I like the direction everything is going in - but I just think you could dial up the colour more so in your lair - I know you dialled it back from your original thumbs, because it was looking too playful, but if you made the back wall a bold, solid colour for example, and maybe the stripes on the floor? For me, it just needs enriching still further. I also think you could introduce some surface pattern to the walls too for further interest: maybe diagrammatic like elements like this:
It just feels this lair could absorb some more bold elements; basically, I think you should push this still further, Megan - and the other thing you should try is what you did previously - by taking this painting back into Photoshop, and using the hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, colour balance adjustments to really crank things up and encourage you towards braver combinations. To add further interest, I think you should consider adding rows of lights running the length of the long walls at different heights - like illuminated dashes or spot-lights - again - to add further interest to those walls. Maybe consider adding lines of lights running around the circumference of some of the spheres too - I just think you need to 'decorate' this world of yours a bit more:
OGR 21/11/2013
ReplyDeleteHi Megan,
I like the direction everything is going in - but I just think you could dial up the colour more so in your lair - I know you dialled it back from your original thumbs, because it was looking too playful, but if you made the back wall a bold, solid colour for example, and maybe the stripes on the floor? For me, it just needs enriching still further. I also think you could introduce some surface pattern to the walls too for further interest: maybe diagrammatic like elements like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Lipscomb_diborane_b2h6_atomic_diagram.png
http://pixabay.com/p-38647/?no_redirect
It just feels this lair could absorb some more bold elements; basically, I think you should push this still further, Megan - and the other thing you should try is what you did previously - by taking this painting back into Photoshop, and using the hue/saturation, brightness/contrast, colour balance adjustments to really crank things up and encourage you towards braver combinations. To add further interest, I think you should consider adding rows of lights running the length of the long walls at different heights - like illuminated dashes or spot-lights - again - to add further interest to those walls. Maybe consider adding lines of lights running around the circumference of some of the spheres too - I just think you need to 'decorate' this world of yours a bit more:
http://www.ledhut.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/23-2.jpg
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/jiss/jiss1203/jiss120300114/12704888-rows-of-modern-lights.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uKdj5HBmAr0/TkJREbF2xvI/AAAAAAAAFHg/SWuiGeung7c/s1600/pennrose_+23_080311_ds.jpg
Sleeping pod = :)
Look at this for further retro inspiration!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtEF8Wuw5pY