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    WIP March book cover composition. Critiques welcome.

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    • ArtofAleksey
      ArtofAleksey last edited by ArtofAleksey

      I’m comparing the colors on procreate and the jpg I uploaded and the colors are weird and different on the jpgs, I’m gonna try the png let me know if the colors look different to you guys, I feel like I’m seeing things
      PNG:
      B9B2B38D-8F55-4DE8-B39A-91E6414AA32D.png

      JPG:
      26C83AD1-82A4-4774-901A-8BFC4BD5EAB1.jpeg

      instagram and twitter: @artofaleksey
      alekseyillustration.com

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      • Erin.Cortese
        Erin.Cortese Moderator @ArtofAleksey last edited by Erin.Cortese

        @Aleksey Maybe you could get that effect with high contrast lighting rather than high contrast local colours? Wait, I think I see exactly what you are trying to do. The highly saturated greens do not read like they are from lighting, they look as though they are the natural colour of the objects. Maybe you need some softer edges to make it look like a lighting effect?

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        • Erin.Cortese
          Erin.Cortese Moderator @ArtofAleksey last edited by Erin.Cortese

          @Aleksey After looking at your drawing again I realized that you don't have any soft edges, so they may look strange to add. Instead maybe you could shift all of the green hues on the frog and title toward blue so they would look like they were picking up colour and light from the pond. Here is a rough example of what I mean...(I added some blue to the surrounding grass too)
          frog.jpg

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          • ArtofAleksey
            ArtofAleksey @Erin.Cortese last edited by

            @inkandspatter hmm ok ty ill play around with it a bit more.

            instagram and twitter: @artofaleksey
            alekseyillustration.com

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            • ArtofAleksey
              ArtofAleksey @Erin.Cortese last edited by

              @inkandspatter ok I think I figured it out, what do you think of this? You all were right there was a lot of yellow in various parts of it not just the plants and frog.
              42E63088-3F18-41F7-9FD7-45DE913242B6.jpeg

              instagram and twitter: @artofaleksey
              alekseyillustration.com

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              • Erin.Cortese
                Erin.Cortese Moderator @ArtofAleksey last edited by

                @Aleksey Yes, it definitely ties in much nicer!

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                • ArtofAleksey
                  ArtofAleksey @Erin.Cortese last edited by

                  @inkandspatter whew ok. I think I’m done with this.

                  instagram and twitter: @artofaleksey
                  alekseyillustration.com

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                  • Erin.Cortese
                    Erin.Cortese Moderator @ArtofAleksey last edited by

                    @Aleksey I know that feeling! Great work, a lot of beautiful detail!

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                    • MichaelaH
                      MichaelaH @ArtofAleksey last edited by

                      @Aleksey You have made it really good, love the arcs in the text and the color is much bette rnow, for me it is finished and perfect 🙂 Great work and progress...ufff

                      https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                      https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                      • ArtofAleksey
                        ArtofAleksey @MichaelaH last edited by

                        @MichaelaH @inkandspatter thank you so much
                        And thank you to everyone else that has helped me with all the feedback. I’m so bad with color, I may rewatch that updated color and light class will terry posted to refresh myself.

                        instagram and twitter: @artofaleksey
                        alekseyillustration.com

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                        • MichaelaH
                          MichaelaH @ArtofAleksey last edited by

                          @Aleksey I know what You mean, I am bad with color also, I love my sketches, but I am afraid of starting to put the color on it...I am still at the sketch phase with my cover...
                          me too, have to watch the new version of the color and light class.
                          But now, be happy, You have finished this great piece...congrats.

                          https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                          https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                          • Erin.Cortese
                            Erin.Cortese Moderator @ArtofAleksey last edited by

                            @Aleksey It’s funny you mention the new class, that’s what I am watching today! I have almost finished all the videos and the class is really great!

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                            • ArtofAleksey
                              ArtofAleksey @Erin.Cortese last edited by

                              @inkandspatter clearly you’ve been able to help me too so I’d have to agree

                              instagram and twitter: @artofaleksey
                              alekseyillustration.com

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                              • MOO
                                MOO SVS OG last edited by

                                I like the ripples 🙂

                                Marsha Ottum Owen

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                                • ArtofAleksey
                                  ArtofAleksey @MOO last edited by

                                  @Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen oh thank you! You have no idea how much i hate drawing ripples after this! Although I must admit I got better at it after this.

                                  instagram and twitter: @artofaleksey
                                  alekseyillustration.com

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