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    The Cloud King WIP | Feedback please!

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    • AngelinaKizz
      AngelinaKizz last edited by

      Super cute! I love it!
      Is there a way to draw the eye more to the kids handing over the diaper? Because then I don’t think you’d need to have the text present. As for the flooding, I would maybe add some windows to the houses where you have the water level, to show that the water level is beyond the grass line. Maybe a small amount of shading on the sides of the houses to slightly emphasize the water line ( not enough to draw a ton of focus, just to create clairity )

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      • miranda-hoover
        miranda-hoover @KevinTreaccar last edited by

        @KevinTreaccar You were clear, but I suppose I was a bit too tired/out of it to do the same 😅 Thanks for the feedback!

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        • miranda-hoover
          miranda-hoover @AngelinaKizz last edited by

          @AngelinaKizz Thanks! Hopefully, I'll be able to draw more attention to them with shading and everything. I'm working on the sketch more and now how some more detail in the village. Thanks for the feedback!

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          • miranda-hoover
            miranda-hoover last edited by

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            Here is the new version of the village with more detail. I decided less is more and took out a lot of the houses--which makes me feel a lot better! Still planning to add more detail to the water, but not sure exactly how I want to go about it...

            Haven't quite decided what I want to do about the text 🤔 I experimented with a couple of things, but I might wait till I have the shading in to make a decision.

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            • Asyas_illos
              Asyas_illos @miranda-hoover last edited by Asyas_illos

              @miranda-hoover are you going to keep his crown? It was so cute!

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                A Former User @miranda-hoover last edited by

                @miranda-hoover I think the image is solid without the text and having the image cropped in allows the viewer to focus in on the village as well. Also, agree with @Asyas_illos that the crown was really cute.

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                • miranda-hoover
                  miranda-hoover last edited by miranda-hoover

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                  Thanks, @Asyas_illos and @Stephanie-H ! Glad you like the crown! It's still there--I'd just grabbed a screenshot last time to show the village WIP.

                  Here's a look at the inking WIP and trying it out without the text. My next challenge is the water & rain 😸

                  Looking at it on the screen I think I'll need to thicken some of the lines--probably on the kids too 🤔 I think I'll attempt an ink wash for shading, since that fits the wet/rainly feel...

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                  • Johanna Kim
                    Johanna Kim SVS OG @miranda-hoover last edited by

                    @miranda-hoover Your line work is always so clean and beautiful. Agree with you about thickening some of the lines where you want to draw our eyes. Also like the idea of an ink wash for the rain. Watch out for the toilet paper role in the bottom right corner. It's a bit squashed/flattened. Looking forward to seeing the finished illustration.

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                    • Griffin McPherson
                      Griffin McPherson last edited by

                      I didn’t understand the story. Even though it’s clear that the town is being rained on and the kids are bringing the clouds king diapers I think this story is a little too complex to convey in a single image personally. Despite that I absolutely love the design and the contrast in scale that you have going on here.

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                      • miranda-hoover
                        miranda-hoover @Johanna Kim last edited by

                        @Johanna-Kim Thanks! 😁

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                        • miranda-hoover
                          miranda-hoover @Griffin McPherson last edited by

                          @Griffin-McPherson Oh no! It's probably too late for me to make any big changes, though. Do you know if adding text back in will help at all?

                          Thanks for the feedback! Happy you like the design.

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                          • Griffin McPherson
                            Griffin McPherson @miranda-hoover last edited by

                            @miranda-hoover after seeing your latest version that shows the flooding of the town my clearly I think the story is more understandable. I wouldn’t worry about texts and generally they don’t like text for the contest pieces anyways

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