@Chris-Philpot Thats what I thought. It looks more like an image from an ongoing story ... and I really thought its daylight. 
But as I said, I like the perspective and the general style of the picture. Why not take the image and do some minor changes, like adding more night active animals doing wild music together and somewhere is a tired looking squirrel or rooster.
Overall I like the perspective and the look of the image.
BUT... what is the story? Why is the chicken looking scared at the owl? Why is the owl making loud music and looking so angry? Is it a concert? Did the owl get the guitar for her birthday and is now practising? Shouldn't the owl be sleeping during the day?
I really dont understand whats going on and why. what shouldnt be a goal with an image. You really could try to weave some storytelling in there.
Just a quick idea: From the three timepoints you could choose for your story - before, present and after everything falls apart - the present one is often the boring one as nothing is happening in the viewers mind.
How about everything stays the same, the sneaky kid holding a bolt (maybe add a helmet and a bike to him so we can see he is a competitor) but the bike is about to fall apart. Maybe a wheel starts to get loose and the jumping kid is looking at it.
The first thing that comes into my mind is, that "Being in the center of the storm" could be a bit too obvious for the subject, as probably a lot of people will pick something similar. Someone in the middle of chaos not realizing it.
But if you want to go for it I would choose a more dynamic approach, different camera position, different view point. More going on in the foreground as well. In general more chaos.
The problem I see a bit is that the whale is sort of too still. Lets assume the kids were having a picknick on what they thought was a nice stone and suddenly it starts moving and they fall over.
That movement is not shown in the picture. Instead the whale looks like the moment just before he starts moving, but the kids indicate some sort of rapid movement already.
Although you first sketch was a bit confusing, at least the whale looked like taking off with some energy.
Plus the whale looks like being out of the water. Is the whale important? Maybe a giant turtle will do the job better?
Oh that one looks pretty good too. Thats worth trying. Thanks.
Thanks you two. I will try to do a mixture of both, adding some trees but also a vignette.
Hey guys, I drew this image for #folktaleweek and I liked it so much, that I wanted to develop it a bit further and add more to the background.
I am not certain if or how I should draw a background. I wanted it to have some trees, but maybe its not even necessary.
On the other hand maybe the white is too bright? Hope you have some ideas cause I miss a good one right now.
Cheers Niels
Here is my entry for this month contest: Inspired by the fairy tale Allerleirauh (Thousandfurs).
If it's not too late, I really liked the idea of a giant monster almost disguised in the background then just some little creatures hiding behind a tree.
It could be challenging but a cool concept to design it that way, that viewers won't spot immediatly.
Sry just saw the Fake Contest article on Facebook. So here is a quick post:
Here is my first entry for a SVS contest. Enjoy, greetings from Berlin, Niels
