Below is the edited illustration which I created after my final tutorial feedback. I got rid of the door and the side room perspective as it didn’t add anything to the image and in fact just made it seem weaker.
I added in rain into the window background, a plant in the foreground, records and a record player on the floor, changed the rug, a different wooden floor and a framed picture. I also made the phone bigger so the viewer could see the tinder details more and added in motion detail to convey that Little red was swiping right on the wolf.
I’m much happier with this image, before it just wasn’t working for me and I couldn’t figure out why but with lots of Photoshop experimentation and playing I have come to a final illustration I am happy to present in the final crit.
Details:
Trying to gain insight into what medium I want to final use I did quick mock ups on Photoshop and played around with colour and composition. I think a very limited colour palette would work well for the final illustrations and depict a similar feel to old fairytale illustrations.
Below are some of the attempts I made:
Coloured background with black and white elements and Little Red in colour – all done in inks, wax crayon, watercolour and fine liner.
Similar to the previous attempt but with the elements coloured.
The elements in this one are created using wax crayon.
Fine liner black and white elements.
Fine liner elements coloured using block Photoshop colour.
Black and white blackground with only Little Red depicted in colour. This version is my favourite and I think it is the most successful. I want to have a fluid medium and style throughout the different fairytales so it is important I use a similar technique. I think I would like to take this image the stage further by bringing in textures and light.
Photoshop and colour attempt.
Black and white attempt using ink elements – too busy in my opinion.