though. Excited to get to coloring! I'm also going to paint it Will Terry's 10 steps. Let's see if I can!

[Christina Brown]

Applied cast shadows, occlusion shadows and tone...

[Jiří Kůs]

@Christina-Taylor-Brown The rock will probably cast some shadow too

[Christina Brown]

Ah! Thanks! Almost forgot that!

[Christina Brown]

Color tests: I'm having trouble deciding. Can anyone help me pick?

[Lee White]

These are looking good. Although I might suggest going back to the value stage and working that out a bit more. If you turn off your line layer, you will see that your have mostly middle greys without real darks and lights. Think about local tone a bit more. Some cars will be dark, and some cars will be light. Then the lighting pass gets added on top of those values, but you never lose that value structure.

[Christina Brown]

@Lee-White Thank you ! I was wondering about that. When I do values, I'm always scared to go too dark. I really need to work on that!
Here's what I've got and i'm happy so far. I normally work traditionally, so this is probably my third attempt at a digital piece.

[Stephanie Hider]

This looks so fun!

[Lynn Larson]

Oh girl, this is so amazing!! I love the whole feel of it!! The only thing was the speed limit sign, and it looks like you took care of it! I like color study #4, everyone knows red cars are fastest hehe

[Naroth Kean]

that looks really good

[bharris]

I really like your design, you've done a great job problem solving! Personally I'm liking number 2 and number 4 for your color tests.

[Christina Brown]

@Stephanie-Hider @ Lynn Larson @Naroth Kean @bharris Thank you all! I'm trying with everything I've got! haha! I keep making lots of mistakes, but I've already learned so much! Here's what I've got down for my color theme so far.

[Lynn Larson]

Gorgeous colors! The giraffe on the tiny bike kills me every time hehe!

[audrey dowling]

Great work Christina, you're on the right track!

[Chip Valecek]

This piece reminds of the old Hanna Barbera cartoon where all the different characters race against each other. Fun piece!

[Christina Brown]

Thanks! Here's a little snippet of where I am now. Making some little changes as I go. Fun stuff!