03-11-2013, 12:14 AM
Thanks for the advice and the links, Chantal! I especially enjoyed the article on value thumbnailing, and I tried to incorporate that into some new thumbnails. It was difficult with what amounted to 3 elements (Hero, Villain, background) to figure out how to use the 4 shades of tone, so I don't mind telling you I struggled a bit with these. They took a lot longer than my previous round of thumbnails did also-although in this case, that might be a good sign.
I've done several new thumbs for this image, so now I feel like maybe I need to find the strongest composition and proceed from there.
What's everybody think?