Two Character Alternate Shadow Version
Added 2016-02-29 01:30:51 +0000 UTCIt occurred to me that, given how I'd set up the layers, there was nothing preventing me from making a version without the experimental gradient shadows on the characters.
So I did. And now I'm posting it (as a separate post so people won't miss it).
Incidentally, I'll be making this visible to everyone at the same time I make the original one, as I see no real point in putting that off under the circumstances.
Comments
A good job on both of the pictures, but I think the solid shadows just have more pop with your usual bold colors.
Kyman201
2016-02-29 07:38:13 +0000 UTCI definitely prefer the solid shadows over the gradients, aesthetically. That said, I kind of find something about Nanase's face... off-putting? Not sure if it's the lipstick or the facial expression, but I can't help thinking that something more akin to the second-to-last panel of "Family Tree" would work better. (Maybe I just find a confident smirk more attractive than... I guess you could call it a doll-like expression?)
M Berntson
2016-02-29 05:23:06 +0000 UTCYeah, I couldn't quite put my finger on why, but I think the gradient shadows don't look quite as good with your style. With thick outlines and mostly solid colors, gradient effects look a bit out of place outside of action sequences with motion blur. (Not an expert by any stretch, just my two cents)
Daniel Mayer
2016-02-29 03:34:07 +0000 UTCI like both just fine, really. But in either case, thanks!
McZed
2016-02-29 01:47:17 +0000 UTCThe skin of Fox really stood out to me in the first one. It looked to dusky. Not a color of living flesh. Like a colored photo that someone had just began to try to shade it in photo shop to look like those tan photos that people make imitating the old west.
Doomed
2016-02-29 01:45:35 +0000 UTCI'm finding myself liking this one better, too, and I'm not sure why. Huh.
Dan Shive
2016-02-29 01:37:51 +0000 UTCThis is superior in my eyes, at least. Thanks for posting both versions!
Doomed
2016-02-29 01:35:01 +0000 UTC
