Anyway, I would still like to get feedback on the composition and whatever else, so I tried to sketch it out quickly. The oval in the background is meant to be a darkish mid-tone color, and the white parts on the monsters would be modeled slightly using that color. The candy and buckets are going to be a lighter, brighter color. The black parts are just straight black, and the monsters are mostly white. I was going to post it with the background being a darkish blue, and the candy being a brighter orange. Then I was thinking of doing either purple and green or orange and purple for the second color, but I still want to play around with those.
Sorry for this mess. >.< I should still have internet access, so I'll get on in the evening sometime over the weekend to review some other pieces. :)
Brenna! Sorry I forgot to post last night! I personally think this one is even more successful that your first ones. I like that they aren't as "chibi" looking (even though they were adorable) because it reads much more clearly with the thinner limbs and more separation between the figures. Some things I noticed: all of the figures have very good movement, but I'd like to see more in the little dracula guy. It actually reminds me a lot of your piece with Mary Had a Little Lamb. Do you remember how exagerating her skipping pose (i.e. her arms are swinging more, her back is more arched, etc.) made her come to life? It could be easy to push that too far and make the skip look a little ridiculous, but you've found a happy medium before and I'm sure you could do it again, if you'd like, with little Dracula. Also, on this guy, I'd suggest bringing the arm that pulling the mask up forward so there's a little space between the arm and the face. The silhouette gets lost a little in there.
ReplyDeleteGreat work, Brenna!