Third Thursday April 2016 WIP
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@Rich-Chabot - Thank you, very important question. I was imagining this to be an overhead spotlight at night, though I have still to plot the shadows correctly. I always hear that children´s illustration that is too dark is sometimes a problem. Do you feel this may be getting too dark?
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very nice drawing!
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Beautiful work @smceccarelli !
I think all of your colour studies work, I personally like #4 though, it really pops for me.
In terms of your drawing, everything looks great to me except for Lucy. I think you have her perspective backwards: she's got a little peanut head and large feet - but looking down on her she should have a large head and taper towards her feet instead. The dinosaurs are simply awesome!
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@DanetteDraws Thank you, I believe you are right! I will look into that!
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I prefer thumbnail 1 because of the more neutral box allowing a stronger contrast between Lucy, the boxes (time machine), and the dinosaurs.
I agree that Lucy's perspective needs to be fixed with her head becoming a little bigger and her body getting smaller the further away it is (even if it is only a slight change). This will help her feel more dynamic.
I don't personally feel that that the pictures are too dark for a child's illustration. I especially like thumbnail 1 because it feels the least dark with how you've worked with the lighting so far and because of the warmth of the light that is present.
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Thanks for all your input! - I chose the most favorite color scheme (number 4) and changed Lucy's proportions as Danette suggested.
Now I need fresh eyes to look at it - I cannot watch it anymore... do you see anything that needs tweaking?
I have done this entirely in ProCreate - a challenging project is my way to learn a new workflow, and this has certainly done its job! I will probably post a "first ProCreate experience" on my blog later next week. -
I think that looks great, The values and composition work really well. Great drawing
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@smceccarelli WOW! You've really got something special going here!
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@Suzy-Heitz Thank you! The more I look at it the more I see stuff that may or may not need fixing...calling a piece finished is always a struggle for me.
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I agree, this is special. I think the dino in the light needs a shadow. I like the splashes of color around the bottom right, could you do the same with the dins or their area? This is a real winner, congratulations.
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@smceccarelli I think calling a piece finished is an artist struggle everyday! Looks great, tons of details. Well done!
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Oh, this is amazing!!! I second the hard shadow on the dino in the light, and a bit of rim lighting on the snouts of the closer dinos wouldn't hurt.
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Thanks for all the input - I have implemented almost all of it!
Sorry for the silly question, but how does it work with the challenge? We just turn up at the GoToMeeting and cross fingers that our work is one of the six selected, or do they get announced before? It will be at 5am in this part of the world... -
@smceccarelli Looking forward to seeing the finished piece! They don't announce anything beforehand, keeps the excitement for the 'live' class
It's 4am for me too but worth it...if you get to the classroom early there's banter and chat beforehand which I like because it feels like a real class that we're all attending But if you can't make it, then the next day the recorded video goes on YouTube.PS don't think I said hi before..welcome to the forum
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@Dulcie Hi there - so we are neighbors ;-)) Thanks for the explanation - I thought they might want to keep the thrill...I will post my final here in half an hour or so. It is kids bedtime here...;-) I will then get to bed early and try to get up in time.
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This is the final I submitted today. I struggled a lot with the shadow of the dino in the light. If I plot the shadow correctly, it is barely visible, but I agree that it looks odd. If I add a cheated shadow, though, I lose the silouhette of the other dino. At the end I decided to leave it without shadow....good or bad I do not know. I took in all the other input, and it was definitely worth it.
As I did this illustration entirely with ProCreate, I could export the time-lapse, and I have made a video out of it where I discuss the differences between working with the iPad/ProCreate combination and working in Photoshop. I am horribly self-conscious hearing my voice....but well, I guess I have to get over it.http://www.smceccarelli.com/illustration-with-the-ipadpro-and-procreate/
