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I illustrated this but then I disliked it...

 I just don't know what is wrong. The starting was so good. Things were going nice and smooth. Then some issues came up with the outlines I drew. Also, I felt the colour combination was not going well with each other. Tried a lot to fix it but to no avail. 


I had a hard time drawing the hands. Took me a bit of time just to get settled with his hands. 


  

So my Stomp guy finally looks like this. Stomp guy? what do you mean Dex? Stay with me, you will know soon. 
I know the shoe and the ankle has the same colour. I fixed it in the next sitting. I would also have to add light and shadows. But I was kind of more interested in making the surroundings first.
My idea was to have this guy gone to have himself milk and cookies from a store. While returning he discovers a puddle. Guess what he does. Yes! He stomps. Hence the name. 


Splash!
Yes, the motto is to keep your inner kid alive. Do silly times once in a while. Especially when no one is watching you. Did you like the sneaker he's wearing?
Oh and to show he was returning from the Grocery store, I did a little thing.
                 


You can take all the milk if you want. I don't like milk ever since I was a kid. However, I love milk products. So if you are making something out of the milk, I won't mind my portion. 
Back to the drawing. Added shadows, highlights, reflection on water etc. Even changed the torso's colour to match better with the atmosphere. Turned out to be like this.



Boom!
I don't really like it. I don't know, something seemed missing and everything was so out of position. It didn't have the spark.
I added it to my DeviantArt and quickly took it off. I asked my friend Winnie. She said Hmm. And then she divulged that the background is missing details. It lacked depths. 
I "hmm"-ed as well. 
She was right. 
When zoomed out, it looked like some watercolour painting done by schoolgoers. I know I am probably being too harsh on myself. But I need to get better.
I changed the background. 
This is the outline of the new background.

Now for the reveal.




That's what they do in the movies. As they reveal they start with the shot of the shoes. Yes, it's a beach, Do you see the pebbles? Yes adding 'Details' as she said. But it failed. Starting was good but I still ended up with the kind of bland dull surroundings. At that moment I just gave up on this project. It's a lost cause. I still uploaded it on my Deviantart. I would not upload it in my Behance or Dribble. 
Probably one day when I'll get better, I will come back and retouch the art and make our stomping guy stand out with a hypnotic surrounding. We will see.
However, I will end the blog here. I will leave with the pics of the full newer version of the art for now. 
Have a great week guys. Ciao!


      





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