Well hi. This is David Hovey, and seeing as I am new here I suppose a quick contribution is due. I'd love some feedback on this cover I did for the book, "Son of the Mob." Here it is with and sans typography. Mind you, one pic is better than the other, that will be remedied!!
3 comments:
lovely painting. only thing that's a bit distracting for me is the light on the kid's left shoulder takes away form his face some. i think if you were to tone it down juuuust a hair might help some. but even with it as bright as it is, it's still a solid piece
Hey man, good to see you here.
Looks pretty great. loving the old school feel of it, from the type to the colors, to the composition.
If I had to nitpick I'd pick on the geometric shape of the shoulders. I liked it at first glance, but the kid is so organic and unstylised I wouldn't mind seeing some funner shaping in there. Although you do get a forboading feeling looking at it with that shape, since it frames the kid so much, paired with the white on the shoulder, he becomes a very strong focus. Which I'm guessing was your intention.
Anyway, looks awesome. You have a website or anything?
Welcome to Oondu! It's great to see you on here. Your piece is a nice first post. As far as my two cents goes...the kid looks great, though he is pretty bright I think it may just be the photo. What I would like to see is maybe have the sides of the mobsters "shape" bow out instead of in. With his shoulders being so wide his arms would come out more, I mean I figure your trying to make him a more graphic shape it feels a bit funny with everything else being such a slight stylization. The other thing is that the mobsters hat looks a bit to small. I always have a hard time fitting a fedora correctly on someones head. Thankfully that need doesn't come up very often haha.
BUT like Mike said this is all just nitpicking at this point. It's looking great. Get a clean shot up! Kudos.
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