Independent WIP
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Working on thumbnails, and character design.
edited to add the idea is a little marionette puppet's strings break, she goes on adventures, but then returns to free her fellow marionette friends, and show them the world outside the theater.
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Love seeing the process!
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Oh wow, a marrionette is a great idea for the Independent theme. Love the designs!
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Made a little clay model for reference -
Working on composition. I like the poses of the other marionettes, but I don't like that we are looking at our hero's back.
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Version 2
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Version 3
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I'm not 100% clear on the action in each of these. can you throw in a quick sentence or two explaining what we're seeing? I don't want to misinterpret anything!
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Yup! Sorry, the idea is a little marionette puppet's strings break, she goes on adventures, but then returns to free her fellow marionette friends, and show them the world outside the theater.
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Ahhh I see now! I think 3 has the clearest expression of that, but 1 could work too if the hands holding the scissors switched sides, thus having her gesture off the page.
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Final sketch
And light study
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Color studies. I like the green.
Bringing whimsical creatures to life.
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@stringfellowart I agree with the green.
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I like the green/earth tones. However, their poses are a bit odd to me. I assume this is after the strings are cut, so I would think by then, their arms would be down. I might have them all posed in varying states of wonder/surprise at their new found freedom (i.e. looking at their freed hands and arms, maybe one with its arms raised in a "yahoo!" pose, etc, etc.) And the rabbit might work better in a more leaning, anxious, beginning run, hurried kind of pose, like "You can be happy later! Let's get outta here before the puppeteer returns!!"
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@tombarrettillo hmm that was actually what I was going for, the wolf looking at his hand, the fox down at his feet. I think something might have gotten lost from the gesture to the final sketch. Puppets are kinda stiff so I had a hard time getting it right
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Okay, I went back and worked on tweaked their poses, much happier with the the designs now.
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Progression is fascinating - Your clay model is amazing, also - do you do that often, creating specific models for particular illustrations? And i don't want to throw the monkey wrench, but I like your color scheme on the lower left - to me it offers a more complimentary spectrum - purely opinion, though, I really like all your color choices....
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@laurie I make up a model if it's a tricky design or perspective angle. I have a lot or experience with sculpting clay figures so it doesn't take long to make something rough.
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@stringfellowart This is looking great. You picked a really challenging story to tell. But, looks like you pulled it off. Great work.
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I like the story telling in your version 2 sketch
