Limely's Sketchbook

[Limely]

Awrighty, here's what I currently have. :3 What do you think about the composition now?
(does it stretch your page, btw? Doesn't stretch mine, but I have a rather big screen...)

I'm going to play around with colours in Photoshop a bit and see what I can come up with now.  

[Limely]

I've started to roughly block in the colours. I've decided to paint this digitaly after all... Though it's coming along rather slow since my tablet is of the more wonky type (Trust, whoohoo).
Will continue tomorrow. It's late now, but I'd love to hear it if you think there's something I'm doing extremely wrong already.

With the pencil sketch:


Without the pencil sketch:


Like the sunrays. I'm extreeemely uncertain about the sunrays.  

[Ramdragn]

hHi-

I don't think you really need the sun rays. It would look better without them as a matter of fact. You might want to make highlights on the objects to emphasize the brightness of the sun instead of actually making the sun rays. For example, a very bright highlight at the sole of rayman's shoe. That's just a suggestion though

-Thank You  

[Limely]

I'm thinking the sun-rays are a bit too much as well. x 3 Thank you.  

[Orockthro]

Wow, this is coming along great! heart
The flipped mast and added characters really helped the composition. 3nodding (I love the frogs! xd Your characters have such life to them - it's quite refreshing to see)

I don't think the sunrays are a major problem. If you're not sure, plop them on a separate layer and click visible/invisible over and over again. xd
The pros of the sunrays are that they add a cartoony feel.
The cons are that they might be distracting and "too much information".
You might try experimenting with clouds. You could maybe achieve the same cartoony feel that way but have a less radient (hehe...) focal point.
Then again, if you want to draw attention to the mast, then the sunrays are perfect.
*shrugs*
In the end, it's entirly up to you.
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Question: Do you plan on keeping any lines in the final picture?

My only suggestion right now is to make sure your colors don't get too "heavy". The sunrise will have a lightening effect on everything, especially the water, and that can look pretty darn cool. whee I know you've only blocked in color, but for when you get to the actual coloring, don't forget the awesome power of the sun (dun, dun, dunnn......)

mrgreen

Sorry for the late reply on this.
You should post when you've got some more done. heart  

[Limely]

Thank you once again for awesome crits. : 3

I'm definitively going to try out clouds. That might turn out just as nice, I think, if I can get them right.

Nope, I don't think so, the lineart is so messy, and I'm doing sort of corrections to the composition as I go as well, so that's not going to work...

Here's what I've currently got. Haven't gotten much farther as my youngest brother ended up in hospital (but he's okay now) and life in general happened on me and stuff. But this weekend I plan on painting and listening to my new Kaizer's Orchestra cd and do nothing else. |3

I've also planned out the shadows and highlights on the original sketch so that I have a rough plan. :3  

[Orockthro]

whee
Yay! heart
First off: I'm sorry about your brother! Eep! Ironically, my brother was in the hospital too... (he's also okay). I'm glad everything is alright. heart

You're making wonderful progress!
Something I suggest is to clean up your color's edges. I'm sure you planed on doing this anyhow, but since you aren't using lines it's important to have clear boundaries between your shapes. 3nodding

Another option (which I'm sure you're aware of) is to digitally make lineart that's cleaner than your sketch. 3nodding Or just turn your sketch to a low opacity... or to do what you're doing and leave it off. xd
Experimenting might get you to where you want to be. 3nodding

I really, really like how things are going - the colors of the sunrise are lovely. I'm afraid I can't help very much more yet. xd

Don't limit yourself to what feels safe! Have fun! heart And good luck. I can't wait to see the next update on this.


 

[Limely]

Wow, it's a small world. xD I'm glad everything's alright on your part too. x3

Actually, the deadline of the contest was today, so I had to whip together an aquarelle-version of this to make it, but I'm going to try and finish this digital version nevertheless, because I need the practise. x3 And I'm getting such lovely help. :3

Here's the aquarelle-version if anyone's interested. I don't really know if I like it or not. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't.

Nice and sloppy.  

[Orockthro]

Yeeps! I know I responded to this. Gaia must have eaten my post.

It's too bad about the deadline creeping up on you - I hate it when that happens. BUT, all things considered, you did a great job! You got it finished, after all, and that's half the battle. heart

You chose great colors for the sky. heart I really love those.

You could kinda see this as a color study for your digital piece if you wanted - you got to see what worked and what didn't work 3nodding

I've never used aquarelles before... but they look kinda difficult! xd

Hehe... looks like you had fun though.

Keep working on the digital version! I can't wait to see that completed.  

[Limely]

Thanks for the wise words again. :3
I kinda hated that deadline and the fact that I couldn't take my sweet time on this painting, but oh well...
Aquarelles are fun. :3 They are challenging to work with, and you really have to think your actions trough. Ruining your work is easily done in one brush-stroke. And that's what makes it fun. x3
I'll soon get a better tablet (really, painting digitally is no fun when you have to wrestle with your tablet to make it work again every ten minutes), but until then I think I'll let that painting lie and work on something else meanwhile. I have a sketch I'm currently working on but won't be able to upload in a while, as I don't have scanner access right now, but I'll upload it once I do. :3  

[Limely]

I thought I'd let you know I won the contest I participated in with that picture! Thanks so much for your help, I don't think I would've if it wasn't for you! : D  

[Orockthro]

Wahoo! heart
Congratulations on the win! mrgreen That's super awesome. You totally deserved it.

3nodding
 

[Limely]

*huggles* x3

I have no idea what I won though. It's probably your standard white t-shirt, size XL, with the Ubisoft-logo printed on it or something... x3  

[Orockthro]

xd Too bad it's not $$$.
But hey, better than nothing, right?
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