Bloodsport # 5 - Ponyo

[CanisPanthera]

Hey guysss, this is my first Bloodsport cuz I joined the Daggers a little late but I'm super pumped about it. Miyazaki is my favorite artist so I'm really excited. I love all his films so it was hard to narrow one down but I ultimately chose Ponyo. I've got a few fairly loose comps and a ton of thumbs so I'm looking for as much input as possible so I can start to narrow it down some more. So yeah, crits desired!

Also, a few things I really want to put into this -
- trying to make the composition emulate the motion of a wave/water
- want to show Ponyo's connection with the ocean
- mostly blue color scheme with ponyo's red standing out
- reflect the fun feeling of the film - it should appeal to young kids so a sense of excitement and adventure, and nothing to dark
- should grab your attention through composition and boosted colors

I think I'm also gonna go for a more realistic scheme for this. Once I have some input and can tighten my final comp, studies and color comps will follow.

[Grundalug]

i like the image on the right. and the david bowie

[CanisPanthera]

lol thanks

[Ashley Riot]

I definitely like the flow of #2 best, but I would draw more fish in the waves. You can do so many beautiful things with what they did in the film.

[Tooth]

no4 is doing it for me big time, something I'd wish I'd have thought of, just love the composition and layout, great stuff!

[CanisPanthera]

Hey so here's some studies I've done over the past 2 days. The wave was a particular challenge TT_TT Anyway I'm thinking of recomping my fourth composition at the top of the page - The fourth one seems to be attracting the most people and I think it makes the most successful use of the wave circular wave composition, but the faces on top are a bit troublesome. They work well in the composition but they're a bit distracting - it's very busy up there. I'll have to do one of two things - either recede them and reorganize them in a way that isn't so distracting, or rework the composition completely without them. After showing Ponyo to my little brother for the first time last night (he's turning 5 soon), I realized that from a child's point of view, Fujimoto on the poster may look scary and deter a kid from watching it. I'll have to play with that tonight. I want to be completely set working on the final by Monday morning. Any input is appreciated!

[nickmacey]

cool canis! these are coming along nicely! as soon as i saw the wave study i thought you should check out some of these photos on this facebook group; theres some really nice pictures showing how light is shown through waves etc.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a...238&type=3

[RachelCham]

I think number 2 is more interesting than 4 o: Well, they're all good! But 2 flows really well and it's dynamic, you know what to look at and it leads the eye. Number 4 seems to lose its focus because of how spaced out they all are. But that's just me :)

[CanisPanthera]

Thanks nick, those look good. Thanks Rachel! It's interesting, I've gotten such a variety of responses between people liking 2 and 4! I think I'll just have to go with my gut lol
Study for tonight.....I need to find a good way for rendering the subtle waves of the ocean...

[CanisPanthera]

Well, here's my final image. It's not finished clearly, but this is as it was sent for the deadline. I spent way too freakin long trying to figure out the composition and didn't give myself enough time for rendering :( I'm still going to continue working on this regardless; hoping to get a little feedback. Next challenge I'll have to budget my time better.