Children book style painting

[Grifter730]

Hi all. After seeing Justin Gerard's work, I got inspired to try drawing some children book style of art. I'm nowhere near as good, but I'm finally learning how this digital painter stuff sorta works. I still have a long way to go, but I was so proud of finishing this piece :) c/c always welcome.

http://www.skycastlestudios.com/portfolio/illustrations/firefly.jpg

[haha]

dude this is very nice. i love the color scheme to this piece.
the renderings real tight, and its got the feel of a good story to it. if i saw the cover to this book, i would read it!

[Fried_Skull]

I loved it.. no crits :)

[Grifter730]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies, I'm surprised theren't no critiques pointing out a bunch of faults (which I'm sure there are), but I'm glad you liked it anyway. Definitely got a long way to go, but man, Justin's work is just so inspiring, the guy can illustrate in such versatile styles, I love it. I'm trying to learn how he uses lightings in his images, and at the same time learn Painter as well. Anyway, thanks again :)

[Fried_Skull]

I didnt seeked any faults. I just enjoyed the piece. I's for childrens :)

[pandawhipped]

Im not sure how to rectify this problem, but the picture lacks depth. It looks like the sky is a few feet behind them, like its a backdrop or something. The books I always loved as a kid were the ones that made it look like you walk into the painting and over the hills (or in this case clouds) to see what was beyond them. Try to put more areas to explore in the picture. Even if you can't see the areas, make a way to get to them. In this case more clouds going way off into the distance would probably work. This isn't really a critique on your skills, just an idea for you to think of next time :)

Perhaps you could imply a sense of excitement or danger in the picture. The kid is way up high on a cloud so he would probably be clinging to it as he held onto the firefly (kind of like the dog), rather than just standing there. Right now he looks rather complacent, its hard to tell what he is thinking

Hope that helps a bit :)

[EVIL]

Originally posted by pandawhipped
Im not sure how to rectify this problem, but the picture lacks depth. It looks like the sky is a few feet behind them, like its a backdrop or something. The books I always loved as a kid were the ones that made it look like you walk into the painting and over the hills (or in this case clouds) to see what was beyond them. Try to put more areas to explore in the picture. Even if you can't see the areas, make a way to get to them. In this case more clouds going way off into the distance would probably work. This isn't really a critique on your skills, just an idea for you to think of next time :)

Perhaps you could imply a sense of excitement or danger in the picture. The kid is way up high on a cloud so he would probably be clinging to it as he held onto the firefly (kind of like the dog), rather than just standing there. Right now he looks rather complacent, its hard to tell what he is thinking

Hope that helps a bit :)

I dont think this is a real problem for a childrens book.

[pandawhipped]

why not?