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The Boy Who Cried Wolf - WIPby ~Autumn-Sunrise

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Wasn't gonna post this here but said, heck, why not? This is a work in progress for my Children's Illustration class...we all had to illustrated the story of the boy who cried wolf. It scanned really dark, but that's okay. I'll rescan it when it's some semblance of finished. XD Can't say I'm happy with it...there's a ton of things that need to be changed, and things I'm not satisfied with. But there are some things I can't pinpoint, so if you have any critiques, please feel free to make comments!

Anyway, this is gouache and colored pencil on Bristol.

!StormyHotWolf88 Jan 10, 2006 Professional Filmographer

LOL That wolf is so devious XD watercolors rock with coloring. ic an't seem to color well with anyhting else then that and Photoshop and chalk pastels o.O;

~LucasCramer Feb 18, 2005

Very nice.

I really like the wolf's expression and the way the yellow light reflects off the sheep's wool. I'd suggest heightening the contrast between the sheep and the background, because they tend to kind of meld into one another. Maybe define the figure of a the boy a bit, too. It's a little more suggestive than objective at this point, perhaps darkening the figure so that it stands out more against the mountain would help.

~kimikohime Feb 17, 2005 Hobbyist Digital Artist

that is gorgeous.

~kkitty23 Feb 17, 2005 Professional Digital Artist

LOL! the wolf cracks me up xD thats awesome! i always love how you work your magic with colors :3

*JustBetsyCostumes Feb 17, 2005

That looks really nice, hun. The composition flows really well. I think one thing you might consider (and I ALWAYS have a problem with this) is unifying the colors a bit. It may be the way it scanned, but the colors of the grass and trees seem to zing a bit. But the sheep are a really good start - the way you're pulling in other colors to them. And a really pale pale blue wash over the things behind the wolf will make him pop even more.

As for the permenence of the medium, hot dawg, there's so much you can do to get around it. Something I learned recently is to spray it (heavily) with workable fixatif and then you can begin to add more colored pencil or gouache on top. The fixative adds a new toothy surface, so your pencils will look fresh again. You may already know that trick, but I didn't know it, and now I use it all the time.

For you not liking it, there are so many nice things about it. You'd do really well with poster design - this already looks like cover art.

~Tivadu Feb 17, 2005

heh, that wolf is lookin' quite mischievous XD ... great stuff! XD

~huskee Feb 17, 2005

EXCELLENT job, Auttie! <3 I love all the different textures.. I wish I could paint like you : o~~

~huskie666 Feb 17, 2005

Hot, i'd LOVE to take a class like that! XD
I really like the lighting/color on the sheep's wool.
I'm not sure what to say as far as crits go.. as it looks like you would not be able to change much anyway due to the permanency of your chosen mediums :<
~~Huskie

~Autumn-Sunrise Feb 17, 2005

Thanks! Yeah, 'tis a fun class! But most of my college classes are fun like that.

But as far as the medium goes, there's still things I can readily change with gouache and colored pencil...I can still erase them, or in gouache's case, water it down and pull it off the page, and eve cover it over with more gouache. And if things didn't work out...well...hello, acrylics! XD

~huskie666 Feb 18, 2005

*nods* i see ;3
weyll.. my observation of your WIP is.. i see an imbalance in the wolf's upper and lower jaw lengths.. i think this could most easily be helped by making the nose a bit bigger.. and a little more projecting and then extending his fuzzy upper lip out with it a bit.. what do you think?
*wag*
~~Huskie

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