Another “gray figure, colored background” pic. Here, we get a more specific emotional reaction. Her shocked expression and the little dab of color on her neck are effective at conveying contagion. Almost there.

I really like the idea of the penciled-in foreground, with the strikingly bright watercolor background. It really jumps out at you, even from the thumbnail.

As for nitpicks, I am getting a bit of an uncanny valley with her face, but I'm not sure why. Something to do with the eyes, maybe? Or maybe I'm just finding this piece as a whole a tad off-putting, which was your goal anyway. :P

Nice stuff!

I notice that the background ends at the boundary of the person, as opposed to looking like it keeps going behind her. That feels like a useless critique because you were obviously limited outside of your control—I mean how could you make the colours go behind her while keeping the same ghost-like contrast?

I'm saying the word contrast a lot in these reviews.

I think the uncanny valley-ness might be coming from the nose, somewhat. And perhaps more detail in the mouth could have added some more depth to the image.

>>Bachiavellian, >>Miller Minus

On Catching

This was the first idea I had at the start of the round, but I had the suspicion that others would be trying similar ideas (and indeed, Zaid did). Thus, I focused on the holiday with my family, and didn’t put any serious effort into this concept until the last day.

I had some trouble with the pencil sketch on watercolor paper and had to redraw it a few times, which goes some way towards explaining the awkward appearance. The paints were ordinary acrylic paints, watered down. I bumped the colors of the background up in Photoshop, but other than that it is unretouched. The drop on her neck was an accident which I deemed to be fitting.

Thanks for the positive comments!