Coinhero's sketchbook

[Coinhero]

I dont wanna just be all talk
Had a 15 minute play around with one of your imagaes to try and show what i mean


I started with a few photo filters to unify the colors towards orange because of the sunset
youve got like every color in there which undermines the effect of the sunset
those strong greens and cyans in te crowd are so out of place then the light source is a warm sunlight
washed out allot of the contrast of the distant objects make them feel more distant and not be as much an area that catches the eye.
I want the read to to be about the guy then the girl then the sun
the guy is more outstanding in his gesture and has his face showing so he grabs attention first
the girl is close and of similar contrast level so she becomes the 2nd point, the sun is bright but less of a contrasted area value wise so comes in 3rd and the 3 things make a nice triangle to keep the attention where you want it
Hope that helps!

I think with that image it was looking good up to this point


and after that I messed everything up big time and instead of going back to what I had in mind at the start I just doubled down and kept making it a bigger mess. I haven't uploaded that image anywhere and I think it can be good so maybe I'll repaint it and try to get it right the second time but I'll start from an earlier sketch. I should have just limited my colors and instead of getting in to details I should have just gone back a step and look at it with fresh eyes idk
a quick paintover I did of the above image


With the dragon painting I wanted the eye to go from the guy to the dragon head to the building in the distance and the rocks on the side were supposed to lead the eye in that direction. Right now the way I see it is everything is pointing at the dragons head then I notice the guy because he's the darker and sharper and after that my eyes wander around aimlessly. I'm not sure what to change to make it better 


got rid of the white around the dragon's head and made it a bit darker so it doesnt stick out as much, more contrast on the building and some sharper edges here and there.