The moment before WIP

[Jon Anderson]

I vote 2 as it offers the most potential drama and suspense of the three. The last one is suspenseful but the boring shape of the pool kind of chills it compared to number 2.

[ArtofJoseGalue]

2! Vertigo is better represented on this thumbnail

[JerrySketchyArt]

2 or 3 (post must be longer than 8 letters so here are more words lalalalalala)

[braden H]

Not a lot of love for #1

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

[Chip Valecek]

@Braden-Hallett I like number one. Maybe add some sharks in the water

[Heather Boyd]

@Chip-Valecek sharks sharks poor guys, what about eels but I like like eels to so.

[Chip Valecek]

@Heather-Boyd LOL before Lee realized that Greatest Fear was a prompt from last year the prompt thread had a lot of shark talk going on. I figured that would fit in well with the swimming pool. My kids still think there is a shark in our pool at night.

[Heather Boyd]

@Chip-Valecek

And in the moonlight it would glow or sparkle that would be pretty.

[Susan Marks]

@Braden-Hallett I like 1 and 3 better because they each give me the sense of the jumper being apprehensive. With 2 I like the perspective and composition, but I don’t really feel the jumper’s emotions. I read into your statement that these would be emotions of the jumper. Now they could be of the watchers but I don’t experience the watchers in 2 as being anxious. Maybe a little bit impatient. I keep wanting to see someonenbiting their nails.

I’m impressed with how good all of the comps are.

[burvantill]

I like two. You have the opportunity to see his face and how scared he is with that one.
ps, I like your thumbnail layout. It soothing to my OCD.

[sigross]

@Braden-Hallett I think 3 as a first person perspective it makes it that extra bit daunting. The mention of sharks in the water made me think it could be turned into a cliff dive - that would make the background more dynamic with moving water and rocks sticking out on the way down.

[MichaelaH]

I go for 2 also, we get to see his "before" face

[Kevin Longueil]

@Braden-Hallett I vote for two also - seems like it has much more potential for story

[A Former User]

I vote for number 2 as well, that composition is amazing and i like that we'd see the reaction on his face!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

I prefer 2 but with a more closer shot of the character

[Erin.Cortese]

@nyrrylcadiz I really like the anxiety that #1 and #3 invoke. I feel like it puts the viewer right in the moment. I think #2 is the safe and reliable composition, but lacks a little in impact.

*After zooming in, I actually changed my mind a bit. When blown up, the perspective in number #2 gives a similar feeling of anxiety. So I think #2 and #3. But I still love the idea of the viewer being in the moment.

[braden H]

@Chip-Valecek Sharks in a pool is exactly what I was thinking of doing when the challenge was related to fear I brainstormed a bunch of ideas for 'the moment before' but kept coming back to the pool.

I may still do a version with sharks because I love the idea

[braden H]

Thanks everyone for the feedback! I wasn't thinking that #2 would be what people were drawn to

I think I'll nix the 'impatient' keyword and have the audience below watching apprehensively and biting their nails. So apprehensive and vertigo will be my keywords.

[IanS]

I'm late to the party but I love the composition of 2. Like you've said you can do some great character reactions with the foreground characters. I'm looking forward to seeing this develop!

[braden H]

Okkedokee! Thanks again for all the feedback thus far

Here are colour comps! I liked the girders, but like the emptiness of the blue sky more.

Rough sketch!

And lineart!

Next comes cutting shapes, local colour and then paint!