March WIP: Everything’s broken - halp! 😂

EliaMurrayArt

Progress shot- I’m fumbling my way through color.

Any thoughts? The details of the books and things are throwing me for a loop. I think I’m getting bogged down in color picking.

How do you guys sort colors of small “insignificant “ items?

KaraDaniel

@EliaMurrayArt I saw in one of videos classes here on svs start with coloring things that are supposed to be a certain color (plants green, firetruck red, an orange orange etc) then work out from there. You could also find an image online you like the color palette then just pull colors from that image.

LauraA

I love the guy's expression! I think my ideas about color are frequently different from those of other people. I tend towards warm/cool contrasts rather than monochromatic or all warm/cool schemes. So take my advice for what it's worth. But, cools recede and warms come forward. So depending on what you want the viewer to see first--the wall or the monster-- I like either the first or second one. At any rate, I don't think there's any danger of not seeing the monster. Just be careful not to lose the man!

P.S. Oh, sorry, somehow I didn't see the latest post so I was commenting on the color trials. I think you did well to make the man's sweater a contrasting color and have the monster the same tone as the wall. So far your book color choices harmonize well, so just keep it up!

Rachel Horne

I love this, I think it all works really well

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Coley

Looking totally awesome

Laurel Aylesworth

Soooooo good!

EliaMurrayArt

@KaraDaniel That makes total sense! I have been trying to follow another image's color palette that I liked - but these little extra things like the books seem to just be.. I dunno confusing or I feel like I'm being super fussy. I think I'll take a breath and step back for a moment to see my brain doesn't go into such a frenzy of "omg what color should I use!" haha

EliaMurrayArt

@LauraA Thank you! I really appreciate your view - I think I tend towards warm/cool color schemes too. I think that I wanted it to read with the monster being kind of a "second" read. Where you look at the man, and then go oh Monster!

I'm going to keep chugging along and see if I can push it some more. I think I tend towards kind of desaturated tones - I'm looking at the image on my computer screen now (I've been painting it in procreate) and it is looking really dull to me... I hope to try to make some colors pop even more.

EliaMurrayArt

What would you change, add, darken, lighten?

As I am finishing this up, I would love some extra eyes to point out the weakest parts and make suggestions on how I can improve.

Thank you! ️

Griffin McPherson

@EliaMurrayArt I would also go with option A, the creature being darker works a bit better I think

Griffin McPherson

@EliaMurrayArt I would just try darkening the right wall a bit to see how that looks, that could give the image a bit more depth. I know the bookshelf is broken but the perspective of it is distracting got me because it isn’t quite lining up with the plane of the wall. The way I would go about adjusting it is sketching in the bookshelf unbroken so you can see how it would look in proper perspective and then break it and adjust from there. Hope this helps!

EliaMurrayArt

@Griff said in March WIP: Everything’s broken - halp! :

@EliaMurrayArt I would also go with option A, the creature being darker works a bit better I think

What does your eye go to first? Here’s a darker creature. But I’m wondering if he’s too saturated now? I want the man to be the first look.

Griffin McPherson

@EliaMurrayArt I don’t mind the saturation but I do think the creature is too dark around the man and it makes it harder to see him

EliaMurrayArt

@Griff hmmmm agreed! I’ll work on that!

chrisaakins

@EliaMurrayArt I think if you saturate the man it will help. I also think that you need to add some shadows to the broken wall angles where you can see the cross sections. I really am liking this. Your gesture and expression is wonderful. I think if you had a couple of chunks of ceiling falling down and some dust clouds it will help with the "the monster just ripped off the ceiling" vibe.

EliaMurrayArt

@chrisaakins dust clouds, yes, I love it! I thought it felt too still and what you’re suggesting is spot on. Yes. I have tried adding shadows to the walls but it always felt weird. I’ll give it some more goes. Thank you!!

EliaMurrayArt

Does this look like rubble dust clouds..... ? Is this working?

carlianne

@EliaMurrayArt oh yeah the dust helps a lot!

EliaMurrayArt

@carlianne thank you!

chrisaakins

@EliaMurrayArt looks good!