EASEL OF Danielle Neuman
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KylePattersonIllustration on August 1, 2018 at 7:16 pmI really love where this is going! Great design and character, and the decorative design elements are really promising. One thing I might try is to bring the back leg forward a bit. I think it would help distribute the weight of the whole piece, as the background designs are weighted towards the left. If you brought her left leg forward towards the right of the image, it could potentially give a really balanced flow from the upper left to the bottom right of the composition.
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KylePattersonIllustration on August 1, 2018 at 7:21 pm
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Jaelmoray on August 1, 2018 at 8:52 pm
I see what you mean. It definitely helps the flow of the overall image and makes the figure look less stagnant as well. Thank you! This will be laid out on watercolor paper once I solidify the design, so the detailing will end up being more intricate at that point.
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mpMann on August 4, 2018 at 12:07 pm
I like Kyle’s observations. She is a long, slender elegant figure, and my suggestion would be to add a little more flourish and ruffle to the cloth on her foreword arm, and perhaps her hair as well. Tighten up that background and she looks about ready to bring to a finish.
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RachelPerciphone on August 1, 2018 at 8:57 pmWith keeping your digital concept pages organized, layers and folders are your friends! It might help to toggle some layers off while you work and then move things to nice positions on the page as you complete things. Or copy & pasting flattened items into a new sheet altogether. It seems like having all those palettes would get in the way of your overall view. If you’re using particular colors frequently, or you know what color palette you want for designs, you could build your own custom color palettes to live in the swatches section ornaments photoshop for easy color picking access but not on your actual workspace 🙂
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Genbu on August 2, 2018 at 8:40 amAgreeing with Rachel there, that keeping things separate on different layers and grouping your layers is very useful. Also you can color code your layers by right clicking on the eye icon that turns layer on and off. Also, always name your layers so you find them quickly. Lastly, when you are in Move Tool mode (v), Alt right click on something will usually jump you to the layer that thing is on, and this is useful when you have too many un-named layers and you need to find the color layer for a hair ribbon for example.
If you’re talking about the organization of the page layout, i think it looks fine as it is. Make sure your name or website is *always* somewhere on any image you post online, even a WIP posted for feedback.
You’re really good at characters and people and costume design. Somehow I love your lines even when they’re rough and sketchy!
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Looking for thoughts on all three of these pieces. #1, just looking for thoughts on direction and the current concept before I move on to larger scaling. #2 anything is fair game, specifically current placement of things. #3, help/advise on how to make things more neat and tidy with my character development sheets in PS would be super helpful, or even just ways you keep from being overwhelmed when working digitally. I just struggle with so much to manage and organize, I get lost and end up leaving things in this state. It is personal work, but I'd like to have better practices for the professional commissions I receive,
Looks great! This might look even more compelling on a background that isn’t the same color as their skin tone. That could bring out the constellation like thing and the gold bracelet.
Perhaps just bring them up and into the page a little more, and develop the background more.