WIP March book cover composition. Critiques welcome.

ArtofAleksey

@MichaelaH hmm interesting i will try to arc it and see what happens

MichaelaH

@Aleksey Maybe only little bit arc and little bit lines? After second look I like it more and more. Also like the bluring of the font in the water

Erin.Cortese

@Aleksey The colour of the frog and title are very jarring against the background. When I cover the frog and title and view only the background, it is very peaceful and balanced. I think it is the hue that is the problem.

ArtofAleksey

@inkandspatter hue? You mean green? Like is it too bright?

Erin.Cortese

@Aleksey I think it is the specific green that you chose, it does not seem to play nicely with the other greens. Your other greens seem a little closer to blue on the colour wheel, where this one I think would be closer to yellow. It could also be the saturation though, the background colours are all very desaturated and the frog and title seem highly saturated. One reason I was thinking hue rather than saturation is because the blue around the edge of the pond is highly saturated but still works beautifully.

ArtofAleksey

@inkandspatter yeah i want that contrast between the spaces. I’m trying to make the well and frog feel mystical and out of place from the environment because they’re magical. Im worried its not working

ArtofAleksey

I’m comparing the colors on procreate and the jpg I uploaded and the colors are weird and different on the jpgs, I’m gonna try the png let me know if the colors look different to you guys, I feel like I’m seeing things
PNG:

JPG:

Erin.Cortese

@Aleksey Maybe you could get that effect with high contrast lighting rather than high contrast local colours? Wait, I think I see exactly what you are trying to do. The highly saturated greens do not read like they are from lighting, they look as though they are the natural colour of the objects. Maybe you need some softer edges to make it look like a lighting effect?

Erin.Cortese

@Aleksey After looking at your drawing again I realized that you don't have any soft edges, so they may look strange to add. Instead maybe you could shift all of the green hues on the frog and title toward blue so they would look like they were picking up colour and light from the pond. Here is a rough example of what I mean...(I added some blue to the surrounding grass too)

ArtofAleksey

@inkandspatter hmm ok ty ill play around with it a bit more.

ArtofAleksey

@inkandspatter ok I think I figured it out, what do you think of this? You all were right there was a lot of yellow in various parts of it not just the plants and frog.

Erin.Cortese

@Aleksey Yes, it definitely ties in much nicer!

ArtofAleksey

@inkandspatter whew ok. I think I’m done with this.

Erin.Cortese

@Aleksey I know that feeling! Great work, a lot of beautiful detail!

MichaelaH

@Aleksey You have made it really good, love the arcs in the text and the color is much bette rnow, for me it is finished and perfect Great work and progress...ufff

ArtofAleksey

@MichaelaH @inkandspatter thank you so much
And thank you to everyone else that has helped me with all the feedback. I’m so bad with color, I may rewatch that updated color and light class will terry posted to refresh myself.

MichaelaH

@Aleksey I know what You mean, I am bad with color also, I love my sketches, but I am afraid of starting to put the color on it...I am still at the sketch phase with my cover...
me too, have to watch the new version of the color and light class.
But now, be happy, You have finished this great piece...congrats.

Erin.Cortese

@Aleksey It’s funny you mention the new class, that’s what I am watching today! I have almost finished all the videos and the class is really great!

ArtofAleksey

@inkandspatter clearly you’ve been able to help me too so I’d have to agree

MOO

I like the ripples