Postcard mailer

natiwata

Wow, thank you everyone for all of the thoughtful feedback! After taking what everyone said to heart and deciding the illustration needed some finishing touches, I reworked a few things and chose yet another name option. I tried out of frame, but couldn't get it looking quite right.

Haven't sent it to the printer yet, so feedback still welcome! I'll also show the back, my agent's contact info will go in the blank space, but I didn't think she'd appreciate me posting it publicly

JamesH

@natiwata

Really like that!! Love the extra detail in the scene; changing the colour of the word candy and the backwards 'N' is a nice touch

You're name as it is works great - it's clearly there but doesn't detract from the illustration, and then the illustrations and contact details on the reverse side feels nicely balanced!!

lmrush

ooohhhh love 3 the splatter!

mattramsey

Can't believe how much that black boarder makes the "peas" image pop. I think the changes you made to the image are very strong and bump it up to another level of good.

I'd vote for that 100%. Awesome work.

Rich Green

@natiwata This update looks fantastic Nat. The black border is really sharp and does really make things pop. Beautiful work as always!

QuietYell

@natiwata Is this meant to be a single oversized postcard or 2 separate ones with black boarders or 2 separate ones that you are presenting on a black background?

I do like how you tucked your name subtly at the bottom left on the walrus

great work, buddy!

NoWayMe

Perfect!!! I agree with @JamesH for "candy", really nice touch! Also the fridge looks good, I think there was a little too much cupboard in your other version!

For the back, I noticed a tiny detail that probably doesn't matter. You cropped the bottom left image RIGHT on the tip of the finger and the little boys right at the neck... which creates odd tangents. Since I already saw this painting before, I know it is a crop of the full image, but an art director might think it's the full image and if it was, the composition wouldn't be great...

Finally, I agree with everyone else, the black border is really making everything pop!

Tyson Ranes

@natiwata totally awesome postcard! Beautiful work

smceccarelli

Really beautiful! Works much better with the name in the bottom left corner!

QuietYell

This is a little off topic:

@smceccarelli I clicked the up arrow to "like" your post, but it still shows "0" and when I clicked again it went to "-1" (so i clicked again to make it go back to "0" even though it should show "1") - Do you notice this issue on your side? Just wondering if this is a momentary glitch or if I somehow did something wrong.

Kevin Longueil

@QuietYell Hey Scott - this has happened to me a few times over the past 2 years - a couple of folks here have received panicked chat messages when i thought i had down voted them by mistake - i did eventually figure out that you can go into your profile and check if you have down voted anyone - (when i found that out i clicked it and found i had inadvertently down voted someones who's work i admired i think i must have done it while scrolling on the iPad)

QuietYell

@Kevin-Longueil ahh interesting - thanks!