WIP Book Cover "Long, Broad and Sharpsight"

MichaelaH

@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...

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?

MichaelaH

@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 .

MichaelaH

Last Version, not it is clean sketch...what to do, afraid to start with color

Elizabeth Rose

@MichaelaH Love the composition! I can't wait to see color!

Chip Valecek

@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.

MichaelaH

@Chip-Valecek Thank You for the feedback with the colors, it helps me a lot.

MichaelaH

I am still not finished, have to work on some project , but my colored illustration progress here:

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!

MichaelaH

@hannahmccaffery Thank You Hannah, I will look at it.

MichaelaH

So finished.

Elizabeth Rose

@MichaelaH If I saw a book with that cover, I would pick it up

MichaelaH

@Squirrelsize Thank You so much.

MichaelaH

I have made three other black white accompanying illustrations for my portfolio.

mag

@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:

MichaelaH

Thank You Mag, Are You coming to Bologna Book Fair this year?

mag

@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.
Will you be there?

MichaelaH

@mag Ohhh I would love to meet you, but next year Mag :smiling_face_with_open_mouth:

mag

@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.