Hi guysl,
I haven't posted in a long time because I was taking the book covers class and it required all my art time just to keep up. Now the class is finished and I'm revising some of the interior illustrations assignment for Les Miserables. While doing these, I accidentally developed a new "charcoal" technique and was still figuring it out when I submitted things for the last critique, during which Lee and Jaime rightly pointed out that my first two interiors had a more developed and atmospheric style than the last two. This is actually because I hadn't worked on them as much, so I'm continuing to revise them in order to make them more "atmospheric."
To that end, here is an example of one of the more finished interior illustrations:
Here is my third of four illustrations prior to revisions, i.e., in the less atmospheric, more "graphic novel style":
And here is the revised, more "atmospheric" version with darker and lighter backgrounds:
They do come out a little grainier on the forums, but the jpegs get the idea across. I'd welcome your thoughts! In addition to adding lighting and background, I also revised the drawing slightly, but what I am really curious about is do you think the last two are a good match in style with the Cosette drawing, and do you like the darker or lighter background version better?
Thank you, and I look forward to catching up on the forums!