July Prompt - Silver shoes -Tiny bit of color..any thoughts?

Kevin Longueil

Thank you all for the kind words and quick feedback! - you are awesome!!
@Pamela-Fraley Thank you for the feedback Pamela! Super helpful to hear your take on it.
@TessaW Thank you Tessa! another vote for yellow
@drawnbyshawn Thank you Shawn! Hmmm..you do like the black and white better but folks are liking your fully yellow bricks - i have a full yellow version that i mostly discarded due to my black and white leanings... but seeing someone else do it has forced me to have an open mind about the yellow i will go back to it and give it more of a chance - Thank you for taking the time to do the draw over!
@Coley Thank you for your feedback Coley! it is very helpful! If i do go with the yellow I'm leaning toward a less saturated one for sure.
@Heather-Boyd Thank you for the feedback Heather! Very helpful to me - of course i know you are not being cruel LOL! I agree too - if i go with the yellow it would be a bit less saturated
@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you Nyrryl
@KathrynAdebayo Thank you so much for the feedback and kind word Kathryn! Very helpful to me - gold sounds very cool. maybe lean a bit more toward ochre'y? I tried so many yellows and kept landing on this one..i think it is a bit too saturated though...Thank you again!

LauraA

@Kevin-Longueil I like your touch of strong yellow, third version, very much! It almost gives the impression that when her feet hit the road, it has a magical effect (which also happens in the movie, but back then they couldn't do gradual effects so they just went straight to full color). At any rate, it's perfectly consistent with the story, aesthetically pleasing, and to me the gradual aspect integrates the two parts of the image well and adds to the magical feeling.

carriecopadraws

@Kevin-Longueil The hint of yellow in # is really interesting!

Another thought is if your cover is primarily black and white, consider contrasting that with a color title. Here's an example:

Kim Hunter

The yellow gives it more depth of field. The bricks are gold but the mortar would not be gold. See how that change affects it.

Kevin Longueil

@LauraA Thank you for your feedback Laura! - I had that same idea of the magical effect when i put the splash of color there!
@carriecopadraws Thank you Carrie! I had not considered colored text..i am wondering which one you found interesting though..2 or 3... your feedback has a bit of a cliffhanger in it
@Kim-Hunter Thank you for the feedback Kim! I will use some yellow for sure. For some reason white mortar really bothers me on this ..too much contrast and it leads my eye all over the place... i could be wrong though - thank you again for the feedback!

carriecopadraws

@Kevin-Longueil I was talking about #3, but you might feel differently if you use a color title. Curious to see what you go with.

Kim Hunter

Mortar - white would be too much contrast but a lesser tint of yellow over gray might work.

Kevin Longueil

I think l’m close...maybe a bit darker behind illustrator’s name..way more saturated than I thought I would end with but it really enhances the reflection somehow...oddly ..it’s fun to put an image on book mock up Any final feedback before I send it in?

mag

@Kevin-Longueil I totally love it!
Btw, if you’ll be sending the mock-up version, get rid of the bleed marks on your design (well, rather “cut” the design along the bleed marks and with that cropped image create the mock-up, but you probably know that.)

Kevin Longueil

@mag Thank you! I won’t send the mock up in....I just posted it this way because i thought it was kinda fun to see it looking like a real book - thank you for the feedback!

Jeremy Ross

Makes me want to do a mock up for my cover @Kevin-Longueil!

TessaW

It looks really cool!

@Jeremy-Ross You should!

Coley

Super awesome. Just gorgeous. Totally pro. You figured the yellow out!

Nyrryl Cadiz

@Kevin-Longueil beautiful!!!

Eric Droke

You CRUSHED it! Love the limited use of color. But my favorite part is the reflection in the shoes! Genius! Way to go!

Nyrryl Cadiz

@Kevin-Longueil My last suggestion is maybe lose the grid lines?

Kevin Longueil

@Jeremy-Ross Here is the image i used Jeremy....fairly low res. but still fun

@TessaW Thank you Tessa!
@Coley Wow! thank you Coley!
@Nyrryl-Cadiz Thank you so much Nyrryl! I will remove the grid lines when i post it on the contest thread for sure - thank you again
@Eric-Droke Thank you Eric!

Jeremy Ross

Thanks @Kevin-Longueil

Griffin McPherson

I would go with the yellow for sure. Particularly considering that it’s meant to be a book cover I think there should be some color to grab the eye. Love the reflection in the shoes by the way!

Jeremy Ross

Tried my hand with the mockup @Kevin-Longueil, Definitely had fun trying this; Here it is!
https://forum.svslearn.com/topic/9866/wizard-of-oz-book-cover-mockup