[warbaby]

this is the second color drawing i'm starting and i was just hoping to get some feedback on composition, and colorpallete before i start to rework this.
here the two images, tell me which is better, and what should be changed:


I dont' have any art background so if you comment, plz give a reason

[EviLToYLeT]

Ok. One of the first things you need to do, if that's the original size of the picture, is to make it bigger. Extend the whole canvas and make it bigger. That way, if you want to add more scenery, it would be much easier and if you want to remove, just chop chop chop. I personally htink the composition would be a bit better if more space was added to the right side ---->.

Anyway, it really depends on what mood you want to convey for your color choice. The left one shows more of a gloomy dark mood in a shroud of fog because of the blurriness. The brighter one just looks like she's enjoying nature.

I'm assuming that its a sinister lady on the left holding a raven in her hand. It may help if you add a sinister tree with gnarled roots to the right of the whole picture to help the compoosition. Looks pretty cool.

[Hippie]

I have to agree with eviltoylet about the tree or more space to the right of the figure.

My other comment would be to think of lighting. The image on the left appears to be nighttime with a storm or something, where the one on the right seems to be midday yet the figure appears silluehatted,(can't spell that word).

Also like eviltoylet said make sure you are working with a large image area and once you are satisfied witht he composistion and color sketch then work extremly large, like 300 dpi and 3000 pixels by 5000 pixels, or however high your hardware will allow.

Can't wait to see the finished image, and personally I like the darker gloomier version.

[warbaby]

thanx for the info....wow this forum really is a lot of help. I'll definatelly add mroe room to the right, as well as work on lighting and the tree. I originally wanted the characte looking over the dessert, but now a green plain doesn't sound too bad, but i would rather stay away fromt eh ocean blue, since its been done at least a million times, i'll upload an update as soon as I can.