WIP Book Cover "Long, Broad and Sharpsight"
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@MichaelaH looks like a fun story! One thing I’d mention is that when we walk or run, our arms swing forward/backward opposite of our legs. So, right foot forward, right arm back (or left arm forward is another way to say it.) at the moment, it looks like the tall character has both his left arm and leg coming forward at the same time. Might want to consider tweaking that, so he has a more natural movement.
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@Kat Hi Kat, thank You for Your feedback, I really did forget about the movement of the hands
But I worked on it today, also I changed the right side of the landscape a little bit, I put some field behind and cornfield infront.
The acorn, the gemstone and the ring are the enchanted princess, it was their quest to find her.
Now I will try to do some color thumnails...
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This is looking great Michaela, the characters on his shoulders look brilliant! One thing i'd look at is lowering the first hill a bit so it's not so close to his body?
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@hannahmccaffery Hi Hannah, thank You for teh feedback. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: , I already lowered the first hill, but only little, I will try to lower it more
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Last Version, not it is clean sketch...what to do, afraid to start with color
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@MichaelaH Love the composition! I can't wait to see color!
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@MichaelaH I like how the foot is breaking the border. I also like how you placed the type. As far as color I would just start to throw local color on and play around with it. I see a lot of cool colors for the background and warm colors on your character. It will help pop them off the screen.
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@Chip-Valecek Thank You for the feedback with the colors, it helps me a lot.
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I am still not finished, have to work on some project , but my colored illustration progress here:
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Cooool
I would make his trousers a different colour though, like dark red or purple or something so you break up all the green great stuff! -
@hannahmccaffery Thank You Hannah, I will look at it.
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So finished.
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@MichaelaH If I saw a book with that cover, I would pick it up
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@Squirrelsize Thank You so much.
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I have made three other black white accompanying illustrations for my portfolio.
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@MichaelaH These are so nice! I think, along with the cover, this project will make a great portfolio piece!:smiling_cat_face_with_open_mouth:
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Thank You Mag, Are You coming to Bologna Book Fair this year?
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@MichaelaH unfortunately not, we were planning to though, but you know, something came up and we had to change our plans. That’s how life works.
but I really want to go next year.
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@mag Ohhh
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@MichaelaH I hope so! Have fun there, I was at Bologna only once, in 2014, and it was an absolutely amazing experience. Back then, I worked in a publishing house as creative manager, so I looked at the whole thing with a different eye, but still, it was great and I hope to be there again.
