September Prompt - WIP
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I love the idea.
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Definitely stronger!
The fence is still dividing the composition in half pretty strongly. What if you shifted the fence to the right so it was more on the 2/3 line rather than the half? You could even push the scale a bit too. The foreground girl and squirrel could be bigger and closer and the dogs and class going on could be smaller and farther away to still fit in the remaining 1/3 if you shift the fence.
I just went through and watched the first few critique arena videos and compositions cut in half were picked out a lot.
The concept is so cute!! Love that it's not the school we all thought of. Very creative.
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@Shara-Mills yeah, I will play with moving it to the right further and see how it plays out.
Thanks again for the feedback to everyone.
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@theprairiefox I love this idea!
Part of me wants to see the squirrel frantic and trying to get away, but most of me really likes that the squirrel is rather well behaved
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@Braden-Hallett some of my thumbnails had the dogs chasing the squirrel... I explored the after as well. I just couldn't get one to work where you could really tell what was happening due to the size difference between the squirrel and dogs.
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@theprairiefox The anticipation is what makes this piece. You chose the right moment for sure
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@theprairiefox I admire your dedication. I would be tearing my hair out with all those different plates
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@Braden-Hallett well my hair is all gone (thanks to my children) so it makes the pulling less effective.
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Plate #2... took some playing with the ink to get it to work as I wanted but it turned out okay.
I am testing a new registration method for my plate and paper and that is working great. Only missed registration on 1 out of 12 prints! My previous piece had a lot more registration problems. Ah, the trials of printmaking...
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@theprairiefox I really like your concept and your updated image. And oh my goodness, I'm so glad you're showing your process. Woodcuts are so awesome!
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@TwiggyT Thanks, it is fun to see the image come together in the end. I never know exactly how it will play when printed.
Here is the 3rd plate... orange. Only one more to go!
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@theprairiefox Nice!
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@SFischer thanks, it finally dried enough to scan. Put it up on the main thread. But here is what I submitted.
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