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Daily Update 7/24/24 - Smush won
🕑 Added 2024-07-24 20:45:48 +0000 UTCSo smush won, and I was far enough along that I decided to complete the render. Unfortunately, I still feel like it reads a little weird. I imagine a comment in the future where someone says "I don't understand what's going on." my instinct is to think "oh this person is stupid." but that's arrogant and not conducive to becoming a better artist. Readability is important. The audience needs to understand what is happening, but you can't go overboard describing something lest you create visual clutter. Visual clutter can destroy readability as well. So I did some experiments.
Here's the vanilla rendered page
And here's an attempt to make whats happening a little more understandable by putting in an outline of Azula's torso.
and again with just a shape.
I've seen other artists do this effectively, but I apparently cannot. I look at these and just see confusing visual clutter. So I'm sticking with the vanilla option even if it causes some confusion.
AND I finished the blending of the last two pages of this chapter.
I feel like rushed the backgrounds in these a little bit, but I'll get back around to them during the final render.
Speaking of which I'm going back to do final renders of all the pages. I don't know how long this will take. I'm hoping each one will take a day, but no promises.
Thank you for your continued support, and I will see you tomorrow.
Comments
MagicCarpetMadeofSteel
While I’m perfectly fine with the first, I like the Azula outline better vs the “shape” (3rd one) Azula. Though, if you’re doing an outline of Azula, maybe you don’t need the cutout? I feel like either one tells the reader/viewer what’s going on, and while Azula’s outline adds little in the way of noise or clutter, obviously the cutout kinda does, and at least somewhat distracts from the action/focus of the panel/page. But that’s just my 2 cents and I’m no expert
MozaTheLoza
Looking forward to seeing the completed verisons of all these looking great so far
