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[youngatart]

The client wanted a logo based on Rosie the riveter

[youngatart]

A step by step

http://jaymazhar.com/wp-content/uploads/process_fci.jpg

[emceeONE]

The drawing is pretty solid, but the colors don't work, imho.

I find that the best way to learn anything is to copy something as exactly as possible, so I recommend copying the artwork that inspires you, color-wise. Since this is based off the Rosie the Riveter WWII poster, that would be a good place to start.

http://imgc.artprintimages.com/images/a ... 13D00Z.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NQ6MKyZtBt8/U ... s_Drea.jpg

http://archive.ccm.edu/Rosie/images/WeCanDoItPoster[1].jpg

Notice the contrasts in values on the skin itself when you squint. Now squint at your own drawing and notice how flat it appears. Same thing with the shirt and hair.

If you're having trouble seeing what I mean, convert all images to grayscale and see what I mean.

And back in color, notice the subtle shifts in hue, shifting from warm to cool colors.

Your's is almost like a Super Friends cartoon. That's not necessarily a bad look in itself. There are artists who do great things with flat colors. Check out howardshum's or Herval's work sometime.

But I think your piece comes off as confused and unsure because it's straddling that line between painted and flat colors.

Color serves multiple purposes - from decorative to descriptive. Make a decision to how you want to use it. As with line, when used descriptively, it can describe the forms your viewer sees and serves to unify one portion of the image with the other.

Your drawings skills and draftsmanship are good, now just up those color skills

[youngatart]

Thanks for the on point critique Rajesh. It was to be used as a logo so I was on the fence between a flat approach and a more rendered one, guess it's neither here nor there. Kinda wanted a Al Parker feel to it but don't have the painting chops to pull it off.They wanted the ladies suit to be red and for her to be ethnic. Hence forth I'll turn all my color work into gray scale to check the contrast.

Cheers

J

[emceeONE]

Yeah, Al Parker is one of the most difficult artists to imitate. I recommend copying an illustration of his with the style (because he works in so many different rendering styles, from flat to more painterly) you're going for as exactly as possible. I'm sure you'll learn a ton.

[krisvahl]

Echoing emceeone's critique, you might find it beneficial to fully render in greyscale first then once the values are correct, apply colour on another layer.

Some other things you could tweak to improve it- give her fuller eyelashes and make her eyebrows darker to match the hair on her head.

[youngatart]

Thanks for the input Chris, good points. May have to rework it a bit now.