I think it's done... for now..

I'm going to try to color it tomorrow.

revisiting previous drawings 02

(drawings to color)

(color layouts??)

(thumbnails)

Thumbnails for reworking the jungle themed drawing. I tried to break it into two parts hoping it could work more effectively as a layout and sort of have a "before and after" effect.

revisiting previous drawings 01

I wanted to incorporate more line of action to the previous drawing, but it wasn't successful at all! XD

Phil's advice was that the volumes are too even compared to the last one, and too much emphasis on the line of action made it have less of an "organic" feel to it. Making it stiff and weird. Also, the silhouette of the servant reads better on the first one.

I think most of the times, when I redraw something it ends up losing a lot of what the one before had..

things I'm working on 02 (in progress..)

(almost finished)

one more comparison/break before finishing it (things to fix : 1. the bed feels wonky 2. still need to fix the left servant guy)

My friends pointed out that the mother seemed like she was dead, and that she actually looked like the father's daughter. It really seemed like that. So I tried to fix it. And I think the servant on the left should be doing something else.. my thought was to have him note her conditions, but it doesn't seem to work.

(early)

(thumbnails)

I wanted to give it a bit more push from the early attempt... but somehow I like the first one better. I dunno.. I think it was more carefully drawn compared to the later one even if it looks too generic, and the larger ceiling of the bed makes the composition more solid. Plus, the characters although stiff looking, work as columns pointing upwards, and them being more closer to each other as a block, works better with the bed and the overall composition. I think these things make the first one a bit more appealing to me. I should try to fix it.

(Woah! it's fun to scroll back and forth while viewing the images! It's easier to compare the drawings too.)

(Also, it's really funny I decided to add the baby while working on it. I can actually see the mother's stomach get smaller while scrolling as if she's giving birth. hahaha. -_-)

with background

Phil's advice : The king's expression is better on the original design. Incorporate more line of action and design the background so it works with the characters. 

1. The wall  is seriously working against the characters making them hard to read. 

2. The bushes are to even in size and should be laid out better.

I really liked how he explained it, he said something like "Design backgrounds in the same way as the characters! They're just as important! Dammit!"