final composition course assignment -problems with colors!

[arielg]

first, thanks so much for taking the time.
I will read it(i've drawn this before reading your post)
this was drawn with fingers. I dont feel i'm making progress heh... i dont know how to make the face of the salamander so big without sticking to the story where you can feel she's scurrying on the forest floor.
and also if she is escaping the "evil" squirrel he shouldbnt be that close, so his face is afar, hence you can't really see the expression..?

I mean your composition is clear but i'm not sure it covers the forest floor from the story, it seems as if it was convenient that your salamander went abit up hill to emphasize a closer face.
@Nyrryl-Cadiz

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@arielg Hi! So what is your whole story? Your initial piece does not convey a lot to us viewers. You've only given us bits and pieces here and there. So what is really happening here? Why is the evil squirrel chasing the salamander? There's a huge gap in this tale.

Despite being far away, you still need to show clearly your squirrel's expression. It's a huge piece of your narrative. Otherwise, viewers will read your piece differently. Lastly, the salamander I drew is not on a hill but on a log like your initial piece.

[arielg]

@Nyrryl-Cadiz
hey, thanks again, for taking the time with me. i'm abit difficult maybe.
but that whole slamander deal isn't my story at all. that was final assignment of creative composition course. he gave us 25 items to pull on the drawing and then gave us this phrase as a goto to composite : " quickly the little salamander scampered down on the forest floor and hid from the squirrel"

so i'm basing this on that.
I thought somehow poeple commenting on this would know the course. but not neccesarily important to me obviously, if they know composition

[Heather Boyd]

@arielg said in final composition course assignment -problems with colors!:

he gave us 25 items to pull on the drawing and then gave us this phrase as a goto to composite : " quickly the little salamander scampered down on the forest floor and hid from the squirrel"

Hi so let's say this was for one of svs monthly contests -it's a prompt, yes. I think @Nyrryl-Cadiz means as I interpret it, develop a story around this prompt. Ask yourself questions like why is he/she running/hiding from the squirrel? 1. Maybe it's a friendly game of hide and seek, 2. Maybe the squirrel is on a hunt, 3. Maybe the salamander did something to irritate the squirrel, and the squirrel is going to level the playing field, so to speak. It may not be your prompt but make it into a story you want to tell, with characters that you want us to connect with.

I did work on this class but never put in the time to do the final assignment -I will get back to it as I go through the curriculum -so I understand the homework assignment. Maybe avoid the colour altogether and do a black and white one again, focusing on the composition, getting in those "25 things" to tell your story and getting your values right and then move to colour slowly or return to colour when you get through one of svs colour classes.

People may not reply as soon as we would like, but keep working towards your goal and take care of what people have already said.

[arielg]

@Heather-Boyd well, i'm having hard time with what you are saying, because he gave specific 1,2,3-5 stages to the process, and he didn't mention creating a backstory. although it is possible he meant it, but if he did, he should have mentioned something about it.
let me lay it out:
he said put at least 25 items according to the backstory he said.
step1: make the list
2: visualize.
3. start making loose thumbnails
4. pick one you like and enlarge it
5. fix some large shapes and clean up/
6. enlarge your composition to sketch size, draw over, add details using reference, fix construction of objects.
7. repeat any of stages as needed.

well i got to stage 4. but now i got back to 3, i guess i wanted some support in the process because i feel my colors knowledge is so horrible. but perhaps i should just go with gray scale or any single color scale.

anyway, i dont see a point fro developing a story, if the object of the assignment(besides drawing well) is composing well. so i still need to get back to thumbnails and perhaps post it here..

[braden H]

@arielg said in final composition course assignment -problems with colors!:

because i feel my colors knowledge is so horrible.

Mine was too. The thing that really helped me was mixing a digital colour palette (just like you would with physical paint) and then using only those colours for a little while

[Heather Boyd]

@arielg I understand. Personally for smaller homework assignments I don't put a story into them, like use pattern here to draw your eye. But for the larger and at the end of the class ones (if there is one), I try to wrap up everything I learn, so that I aim to add it to my portfolio work, with story or some sort of message.