ziinyu [2010-08-23 05:50:44 +0000 UTC]
I can't say I know the source material for this image, but I like the feel of it.
Compositionally it works pretty well, it reads as solid midtone figures against a white background framed by shadows (the brown), and this, while simple, is very strong. I think that there are many things though that look out of place. Firstly, your line quality is all over the place, different parts of the image use different size brushes (although I like that you didn't feel the need to go into any of the softer brushes) and different stroke styles. When doing digital work, you need to be really careful to keep your line quality consistent (we often lose this, what with all of the zooming in and out we need to do to compensate for resolution and page size limitations). This doesn't mean even weighting, far from, rather it means that the variation in line weights is the same throughout the entire image. We don't only use thin fine lines on the areas of focus but on everything. I want to see that meticulous effort you put in the stitches on the pants in the wood grain, and in the curtains, and in the mattress (?). Also those perfect horizontals and verticals on the far left are really distracting, anything too perfect always makes for a bad effect.
I like the single shadow tone used for each flat color, but why not try introducing a highlight tone as well? Using a three tone palette rather than a two tone opens up a lot of possibilities (though mistake me not, two tone has it's uses, especially in harsh lighting). I'd like to see a more distinct lighting scheme for some better depth, as well as some darker values in more than just your lines.
Anyway, keep it up, and if you have anything with a more human content material let me know so I can take a look, I can't really judge the figure on these, nor do I know how close to stylized you were going.
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