01-11-2013, 10:16 AM
I wasn't initially going to consider myself in the entry to win this challenge, but since it's only you and me Dean I will for the sake of competition!
With that in mind, I would like to announce the winner of this Crimson Daggers community challenge...
Winner = doktordean-o
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After having listened to Megadeath, and you having told me a bit about them, I believe that your image far exceeds mine when it comes to fitting the band it was intended for.
The cartoony style you went with also fits the metal band market and I saw you do studies of similar album covers which I have to say you applied well to Metalhead himself. Composition wise you almost nailed it. Your image is 373x400, had it been a full square I would say you would have done a near perfect job with the composition. I didn't think you would be able to pull off a frog view angle, but then you introduced the raised fists which framed off Metalhead, drew attention to the big screen and really got across the sense of a crowd in unity.
I am a bit disappointed that the colour scheme is so simple because I really think you could have made it look vibrant and cool. Though I think that's more to do with you running out of time than not thinking to do it. The sketches of the crowd are done really well, I am not seeing any major anatomical issues and even though you didn't paint in the entire crowd, you still get a sense of there being many. I think the actual Metalhead looks a bit too tiny, while I get the sense that it's more about the big screen I still think you could have made him a bit bigger, at least enough to make out a bit more detail of his person. The room they are stood in is also a little bit bare, and you could add more things like beams or pipes to make it seem more realistic and relatable.
All these minor issues aside Dean, I really feel like you deserve to win because you clearly picked a band you were excited to work with, you worked out a lot of thumbnails, did your studies (and applied them!) and finally brought it all together into a CD cover that I could easily see in the metal section of a music store.
Well done!
And thank you for participating. While it was a bit on the lonely side with just the two of us, I think it was fun to discuss this stuff with you and see your take on it.
With that in mind, I would like to announce the winner of this Crimson Daggers community challenge...
Winner = doktordean-o
After having listened to Megadeath, and you having told me a bit about them, I believe that your image far exceeds mine when it comes to fitting the band it was intended for.
The cartoony style you went with also fits the metal band market and I saw you do studies of similar album covers which I have to say you applied well to Metalhead himself. Composition wise you almost nailed it. Your image is 373x400, had it been a full square I would say you would have done a near perfect job with the composition. I didn't think you would be able to pull off a frog view angle, but then you introduced the raised fists which framed off Metalhead, drew attention to the big screen and really got across the sense of a crowd in unity.
I am a bit disappointed that the colour scheme is so simple because I really think you could have made it look vibrant and cool. Though I think that's more to do with you running out of time than not thinking to do it. The sketches of the crowd are done really well, I am not seeing any major anatomical issues and even though you didn't paint in the entire crowd, you still get a sense of there being many. I think the actual Metalhead looks a bit too tiny, while I get the sense that it's more about the big screen I still think you could have made him a bit bigger, at least enough to make out a bit more detail of his person. The room they are stood in is also a little bit bare, and you could add more things like beams or pipes to make it seem more realistic and relatable.
All these minor issues aside Dean, I really feel like you deserve to win because you clearly picked a band you were excited to work with, you worked out a lot of thumbnails, did your studies (and applied them!) and finally brought it all together into a CD cover that I could easily see in the metal section of a music store.
Well done!
And thank you for participating. While it was a bit on the lonely side with just the two of us, I think it was fun to discuss this stuff with you and see your take on it.
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