WIP January
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So one of my favorite illustrators of all time is Tony Diterlizzi... he did a book last Christmas called The Broken Ornament and I absolutely love the way he rendered snow...here are a couple of examples from the book. I'm going to try to use some of his techniques in my piece.
I've done a couple of tests on paper it didn't run out so good...I'm having a hard time making the boy in shadow. oh well, I'll give it a go!
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An hour in...
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@KaraDaniel Hah ha! I much prefer seeing his whole body like that...Love his expression! Can’t wait to see how it turns out!
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The boy is looking pretty great! Love the shadows on his coat. I love the broken ornament book and I also bought it last year! The reindeer in it are awesome too!
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@Coley yes, the reindeer are superb!
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Feedback welcome. I feel like I'm getting close to a finished piece, maybe another couple hours of shading, line work, etc.
Specifically, I was interested in your thoughts on:
-The way I cropped it. I have about 1/2" more of the image on the left and right side. I want the boy to feel sort of cramped hiding behind the tree so I got it pretty close but I can come in closer too.- The snow...i'm not super pleased but I don't really know how to make it better without possibly making it worse lol.
- My shadows...are they making enough sense? My intention is fro the sun to be coming from the mid-left
And also anything else you see that needs extra attention, I would greatly appreciate
(FYI this is a pic with my camera phone so it's got some weird shadow on the top and the color is a bit dull compared to the original. I'll scan the final.)
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Ugh and it's horribly blurry too unless you click on it and blow it up big... I think my camera files are super large...
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@KaraDaniel This is so great, I'm loving how close we are to the boy's face and his expression is wonderful. You've put us right there with him! The footprints feel a little lost at the mo but I guess they'll be getting some more shading in the final work you're planning.
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@KaraDaniel Usually posting large files on forums will automatically resize the image nowadays. I don't think it is horribly blurry, but I know how you feel when you post something and it looks different from how you're used to seeing it!
I think your piece is turning out wonderful so far. I really love the way you painted the footprints. I'm enjoying seeing the process!
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@Kalimostlypaints @neschof thank you!
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So I'm pretty close to finish, yay!
Wondering what looks best...falling snow, no snow, or redo the snow flakes in a better way (like is it too much, too opaque, etc)
Thanks to everyone who has given me feedback thus far, I appreciate it!
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@KaraDaniel This one with the falling snow looks great! It's fun to see the progression of your piece. This looks finished to me!
