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    Noah's ark picture book cover design update!

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    • Beatriz "Bett"
      Beatriz "Bett" @Chip Valecek last edited by

      @Chip-Valecek Thanks. I also wondered how to reply to some!

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      • Leontine
        Leontine last edited by

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          Shannon Perkins last edited by

          I'm agreeing with what others have already said, the animals are going to be a good draw for the age group. Lee White's comment it spot on. And as others have mentioned, the creative composition class is priceless, I learned a lot from it... Considering watching it a second time tbh.

          Centered imaged tend to feel stiff, flat, and very staged. Asymetrical compositions are more appealing to the eye, have dynamic, and feel more natural (not much in nature is symetrical). Having varying sizes, length, shapes, etc. is visually stimulating to look at, and it moves the eye around an image. When everything is the same it turns more into a pattern, and a pattern isn't meant to have any focus, which isn't what you want to tell a story.

          Sent this from my phone so I apologize if it's not the most coherent.

          http://shannonreneeperkins.tumblr.com/

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          • MOO
            MOO SVS OG last edited by

            I like the first as the cover one because it is easier to read as the well-known story of Noah's Ark. The other one would be better within the story pages, imo.. Really cute.

            Marsha Ottum Owen

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            • Leontine
              Leontine last edited by

              cover ark leontine.jpg First colored version. no text added yet...

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              • lmrush
                lmrush Pro SVS OG last edited by

                Nice job so sweet and your colors are so balanced

                Lisa Rush
                www.lisarushgallery.com
                www.facebook.com/ArtbyLisaRush/
                www.instagram.com/lisarush11/

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                • Carrie
                  Carrie last edited by

                  Darling! Looks great.

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                  • Rich Green
                    Rich Green SVS OG @Leontine last edited by

                    @Leontine This is a very charming illustration. Love the painterly style you have been doing in all of your recent pieces!

                    www.richgreenart.com instagram.com/richgreenart/

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                    • NoWayMe
                      NoWayMe last edited by NoWayMe

                      There are so many good things going on in this illustration! I love it!

                      The only thing is that some of the animals seems "cut" by the side of the boat and the railing... I have circled them in red. I think it is especially true for the elephant, the panda on the left and the sheep on the left.

                      Capture d’écran 2016-02-04 à 12.55.59.jpg

                      Also, I think the zebra that's farther from us is cut in a weird way by the other zebra. Maybe his head could be really facing the horizon? So we wouldn't see a part of the nose and it would read a little better.

                      I hope this helps, they are minor things in a otherwise spectacular image, but I think it would improve it a little!

                      🙂

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                      noemie_illustration on Instagram

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                      • Leontine
                        Leontine @NoWayMe last edited by

                        @NoWayMe thanks, thats reason for improvemenr!, Ill work on that tomorrow, its already evening here 😉

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