February contest WIP
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@Laurasketches haha yes i have a story for this character but a dynamic pose must come first!
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Ok i think this is a bit more open. So im gonna tighten it up and fix the pose a bit more but i think the center of gravity and the silhouette id much better
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Ok I finally done with the sketch whew. Now im gonna work on the composition of the whole image
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Im now seeing a few problems im gonna go back and fix those up before i get into the composition
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@Aleksey yes!!!
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Ok there i am happy with this sketch, moving on!
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Heres my concept, gonna play around with the silhouette because it looks kinda out of place but this is my general idea
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@Aleksey i might do a like, a wing in the night sky silhouette too
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@Aleksey really cool! Looking great
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Ok i think i figured out my composition more or less. Any feedback? I think the background will have some warm daytime colors but im going to keep them to a minimum.
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@Aleksey I like the linework. What story are you trying to tell? Is he creating the night? Why?
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@chrisaakins yup hes creating night. He is night birb.
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Wow, it was quite a surprise to see the scene suddenly appear. I love where this is going.
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Ok im sorry it took so long to block out the sun, but here is me playing around with The local color. Im keeping the composition simple to focus on the night birb. Would really love critiques here im struggling with the colors. Please and thank you
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Looking great. Personally I think after you've spent all that time creating a great character it would be a shame to loose it in all that background - need some air around it so it stands out. I like the one you started with yesterday with just the shape filled with the starlit sky.
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@Lisa-Pickard so you think no background just the character and the shape are strong enough?
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@Aleksey I think too much background is a bit distracting - your eyes wouldn't know where to look. There are a lot of elements to your character and by making it a lot smaller you might loose all the detail? Maybe just a subtle/knocked back background would work ok - I liked it within the shape of the swirly design.
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I’d say the same. Unless your story needs the background or you thought about the background ongoing as you made the character, or if the character interacted more with the background or additional characters include it. But the character with your props and the addition of the sky stars coming out of the prop is enough on its own.
Right now the golden sun being warm is stealing us away from your bird character.
