New Project - Little Warriors

[mrlich]

Starting a new project - the Little Warriors. I'm going to be doing a series of images of kids in costume with the archetype they're dressed at behind them.

There's a couple of things I would love some feedback on:

1. I'm not sure yet whether I want to make the background figure 'ghostly' or 'tangible'. Right now I'm leaning a little more towards ghostly - with a slight shift. I was thinking about making them look more tangible the closer they are to the kid in the foreground. Any thoughts?

2. "Little Warriors" or "Lil Warriors"? Again - I have a direction that I'm leaning towards, but I don't want to sway anyone. I want all of your gut reactions.

I selected viking as the first archetype as a sorta advance fan art for gdg's Wolves of Odin. (I really can't wait.)

Oh, and no - this one is not done - not by a long shot - but it's late and I need sleep.

Comments

[mrlich.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of it until I read your response, but your thoughts made me think of this image of Anakin and the shadow of Darth Vader. I can see some similarities, but I hope to widen the gap as the image gets closer to finished.

I worry about the 'screwy sense of perspective' brought about by differentiating the line weight nearer the child, and I'm pretty sure that it will take some real experimentation to get it 'just right'. If I can't pull that off, I may just go with your idea of 'line weight with folds and muscle to create texture'.

Thank you very much for giving such a well thought out response. It helps me immensely!