digital watercolor

Joy Heyer

I like the second polar bear better. It is lovely! I would love to see the girl stand out more, though. Her clothes, ribbons, and face are so close in value and tone that it all blends together and her delightful expression is lost. Try a darker/more saturated color for her clothes. Also use a cooler color--that will contrast with the warmth in her skin. And if you make the ribbons red, they will stand out more and help visually tell your story. The 2 most important elements of your story are the ribbon being carried off and the girl's reaction. If they are the only things that are red, they will stand out and be linked. Check out this illustration by Brooke Boynton Hughes. (Your color palette and delicate lines reminded me of her work.) http://www.brookeboyntonhughes.com/vd2f3eobfz54fvcxpqv177yfwmfxki That is what I mean by using red as a story-teller. The girls arm reaching for the stars and the girl's face (both red) are the story. Everything else (all blue and green) is just backdrop. Your illustrations always have so much delicate emotion. They are always lovely!

lmrush

@Joy-Heyer Thank you Joy, I will take a look and play around with that!

lmrush

@Joy-Heyer And thank you, Brookes work is so lovely-she was a quest on SVS in a video I watched a while back wasn't she?

Joy Heyer

@lmrush She was. I love her her simple but expressive style...2 words I would use to describe your style!

lmrush

@Joy-Heyer thank you!

lmrush

Did some revisions based on the feedback I received. Thank you everyone for taking time to help me with this !!!

Naroth Kean

lovely! I also use some of Kyle's watercolor brushes too! they are great and I love his blending tool I used it 100% for my digital watercolor.

lmrush

@Naroth-Kean I found the blending tool halfway through this piece. lol I saw @Lee-White post one day about how he had designed digital, working out design and problems first and then created the traditional piece-I thought that was just brilliant!

lmrush

I wanted to share I finally did a thumbnail sketch first (as highly encouraged by our instructors) and I think that and fellow students input is the only reason why I am happy with this one.

lmrush

So I tried to re-create my digital art as a watercolor as @Lee-White did in his video, he makes it look so easy, he is such a pro- mine was a disaster!

Lee White

@lmrush Awesome! Keep it up!!! The important thing is that you are doing the exercises. It's amazing how good you can get if you keep moving forward. : )

lmrush

@Lee-White Thank you for the encouragement Lee - I appreciate it!

lmrush

Update- I have added foreground and background now, I wish I could draw the whole sketch first as svs teaches my life would be so much easier!