Cover Art - claymationesque

[bgermain]

This is the cover graphic for my updated demo reel. I was going for a painting-of-a-claymation effect. All C&C welcome.

http://www.bgstudios.com/WEBSITE/images/draft02.jpg

[yfront]

Hahahah!! I really like the guy at the left. He looks like one of my friends. Nice work m8

[bgermain]

Thanks! These characters are all loosely based on people I know or have known. It tends to keep the inspiration going while I'm working on a project.

[Fozzybar]

cool as your fish chick...

But maybe the flicker light of the tv could be stronger on the figures...

I am not sure about this, but i think the light reflections on the eyes should be in the bottom part, since the light source is the tv...

[right_on_cats]

Love the work Brian.......Looks like the woman in the Blue dress is i love with whatever is on the screen LOL!:) Great work man.......I've always loved looking at your work.

Eric:chug: :chug:

[bgermain]

Fozzybar: I'm still not sure about how strong to make the TV light; this is eventually going to print so I want to be careful about the difference between what looks good on screen vs. on paper. I put the eye highlights on both the top and bottom. It's hard to see on the bottom because the eye is lighter overall in that area. I put an additional highlight on the top in an attempt to show the semi-transparency of the
eyeball.

right_on_cats: The woman in the blue dress is supposed to have kind of a snooty sneer, but...yeah, I see what you mean. Okay...so....she likes it. Maybe that adds a mysterious depth to the whole ensemble. Yeah, that's it. Depth. That's the ticket.

[Rockman]

Really great style and very visually intertaining, my only comment is maybe give it a bit more contrast...blacker blacks, lighter whites, etc...

[Fozzybar]

http://www.beyce.com/ca/pover/bgermain_draft02_fozzybar_1.jpg http://www.beyce.com/ca/pover/bgermain_draft02_fozzybar_2.jpg

Just to show you what i meant...but maybe it's not for use in print...

[bgermain]

Yeah, I kinda figured that's what you had in mind. I'm going to get a test print of what I have and then go from there. I've had bad print experiences with heavily contrasted pieces. I appreciate you taking the time to make that example. A picture is worth a thousand crits! :)