yeah I think that third is best because it gives the eye a nice starting point with the large beetle in the lower center. From there the eye wanders around the rest of the image but can hold on to the big beetle as an anchor, if that makes sense. The implied lines of the chopstickes and skewers also help frame him in there. A *smidge* more space between him and the others might even be a bit better, dunno.
Also is the space in the emails domain name purposeful?
Also it does feel a bit too simple, and the image you place on it, might limit the perception of what you can achieve. I would either not include that image, make it very very minimalist to the point in which its a watermark or even a physical impression into the card, or go all in and expand the amount put on the card.
You're giving your card to one of two people.
A person who doesn't "do" art very well, who might demand more Wow to a card, or someone who is themselves artistic or very aware of art creation.
For the first type you need more. For the second type it is advisable to go simple, but in a way that the appearance is simple, not the execution. Basically in that condition you're playing to a shared knowledge that the production of something could be much greater than the simplicity it expresses.
Like when I see beautiful type that looks handwritten, only upon closer inspection, you see that the tiny flaws and differences in spacing actually prove it is in fact handwritten and not simply a font. You then realize that the unobservant might pass that off as just an decent font someone applied, but you see that it is a person secretly reaching out to your artistic senses.
Here's another example of how it could be done through execution.
Apple rep hands me a card
Extremely simplistic design. Of course beside the fact that it's an iconic symbol burned into our frontal lobe, the point is when handing the card, he fanned out his cards a bit and I saw that every card had a different colored apple.
Now he didn't point that out to me, directly, but I appreciated that aside from the simplicity the card had some kind of uniqueness to it.
When I designed my cards I placed a slit along the seem of the design (this video was taken with an initially uncut prototype card that I sloppily cut to quickly make the video). I don't advertise the purpose of the cut, but as the person wonders about it, on occasion the idea clicks I see them jam it into their pocket. Or they outright ask about the slit. It's a bit cheesy, yes, but I'm pitching my services to a different crowd.
Cheers Berbarce. I ended up going with the type, pattern on another. Not groundbreaking but I needed to rush the cards out the door as quickly as possible, so I'd have something in time for PAX. I'll design some better ones in the future.
Hey, my internet connection came back just as I was finishing another mirror self-portrait.
I've fallen out of the habit of posting something every day, mainly because I've been in Melbourne, and I've started on my final project, but hopefully I can still post things semi-regularly.
For the last couple of weeks I've been sketching in an old unused Moleskine I found, and suddenly drawing is so much easier. Mainly because the sketchbooks I was using before were really, really shitty, only I didn't realise until recently.
I also discovered some new settings in my scanner, so that makes things even easier.
So right now I'm working on my final animation project for university. Since I'm around he half-way point right now, I thought I'd show off some of the style frames I've been developing.
I made a couple of posts in the doodle thread, but I've been working on a poster series to sell at an upcoming convention
Here's the first one, mostly done, except the guy riding the Pidgeot needs work. Also thanks for the feedback @Kallisti, I'm gonna try and experiment with some texture before I put this down for good.
And here are some thumbnails for the next in the series. Any opinions/preferences?
I like 4 and 15 the best. In 16 the way you've drawn the boat is cool, but the value composition is a little weird, especially with the strips of light and dark bumping along the top and left.
I think that the boat tip getting cut off flattens and separates the composition. The thumbnails had a nice illusion of space thanks to the boat pointing off into the distance.
Tangents dood. Also, right now I don't feel like the lapras works as a focal since other elements of the composition have a starker contrast between them and the background (palm tree for example.) Might wanna do something about that. Maybe the ship itself could be shaded with orange, or have a black hull, I don't know.
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cool design!
Any last crits before I wrap this up?
Thanks guys!
Also is the space in the emails domain name purposeful?
Also it does feel a bit too simple, and the image you place on it, might limit the perception of what you can achieve. I would either not include that image, make it very very minimalist to the point in which its a watermark or even a physical impression into the card, or go all in and expand the amount put on the card.
You're giving your card to one of two people.
A person who doesn't "do" art very well, who might demand more Wow to a card, or someone who is themselves artistic or very aware of art creation.
For the first type you need more. For the second type it is advisable to go simple, but in a way that the appearance is simple, not the execution. Basically in that condition you're playing to a shared knowledge that the production of something could be much greater than the simplicity it expresses.
Like when I see beautiful type that looks handwritten, only upon closer inspection, you see that the tiny flaws and differences in spacing actually prove it is in fact handwritten and not simply a font. You then realize that the unobservant might pass that off as just an decent font someone applied, but you see that it is a person secretly reaching out to your artistic senses.
Apple rep hands me a card
Extremely simplistic design. Of course beside the fact that it's an iconic symbol burned into our frontal lobe, the point is when handing the card, he fanned out his cards a bit and I saw that every card had a different colored apple.
Now he didn't point that out to me, directly, but I appreciated that aside from the simplicity the card had some kind of uniqueness to it.
When I designed my cards I placed a slit along the seem of the design (this video was taken with an initially uncut prototype card that I sloppily cut to quickly make the video). I don't advertise the purpose of the cut, but as the person wonders about it, on occasion the idea clicks I see them jam it into their pocket. Or they outright ask about the slit. It's a bit cheesy, yes, but I'm pitching my services to a different crowd.
http://s13.photobucket.com/user/bebarce/media/MOV07616.mp4.html
More gestures today that I can't be bothered scanning, but also a couple of ten-minute poses and some more skull studies.
Also a bunch of drawings from yesterday I can't be bothered scanning right now.
EDIT: Spoilered because this thing creeps me out.
I've fallen out of the habit of posting something every day, mainly because I've been in Melbourne, and I've started on my final project, but hopefully I can still post things semi-regularly.
EDIT: Spoilered because this thing creeps me out.
I also discovered some new settings in my scanner, so that makes things even easier.
EDIT: Better version
Not pretty, but I'm learning.
Here's the texture I painted too, if anyone wants to pick that apart.
Here's the first one, mostly done, except the guy riding the Pidgeot needs work. Also thanks for the feedback @Kallisti, I'm gonna try and experiment with some texture before I put this down for good.
And here are some thumbnails for the next in the series. Any opinions/preferences?
facebook.com/LauraCatherwoodArt
The final product'll be a combination of a few thumbnails, rather than being based on any one.
First of three: