The Future is { i }

[rarmstrong5]

I created this for my History of Visual Communications class.

[sweetoblivion314]

might want to give "The Future of Art" a little more contrast. Right now you barely notice it.

[inspector Lee]

Agree with Sweetoblivion completely.

[SeaUrchinsToSun]

It seems a bit lonely in the top middle and overall right side of the picture. I would try putting some more black designs around those parts, but what is completely up to you. Those blues are pretty important, so I guess if you make it more busy, the blues will show up even more, you know?

[VirusArtist]

i agree with the above, plus theres something completely bugging me with that pic:

since you're clearly going into the direction of vector art there, i would suggest that you replace those airbrush shadows behind the guy and that "{i}"- bubble with solid shadows. the whole picture is loaded with clean lines, so those soft shadows distract alot (especially the shadow of the bubble overlapping the guy)

secondly, those blue rays would look better if you would use crisp edges on them. they look kinda blurry/sloppy to me - same problem as with the shadows... both things just dont seem to fit the overall look in my oppinion.

the third and last thing that popped into my eye is that guy himself. he looks slapped in there and seems a bit "flat" in terms of contrast.

since you're using very strong contrasts both in colour and value on the whole pic and need to create a stronger focus on the right side, I would suggest something like the "cutout cardboard"- (sorry, only have the german version, dunno how it is labeled in english) filter in photoshop after using the "brightness/contrast"-settings to give the character a clean "vector" look (think "hellboy" for instance).

i my oppinion those changes would give the pic a cleaner, more polished appearance - something to look for in advertising (its an advertisement, isn't it?)

my 2 cents ;)

Cheers,
Etienne

[SeaUrchinsToSun]

I like the shadow on the "interactivity" though. I just noticed this too: Are those two different shades of blue on the eye and the radio waves? It's nit-picky, but it would bug me haha

[sickelsick]

every1 just about said everything i wanted too...

exept that maybe try making "the future of art" in that same blue? if that dont work try the black...

what you think?