Share July HTFYA Ideas & WIP - (Food Truck)
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Loving everyone's ideas!
So I'm slightly guilty of changing the prompt a bit with this one.
I've ended up rethinking my story to be from the point of view of Scully Seagull who just wants a decent meal. He's tired of circling dumpsters and wants to teach his fellow gulls some proper table manners
The food truck is like no other because the pasta is being rolled fresh on the top of the truck and falling directly into the pot below with the work of these cute kids
I'd love to hear your thoughts even if I can't change all that much at this point because of time and working traditionally - there are already so many layers of paint on this thing haha
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OK I think I am ready to post as my final, however if anyone has any small corrections or advice I would appreciate it. Thanks!
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@jahn the sun is rendered in a realistic style that differs from the style in the rest of the composition.
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@thomas-young Do you have a suggestion of how I could render it? take out the solar flares and just have a circle? Or make it more cartoony?
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@jahn love the racoon throwing the food off the truck for his forest friends
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@jahn Give the cloud a silver lining that suggests the sun's presence. It is the solar rays that draw my attention from the focus of the story.
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@jahn Alas, Rhonda's truck has no rear-view side mirrors where you capture her priceless reaction to that renegade raccoon who has once again out-witted her. Maybe her facial expression or she is shaking her raised fist?
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@thomas-young great idea, thank you
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@jahn I think you have the beginnings of a great children's book!
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@LauraA
Thanks for you response! Appreciate it. -
@jahn
Thanks Jahn. This was my first idea but I think it might be too dark but think I might do it as a personal project. Appreciate you’re in put and BTW, I like the way your HTFYA came out! -
Hi! I really like this idea and I think it is clear and suitable... but for over a week I tried to get past the doodling stage, so I decided at least to post a smudgy doodle, maybe it helps me move on. Maybe I will manage today to draw 2-3 different perspectives in a cleaner manner and post them for feedback. This time the thing is a bit too complex for me - the food truck itself, the background and my ideea requiring 7 characters, so I'm still planning how to organise everything arund...
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@Larue You're welcome, and thanks again for the things you pointed out to help make my illustration story clearer!
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So many awesome ideas and mixed mediums. Loving it! Here is my drawing, which I am currently coloring. It has changed a bit from the pencil drawing. I still like the pencil one a lot, but the scan of the drawing doesn't do it justice. Should I leave the photos of the birds and bird watcher or do they ruin the image?
PS I had actually already come up with the bird house idea before Lee HAD TO mention it..
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@Arthur-Campling I love the pencil work on this
I think the photos on the side are a really cute touch but I'm struggling a bit to get the story. Am I right in saying that it's a food truck for birds? -
@Kristen-Lango Thanks yes the idea is that a bird watcher hos come with her food truck for birds and she i studying them and taking photos. In the digital color version I'm doing I have added small signs on each of the bird houses, like "nuts" "seeds" and so on. Maybe not the strongest stort lol, but om going for it
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Ok, I'm in advanced doodling mode now... I tried several pov s for the perspective but keep returning to this very frontal a bit flat one, but it's easier for me to draw and manage to keep all elements in good proportion... I also had Jack's voice in my head advising to pick a straight-on perspective rather than a difficult one I can't draw well.
Does the idea read? I decided not to include the more obvious word I could have used for the food truck name and allow the viewer some discovery... But the context should be clear.. is it?
I also wonder how to manage the main focal point, as I feel the scene is more of an "ambiance" one, so though the girl should be the main focus, she is not actually doing something very distinctive... hummm...
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@Arthur-Campling This is a great idea and the drawing looks so nice and skilled! It is very readable even without enlarging it.
Concerning the "Idea", I always fear when I have one I like, that it is too obvious and good an someone else will have the same one. In this prompt's case, when I decided to use a fairytale I was completely sure someone else will use the same one before me :))) Actually Larue posted a Hansel and Gretel sketch, it was close :))) -
@Oana I really like it so far, and I do think the play on Goldilocks comes across well and is humorous.
My suggestion to bring more focus to her as the main character is to make her expressing or doing something distinct. For example, one of the bears could be checking a steamy bowl of porridge and she is looking with disapproval because it's too hot. -
@jahn Thank you! Haha good idea for a Goldie pose
I'll doodle around a little more
