Help with picking a thumbnail

eleArts

Whenever I'm creating thumbnails for a new project I strive to play with perspective as much as possible. For example, the last thumbnail seems to be an action scene, so I'd want to push the perspective forward to illustrate movement. By slightly overlapping the whale in the foreground with the boat in mid-foreground and the sky with waterline in the background will create a forward motion creating an exciting action scene for your final illustration.

DOTTYP

I love the 5th one for the angle of the sea and boat but maybe with the angle the whale is in the last one (horizontal).Hope this makes sense!

lmrush

@Gary-Wilkinson thank you so much all advice totally appreciated!!!!!

lmrush

@eleArts thank you so much awesome tips!

andyjewett

I like the dynamic of the vertical compositions... probably your fifth thumbnail.

lmrush

@DOTTYP yes thank you makes total sense

lmrush

@evilrobot thank you for your input I really appreciate it

lmrush

@Kevin-Longueil thank you kevin

lmrush

@drawingmelee thank you

lmrush

@andyjewett thank you I appreciate your input

lmrush

Thanks everybody for your input on my thumbnails. I finally got a chance to sketch it out I would love your insight before I take it to paint. Thanks!

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lmrush

My thought is to keep it to two colors gray blue and salmon, the boat will be salmon like the krill, the idea being the whale thinks his boat is a large krill

holleywilliamson

@lmrush what a fun composition. I just don't like that middle whale going straight up and down. A little angle would be nice I think. Also I what do you think about that middle whale being the one to hold up the boat. It feels a little weird that we can't see the rest of the whale that has the boat.

MOO

@Rich-Green I don't see the Lee/David course. What is the title? I just redrew all my book pages and need to redo them again, I think....AAAgghhh!!! As my son says, they look a little flat and the eyes need more expression than just being circles......He has a pretty good eye and I always ask for his opinions on my work because I know he will be honest and he seems to get children's books. If I could wow him, I'd feel so accomplished

MOO

I like the top right one. I think the wave is balanced just right with the position of the whale, etc.

lmrush

@holleywilliamson Thank you so much, I can totally see that now. I will play around a bit with it

lmrush

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen It is Illustration 1 turbocharging your creativity It was fantastic!

MOO

@lmrush Oh, thank you for letting me know.

Rich Green

@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen - Hi Marsha, Sorry I was not on here for a day or two and just seeing your question now. The course I had been referring was Illustration 1 - Turbocharge your Creativity. Here is link to the course page on the SVSLearn site: https://svslearn.com/classDetail/-KeUrrNoH9yvS19fsXA6

lmrush

Whale value study. Thank you for everyone's input, I took the tail away I think it reads better now, I would love other suggestions for improvement before I take it to color-Thanks everyone!