July 10, 2010
"This is Bull!" (Work in Progress)
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- Stephen Sitton
- Rexburg, Idaho, United States
- I am currently studying to receive a Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts in Illustration. I live here in Idaho with my beautiful wife, and best friend Michelle.
5 comments:
the brown cow needs udders.....and I think girls have horns too.....how bout some cow pies?
I left that comment, but I am computer illiterate! Stacy
I prefer the one with the fence because the fence and format make it feel as though the bull can't escape the attentions of the cows. I like the story, its a funny concept!
Now for the Crit:
The mountains need a softer edge aka atmospheric perspective. The hard edge and strong contrast bring the eye to the mountains instead of the cattle. Same with the grass, let it get bluer as it recedes in the the background. Remember darker and warmer things tend to come forward. I reccomend desaturating the barn and warming up the cows faces. In people, you usually warm up the cheeks, nose and ears to make them seem alive and more believeable. Also your values are a bit spotty. Look at in in grayscale then undo so you can see if your focal point has enough pop. hmmmmm what else. I think your colors could be pushed. Right now, its all local color. What if the bull had some green in his face like he was queezy or purples in the left cow or a yellow sky. I"m just spitballing, but try unexpected colors or borrow someone else's color scheme to get the moooooood your trying to convey. Your characters facial expressions and gesture tell the story, so let your colors compliment it.
I feel like the fence leads your eye to the wrong place. Of course, I am assuming it is the bull you want to focus on.
I say crop it! But i kinda agree with what Darrin said about the fence "leading the eye to the wrong place".
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