Becca W. - Worm Monsters getting ready for bed.
Kristi G. - More monsters
Nate S. - Just a little more work with the snowball monster from before. The idea was that the dad comes home to discover his son is stuck halfway into his pajama shirt.
Scott W. - Monster 'August' getting ready for bed, combing
Scott W. - Preparatory sketches.
My girls and I loved the hair brushing machine and the fuzzy hair afterwords. Thanks for the laugh Scott. What medium do you use Nate? I love how clean it is. I also love all of the gray tones and the small pop of color.
ReplyDeleteThis was a nice go around for everybody. I thought I'd try to give a bit more feedback than usual.
ReplyDeleteBecca already knows what I think. My favorite is the worm brushing his teeth while someone knocks on the door impatiently. I also appreciate the looseness with which she is approaching cartoonism.
Kristi - This is a more stylized approach than your previous work - way to be daring. You also nailed the profile quite well, which can be hard to do. The design is good, and my feedback is more about the posing. As the rectangle head is walking up the stairs, he looks off balance because his body is not situated correctly over the legs. He should be tilted forward and moved forward. You could also get some looseness by bending the feet. Lift the hindfoot heel on the ground and bend the front foot's toe back. In the future, I'd recomend doing the pose yourself in the mirror or having someone else act it out for you, that way you can add the details that will bring your character to life. Good work and keep drawing!
Nate - I LOVE the way you rendered this bad boy with limited color and the blue shirt that pops, as Kristi said. To enhance this, I would also make the breifcase gray so the shirt pops even more. The posing of the characters is nice, and I love the dad's eyebrows. The left arm of the child looks longer than the other and I tried to see whether the rest of the right arm is bunched up in the shirts, but I could find an indication - the hands could be varied slightly as well (from eachother). My first thought when looking at this was that he was LEAVING for work not coming home, and I think you could fix this by having the dad coming in through the door and putting stars in the background to indicate time of day. Great work though, you're advancing in strides.
Scott - What were you thinking? (just kidding). You're idea may be a bit too complex, but I know you couldn't help yourself. Sure, people's eyes may light up when they see this illustration, but people generally ask some sort of question for clarity sake. Based on Kristi's feedback, you should do the illustration following this one of the poofy hair, that will sell it.
Way to stick with this, people. This was a good round, I think.
Here's my 2 cents for these entries, for what they're worth.
ReplyDeleteBecca-I didn't know before that you were into art. I think it's so cool that you and Scott are working on stuff together. Your work looks like you're progressing and enjoying the process. Keep it up.
Kristi-This is by far the best work I've seen so far. Great job. I like the color choice and the simplicity in the drawings. I'd enjoy seeing these monsters in the context of a story so I think you nailed the project on the head.
Mine-I played around with photoshop to make this drawing. I ended up getting close to what I was looking for but didn't get it quite there. I don't enjoy the large washes of solid grays but I was running short on time. Also the boy's arm ended up weird.
Scott-The sketches were a great way of introducing the ideas and it seems they led you to a energetic piece for the eyes. I enjoy the maze that the viewer has to follow for the hair. I enjoy seeing this character in a story context, it works well.
Overall, great work everyone! Let me know where you want to go with this. I'd rather not force what work everyone works on but I'd love to work further on the group project of illustrating a children's book. How does everyone feel about the monster book idea?