A Dangerous Rescue - help me pick thumbnail

danielerossi · 12 Dec 2022, 13:41

kirsten-mcg · 12 Dec 2022, 15:15

@ArtMelC the baby on his back definitely has me worried!

Chantal Goetheer · 12 Dec 2022, 22:24

@ArtMelC yes, the baby combined also with the slope of the cliff makes me envision a whole drowning scenario.

ArtistErin · 12 Dec 2022, 22:40

Oh for sure this is clear.. the shifting angles definitely lends to uncertainty and makes me concerned for the baby ! Great job

ArtMelC · 13 Dec 2022, 10:36

Colouring frustration
I thought the values look ok

But the full colour isn't working. My eyes fail to focus on the caterpillars despite the framing. I think the yellow is too close to white BG but the design of the yellow caterpillar is fixed (he is the main mascot). Any tricks?

ArtistErin · 13 Dec 2022, 18:53

@ArtMelC Hmmmm.... I see what you mean. The story is happening with the caterpillar and the baby and the one being rescued, and your values seem to be competing with this as a focal point. So maybe you could reverse the saturation and deepen the caterpillars in detail/saturation and kick back the rest?

kirsten-mcg · 13 Dec 2022, 20:43

@ArtMelC I think that yellow and white might not be the best colors to use for the rescuing caterpillar and baby. It’s too close in value to the white background. You could try a different color for the, like green. It’s easier to make green a darker value than yellow! Another idea would be to darken the sky behind them. That would make the light yellow stand our beautifully.

Chantal Goetheer · 13 Dec 2022, 20:53

@ArtMelC yes it's the white background that makes it harder to see the yellow of the characters. So i would try to change that when you can't change the caterpillar's colour. Maybe something in the way of a desaturated purple family would make the caterpillar stand out with yellow as a complementary colour scheme. No clue how that would look like. And maybe get the cliffs to also move more into that same direction of the desaturated colour scheme. Now the cliff seems to grab most attention.

ArtMelC · 15 Dec 2022, 03:36

Alright peeps, I think I am quite done with this piece. Thank you so much for your valuable input! Also a reminder, please do take care of your own health, safety, and needs before rescuing others - I think many artists need this simple message Love you all!

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