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Prompt relevance: high
Style: pencil shaded, nice color definition for most of the image.
Background: background is nice except in the parts where it interferes with the title visibility.
Story potential: extremely high
Result: strong contender
This could go many different ways, whether it be a story gets made about the prompt within a prompt on the cover of this book, or there could be a story revolving around escapism into this book itself.
Prompt relevance: high
Style: pencil shaded, nice color definition for most of the image.
Background: background is nice except in the parts where it interferes with the title visibility.
Story potential: extremely high
Result: strong contender
This could go many different ways, whether it be a story gets made about the prompt within a prompt on the cover of this book, or there could be a story revolving around escapism into this book itself.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about art, but I had some time and wanted to throw some review love around.
Ha ha! Title puns!
This is a cute little mock up of a Daring Do cover, which is a really interesting idea for an entry. Particularly interesting, to me, is that it doesn't follow the standard fomula for Daring Do covers. I'm a fan of alternate book covers (or more accurately, I love being a snob about liking exactly one set of covers for a series and looking down at all the others), and I like how this style gives the books an older, more mature feeling, almost calling back to the days that book covers were handpainted. I do have to wonder if the style is a reference I haven't gotten, but whether it is or not it certainly has me intrigued.
This entry is smart and clear, and I like how it manages to evoke a sense of tidyness and order while being just a coloured pencil sketch. I'm absolutely sold on the idea of this book cover as almost a watercolour piece, and I think that's rather impressive.
I really like this one! It gives us a lot to think about from just a few details and is generally quite pleasant to look at without thinking, too. Can't say I have anything to complain about.
Ha ha! Title puns!
This is a cute little mock up of a Daring Do cover, which is a really interesting idea for an entry. Particularly interesting, to me, is that it doesn't follow the standard fomula for Daring Do covers. I'm a fan of alternate book covers (or more accurately, I love being a snob about liking exactly one set of covers for a series and looking down at all the others), and I like how this style gives the books an older, more mature feeling, almost calling back to the days that book covers were handpainted. I do have to wonder if the style is a reference I haven't gotten, but whether it is or not it certainly has me intrigued.
This entry is smart and clear, and I like how it manages to evoke a sense of tidyness and order while being just a coloured pencil sketch. I'm absolutely sold on the idea of this book cover as almost a watercolour piece, and I think that's rather impressive.
I really like this one! It gives us a lot to think about from just a few details and is generally quite pleasant to look at without thinking, too. Can't say I have anything to complain about.
(Art) Genre: Literal book cover
(Art) Thoughts: Concept-wise, this is great. I feel like it's a bit rough and sketchy on execution, but then that's got as much to do with the medium as anything else. And hey, this got a bunch of stories! Kudos, Author.
(Art Tier): High Medium
(Art) Thoughts: Concept-wise, this is great. I feel like it's a bit rough and sketchy on execution, but then that's got as much to do with the medium as anything else. And hey, this got a bunch of stories! Kudos, Author.
(Art Tier): High Medium
So first up, thanks a buncho for the comments.
>>Moosetasm
Yeah, the title visibility was an annoying thing. On my scrap piece of test paper, it looked perfectly fine, but once on my actual art piece? Lol nope.
>>QuillScratch
I'm glad you liked it :) The style isn't a reference to anything at all, though I can say I was thinking of Novel-Idea whilst laying it out.
>>CoffeeMinion
Yeah, while I do really prefer this medium, colored pencil, it does tend to look a little sketchy.
It doesn't help that I had to take the picture with my phone. Oddly enough, the border I had there was measured to exactly 1/2 cm from the edge of the page, and then I used a ruler to draw a straight line... the warped look is due to said phone pic. I took around 20 of those, and this was somehow the best. In terms of time, it took about 3-4 hours of total work spread across 3 days, so yeah, it is a little rough.
>>GroaningGreyAgony
Previous comment there.
>>Moosetasm
Yeah, the title visibility was an annoying thing. On my scrap piece of test paper, it looked perfectly fine, but once on my actual art piece? Lol nope.
>>QuillScratch
I'm glad you liked it :) The style isn't a reference to anything at all, though I can say I was thinking of Novel-Idea whilst laying it out.
>>CoffeeMinion
Yeah, while I do really prefer this medium, colored pencil, it does tend to look a little sketchy.
It doesn't help that I had to take the picture with my phone. Oddly enough, the border I had there was measured to exactly 1/2 cm from the edge of the page, and then I used a ruler to draw a straight line... the warped look is due to said phone pic. I took around 20 of those, and this was somehow the best. In terms of time, it took about 3-4 hours of total work spread across 3 days, so yeah, it is a little rough.
>>GroaningGreyAgony
Previous comment there.
>>MLPmatthewl419
Hit me up on discord and I'll walk you through a tutorial of GIMP to fix up this picture a bit! That can help compensate for sub-optimal equipment (like having to take a picture with your phone instead of using a scanner).
This picture could have had a lot more impact - and been much closer to what you actually created - with just a little bit of work in GIMP.
(Go to www.gimp.org and download the latest version which I think is 2.10 something)
Hit me up on discord and I'll walk you through a tutorial of GIMP to fix up this picture a bit! That can help compensate for sub-optimal equipment (like having to take a picture with your phone instead of using a scanner).
This picture could have had a lot more impact - and been much closer to what you actually created - with just a little bit of work in GIMP.
(Go to www.gimp.org and download the latest version which I think is 2.10 something)