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    • joanie stone
      joanie stone last edited by joanie stone

      Here is a cleaned-up sketch. Feedback welcome before I start painting. Thanks.

      santas_ride_sketch.jpg

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      • Dulcie
        Dulcie SVS OG last edited by

        It looks fantastic and I'm sure this is going to be a beautiful finished piece. The one thing that I wonder about, is maybe you could push Santa's expression a little bit - at the moment it looks quite neutral and I'm not sure what he is thinking...(happy? excited? having trouble with the elephants? or all pretty good?) Whereas I'm pretty sure those elephants are having a great time!

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        • Lee Holland
          Lee Holland last edited by

          These elephants look great Joanie

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          • Chris Perry
            Chris Perry @joanie stone last edited by

            @joanie-stone I like it. The elephants really have a drawn through shape.

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            • bharris
              bharris last edited by

              I like your light/organic feel in your drawing! Very sweet!

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              • Lee White
                Lee White SVS Team SVS Instructor Pro SVS OG last edited by Lee White

                very nice Joanie! I love your concept and your expressions on the elephants make them look so sweet! Really nice.

                A few suggestions:

                1. When posting a sketch or image with white as the background, always add a border (this goes for all of you!). The white space defines the compostion and it's hard to really see how the image is working when we can't see where the background ends (especially since the background of the forum is also white).

                2. Once I added a border, you can see that your compostion is neatly divided into 4 quarters which may not be the best option. It's important at this stage to really think about rhythm and flow and all the other little compositional details without getting lost in the subject matter (which isn't easy to do).

                3. After seeing the image divided into quarters, I chose to mess around with a more dynamic design. Feel free to discard it if you like, it's just a sample of what you can do to add interest to the image. I chose a tall vertical format which I really like. It seemed like it needed some other imagery to balance it, so I thought it might be cool to see the top of some houses. I also added two more elephants which adds more flow and allows for some cool cropping (which I'm a big fan of).

                I banked his sleigh a bit more to make it seem like it's "leaning" into the corner and then changed the presents to be falling out the back in that direction as well.

                Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns with it. It's a great image and I can't wait to see where you take it! : )

                -L
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                • carlossketches
                  carlossketches @Lee White last edited by

                  @Lee-White Great composition tips and techniques!! I'll use this feedback in my own work. Thank you

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                  • Naroth Kean
                    Naroth Kean last edited by

                    the elephant idea is very adorable XD

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                    • joanie stone
                      joanie stone last edited by

                      Ahh, I wish I had seen Lee's critique before I submitted this one. He had some awesome ideas. Ayways, here's the finished piece but I may go back and incorporate Lee's ideas just for my own sake. Thanks everyone.

                      santas_ride_small.jpg

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                      • bharris
                        bharris last edited by

                        @joanie-stone I love the color scheme you used in this. the whole thing has a wonderful vintage feel to it! I agree with what Lee was saying, but this works for a stand alone piece! Great job!

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                        • mattramsey
                          mattramsey last edited by

                          Those colors are beautiful

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                          • Dulcie
                            Dulcie SVS OG last edited by

                            It's beautiful, I love the way you paint in that vintage-yet-defined style. Really nice!

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                            • Stephanie Hider
                              Stephanie Hider last edited by

                              Love the color scheme. the green is lovely.

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