Hidden WIP

[braden H]

Work progresses! I like the direction it's heading, but will probably fiddle with colours (dunno if I like the purple for the cave)

[nwaller]

Looks already really nice.

[Heather Boyd]

@Art-of-B Your perspective is really nice. I do wish that the door appear less "human" and more natural or organic working in with the rock or crystal formation. Almost all angles are leading from the left to the right and the door wood growth is going from the right to the left. I don't mind that but the door angle is too extreme and draws my eye first and becomes distracting. But I appreciate line of sight, through the trees to the door, up the staircase rock formation to the last hiker and then your eye moves to the right hiker. Definitely a wandering eye from our perspective, lols. If a creature observing from our /that perspective, would a creature necessarily need to look towards the door, unless they are afraid their "secret" home/door would be discovered. I'm reading deep into this, lols. Your work is definitely fun and pushes your audience to the beyond.

• Sorry this response is for your original post. Ill check now your continued work in progress.

Commenting on the newer ones, I like the hikers glowing in the sunlight, but I really miss those trees, gave further depth and hid the nakedness of the rocks so to speak lols. And I see you got those mushrooms in.

=)Heather B.

[Johanna Kim]

@art-of-b Loving this concept and perspective. Would pull back on the darkness of the cave a bit for better visibility.

[braden H]

@heather-boyd

Thank you for the feed back

The rocks rather do look naked without the trees/bushes in the foreground. I'll be adding them back in, I think. They definitely add another layer of depth to the piece.

[braden H]

@johanna-kim

Thanks! That's a good call on the darkness of the cave. I'll lighten it up to make things a bit clearer.

[TessaW]

This is shaping up really beautifully! I do admit I miss the psychedelic quality of the first sketch where it looked like that door was high up a cliff, and gravity defying. But, your changes still make for a really strong illustration. It's really fun seeing this shape up.

[braden H]

Work continues! I'm not sure how I feel about it anymore, but I'm gonna keep plugging away at it.

[Eli]

@art-of-b This is really coming along nicely!

[Donfito]

beautiful illustration, the perspective is really impressive waiting to see the final version.

[Chip Valecek]

@art-of-b I really like that green light coming out. Looking good, you should feel good about it.

[braden H]

Welp, I restarted.

I finally watched the class on composition and I really wanted to try painting without the safety line of solid inked linework (not that there's anything wrong with solid linework, but I wanna move past it).

A buncha thumbnails later and I've hammered out this so far. Though at least if I don't finish it I can turn in my first attempt

[KathrynAdebayo]

I've actually been marveling at the composition of your first piece, in case that's helpful to hear. It applies the rule of thirds in such an interesting way. The second composition is so mirrored that it seems unnatural to me, but I admittedly haven't watched the composition class myself... so, I'd say, go with what you think stretches you as an artist the most.

[Kevin Longueil]

@art-of-b Really nice!

[braden H]

@kathrynadebayo

"go with what stretches you as an artist the most" is most certainly the redo. I'm glad that the first one was working. There was just something about it that was off, though.

[braden H]

Work progresses! It's a lot darker than I though it was going to be, but I think it works.

[Jon Anderson]

@art-of-b The rendering for this second image is awesome and the level of rendering I wish I could do myself. However, I have to agree with a previous comment about the composition. I love the idea in this new image especially how the hidden door is managed but things seem unnaturally even up top. The characters and the trees all seem too perfectly spaced out and equal in size. Sometimes that may be appropriate but I remember a few videos of Marco Bucci having to catch himself so that things don't look evenly organized and "man-made" so to speak. Perhaps you could leave one tree large and separate the other into two or three smaller trees that strike the same balance. Maybe a slight variation in the characters size and distance to each other would be all that's needed to break up the monotony, for lack of a better word. I really enjoy seeing your work and while I really like where this one is heading I think you have a safe entry in the first one if you run out of time.

[rcartwright]

Sorry to say but I feel the first comp was much stronger. The second one has issues with evenness and the way it is centered makes it feel less like they are moving along a path. I was very impressed with the first one overall it had a great perspective and utilized great diagonal lines

[Heather Boyd]

@Art-of-B Though I do agree and like the composition of the first one I am happy that the monster/creature and his "hidden" home takes up more space than in the first. Everything in the middle seems a bit obvious but really like your rendering and depth in value. And I like the dog in the second. However I somewhat dislike the monster/creature locked up unless the story is about how the monster/creature fears hurting others and locks himself away and looks forward to visitors but is saddened as well.

Heather B.

[TessaW]

I like both of them, but they are very different. Here is how I read each comp:

The first composition has more movement and flow to it. It feels very much like two worlds existing in the same place. The normal world and the supernatural, with the normal world being oblivious to the supernatural world. The creature doesn't feel as sinister and it makes me wonder more what it will do rather than what the kids will do. The questions I ask are: Is the creature scared? Is it curious? Will the creature go after them? Will it stay safe and sound in it's supernatural home, with the kids never discovering it?

The second one is a bit more formal and static. It feels like it could work really well for a book cover or movie poster rather than a moment-in-time illustration. The monster seems sinister and it makes me wonder more what the kids will do. Will they discover it? Will they let it out? What will happen if they let it out?

Anyway, those are my thoughts! I think they are both great, they just give slightly different connotations and feelings.