I like how your style blended nicely with the Danny Phantom style. Vury cool.

YAY Thanks

--
Commissions + Gift Art + Inspirations

It's cool! Good luck in the contest!

--
"i like night much better than day
i like the dark and nobody is around to bother you
i like walking at night too
nobody is there to bump into you
you dont have to have a care in the world
because nodoy is awake to bother with you"
-K.J. Hayward

Thanks

--
Commissions + Gift Art + Inspirations

I don't know anything about Danny Phantom, so I won't be much help on that front.

...I think the areas of flat color work well and (I expect) probably fit best with the style of the show. The background in the top 1/3 of the image, as such, doesn't seem to fit with the rest. In fact, the detail of this draws the eye away from the character, so I would suggest doing something much more subtle with that area, and make sure the highest point(s) of contrast in the piece are the places where you want people to focus. With regard to the lower 2/3 of the background, I don't feel as distracted by it. I would suggest that any line work you have in the background should be smoothed out/very intentional looking. Mostly it's the blue lines under the guy (Danny?)'s elbow that are kinda bugging me. I would either make those more regular and precise or I would eliminate them and do some very subtle texture or a painted gradient instead. (Painted meaning not just the gradient tool! ) Again, you don't want to detract from the characters!

Hope that helps!

--
-K

Heh, the characters do fit with the show more than the background, however I like the background more. But it's because flat coloring bothers me because my classes teach me it's "wrong."

I could desaturate or take the opacity of the background down some more. I did it all traditional so I don't know that I can clean the lines up. I did it messy and quick purposefully because I blend markers better when I am going fast, plus I wanted a bit of a difference from the foreground (might have made too much).

Thanks for the help!

--
Commissions + Gift Art + Inspirations

Haha, I guess that's why you've got me! Flat coloring is not "wrong" ...it's a question of what's appropriate for the piece. Always. End of story! (And I'll happily take it up with your professors!! )


I think that something very subtly textured but mostly flat would work. Otherwise, I think flat color would work well. You can tweak all that stuff in photoshop....that's what I'd suggest, rather than reworking it traditionally.

--
-K

I'd have no idea how to tweak it in photoshop aside from setting the background up (as it is scanned in separately from the foreground) as a.. crap I forgot the name... tracing layer?

For me to just use as a reference and completely re-do the thing digitally. Coloring it flat and such. Adding texture is easy-peasy.

--
Commissions + Gift Art + Inspirations