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biggety bump?

sigh

once again

I like the original, but it's lost in translation. You haven't recaptured the detail of the first one and it's hard to make out whats going on.

Any ideas on how to recapture the detail? Is there something I could do that I'm not doing?

add a 5th color?

I am afraid I do not understand what is going on in this illustration.

I'm not expecting anyone to follow the story. I need to revise my TECHNIQUE. I have a level of aptitude when it comes to drawing, painting, digital illustration, design. However I seem to lack the ability to create something aesthetically pleasing when my colors are so drastically limited. I'm not grasping some idea or function or technique. I need help with that. I chose an image that won't make any sense to people so I could get people to focus on the aesthetic alone.

The first thing that popped out at me was that, in the 4 color illustration, your color scheme is boring. Since you have a such a limited amount of colors to work with, you'd better choose each one well.

Also, even though I don't particularly like the drawing, I can tell that you enjoyed creating the first one and you put a decent effort into it. That's all lost on the second version, where it just looks rushed, lacks character and generally lacks visible effort. Especially on parts like the amorphous blob that is supposed to be the ground and the highlights(?) on the tree.

I said the way to do better with the illustration is to better master the tools in photoshop. The layering of hand filled page scans is crude and inaccurate.

What you could also do is try and introduce patterns, by taking the layers into single documents, black, apply filters to them and make them more sensitive so they are not flat.

Then, put them back in and color them.

This is what I have done here...



And so the bricks have some texture and dimension. I am no photoshop genius, so you can do it.

I thought there was some sort of print issue with that level of detail?

KBS - Thanks. I'll have to reflect on those points.

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well in the revised threadless sub there are two things that look weird because they're missing... #1 is there is no "Sky" in the threadless version.. #2 your little dinosaur seems to be missing his teeth :P (his lack of arms is alot more noticable in the threadless version that in your original)

I'm not sure how to fix it though! I have similar problems where I sketch something out and finish it in a non-digital medium (ie: paint) then when I try to translate it to a threadless design I always fall flat on my face.

good point. I didn't realize i forgot the teeth. Hmmm. I already subbed this though. I'll have to keep better tabs in the future.