Surprise in the Jungle

[leckronium]

hey everybody! this is a cool site. i finished this llustration recently and would like some C+C. good or bad it doesnt matter. no one can be as harsh as myself. let me know what you think.

http://jamclark.freeshell.org/leckronium/images/sitjpost.jpg

[Ostrander]

Wouldnt mind seeing a detail of it,
its not a bad piece but there are small concerns, i would have liked to seen more color throughout, not just pink to brown,some cool purples and blues in the shadows, it seems sectioned off as far as the color goes. The top being light and then kind of abruptly falling into darks. A smoother transition of colors might be better. (i dont know if that makes any sense to you) maybe get some reference on hazy late afternoon skies to work from too. And the phone pole wires are kinda awkward. they dont recead back enough for me. the 2 wires that are closest seem to be the same thickness as the next set back and so on. It would have been nice t see them fall back into haze a bit more. Other than that its not bad, very good effort. Cant wait to see more work from you. :D

[leckronium]

thanks gloklund, it didnt turn out quite like what i had in my head due to trying to control acrylics but i might take another shot at it sometime down the road in a different medium. hopefully getting closer to my original vision. it was actually suppose to be a little less saturated and a little more"hazy" by using more subtle neutral colors. especially in the sky.

[Ostrander]

I think if you had painter or photoshop you could finish it up and get it nice and polished in one of those programs.
Not that I'm suggesting you should go out and buy a few hundred dollars worth of progams, but if you already have one or the other you could probably get this piece more towards your vision instead of fighting with the acrylics. Just a thought.:)