The Journey Begins Challenge (2D) Entry: Cliff Cramp

the bg with the waves and the ship need sumthin more, i think i liked the original
compostion more with regards to that

also dunno about the new character.. maybe if it wasnt so back towards the viewer...
could be lookin up or to the side maybe..with a big bag of luggage on his back or sumthin


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Thanks Squib. What looks like waves now will be mist or a low fog. I agree that the foreground character needs work. I just dropped a dark shape into the foreground to see if something would work there. Good suggestions.

Just another pass using digital airbrush. Up to now it has been mostly digital water. Still working out some of the shapes.

like this one...
the cool colors...
the fog...
hey this ones got it all...

I kind of find myself wanting that one mouse with the bag to sort of be steping off into the light a bit... maybe just a leg and and an arm (and tail) or somethin....

looks great!

Another pass. I'm starting to resolve the main characters. i'll also begin to resolve some of the detail in back and adding more interest to the extreme foreground.

this may be a silly question, but what is the thing connected to the boat that crosses the rope? is it something coming out from the pier?

love the mysterious fog. reminds me a bit of the great mouse detective.
~B

This painting reminds me of American Tail, LOL! Cool painting I'll wait to see what u do next dude!

yeah first thing that popped into my head was american tail... excellent composition and values.. really excited about this one. keep up the good work. no crits

Its part of the Ancor

That´s what i thought...

Yeah, PACKRATS , like it already.
The ship however should be viewed from a lower angle and the rims you used on the characters are too strong imO.
They´re getting off the ship, aren´t they?

Great :

I'll fix the perspective of the ship in the next pass. Working out the foreground and background shapes still

hey niceee ..micee.. looking very good man good luck

Nice work, i like your painting you have a great style, the soft fog covers lot of detail specially the water surface. keep up.

good luck,

That's a funny concept, but I'd move the frame lower. If you cut of the top, the viewer will still be able to say that the thing on the right is a ship, and that's because the viewer will still be seing the other ship in the background.

That's cool. Good use of distant blues and warmer foreground. Maybe the rope could use a bit more perspective.