Isolation May WIP - critiques welcome

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok i added the mom working from home with a suit and pj pants while the baby is yelling at her feet.

[Heather Boyd]

@Coley I have imagination in mine so really we are all borrowing from each other

[ArtofAleksey]

@Heather-Boyd you can totally borrow all my ideas at zero cost.

[Heather Boyd]

@ArtofAleksey haha it's the imagination part though their is a water connection -that's my only hint -it's taking a longer time working out story, characters, and bring it all together components. I have done 14 thumbnails, more than normal lols.

[ArtofAleksey]

@Heather-Boyd I did 2 thumbnails haha

[Heather Boyd]

@ArtofAleksey 48 more and you'll hit that 50 mark haha

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok whew really struggled with that draping. Any feedback? Feel free to do a draw over.
What i got so far:

[chrisaakins]

@ArtofAleksey all your people triangle on one side of the room. You might want to flip the girl and place her in the righthand corner.

[ArtofAleksey]

@chrisaakins good idea

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok i changed it up a bit, i think im gonna make the rug have blue wavy lines to look like water.

[Dima Eichhorn]

@ArtofAleksey I love your idea.

[braden H]

@ArtofAleksey Nice. I'm lovin' the draping on the fabric.

It took me a moment to switch back into teacher mode to decode the 'pierats' to 'pirates' Which means it's authentic kid spelling, lol

[ArtofAleksey]

@Braden-Hallett haha success!

[chrisaakins]

@ArtofAleksey this is a much better composition! I really like your idea. It looks like it could be both an editorial or a book.

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok i think the rough sketch is done. Gonna play around with colors and values now

[ArtofAleksey]

Havnt added the shadows under the couch or highlights anywhere but here are my values so far

[Jeremy Ross]

Hi @ArtofAleksey, looks awesome! I think many of us were thinking pirates! Yours is certainly well executed! Can’t wait to see your submission.

[ArtofAleksey]

@Jeremy-Ross thanks Jeremy! Yeah Pie-rats indeed

[carlianne]

@ArtofAleksey I love it! Reads really clearly.

My only comment is that the "mom" looks like a dad with long hair. I think it's the length of the nose and how sharp the shoulders are. Or you can just make it a dad shrug

[chrisaakins]

@carlianne @ArtofAleksey yeah, I am not getting a clear reading on gender, either. The hair and thinness says woman but the tie and hard looking eyes say man.. the adult's face in general does not seem as stylistically well developed as the kid's do. Also their head should be seen past the headphones in the back. I am looking forward to your development of this piece. I hope my nitpicking is helpful. I think you do great work. It always helps me when you give me specifics. But if I need to lay off, let me know.