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Brandon Sanderson / Re: More Art for You to Digest
« on: November 15, 2007, 08:02:55 AM »
Personally, from a purely artistic point of view (I have not had the opportunity to read the chapters yet...will fix that shortly) I much prefer the colored dress. It is much more vibrant, and begs the eye to pay attention, whereas the white dress is ...too grey, especially on the black background. The yellow brings the image to life, while the white makes it all feel cold and static, and it tends to fade back too much. It won't catch attention on the shelf as much as the yellow. If you want the white dress, you might try warming up the background a bit to make it fade less.

I like the subtle blood on the sword, and the drops that scatter across the dress, and once again, the yellow dress works much better for that- they can have more color to them without blaring out their presence, and not look like ink splots like they become on the white dress.

The type may need a little work as well. I like it as a font, but I think the 'w' might need a little tweaking to read better. As it is, I am having some difficulty picking out the word, between the scrolled 'w' in the background (which I do like) and the gothic calligraphy 'w' in the foreground. It does not read as a 'w' right off. It might be as little a task as minimizing the lines that are connecting the tops of the peaks. That would make it register as less of a closed rectangle, and more of a symbol.

As for the hair...This image looks like it is being created in Photoshop for the most part? Judging by the progression, I'd say it is. If that is so, I've used photoshop enough to know that hair is if anything more daunting in a digital medium than it is with more traditional media. If you look, you can see the large, blocky brushstrokes, so out of keeping with the delicate work of the rest of the image. The hair is merely 'in progress', and will be finished later, probably once the artist is certain no one is going to say 'move the head' or 'change the pose'. So, I'm not worried about that yet.

I would say, as for the color, everyone keeps calling it 'breath'? If so, it needs fewer lines. That would make it feel less substantial, more airy. It might be another 'in progress' portion of the picture, though...Oh, and to make it appear less like a tongue, either remove the fork at the end, or add more splits and feathers to draw away from that image.

It is really a beautiful image, and I have to agree, I am loving this current trend towards simplicity. And I think that dress is beautiful.

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