Eh.....Not really that great. Trying out some new stuff, mostly splatter clipping masks as well as a colourful splashy type thing.

 

 

 

Constructive comments would be great, i'd like to develop this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#1: Definitely not your best piece. I think the mainly clean style of the pentool lines, dotted texture and vector-style lines doesn't really go well with elements that would be associated with a messier - for the lack of a better word - style, like the splatters. You need to pick one of those styles IMO and stick to it, I'm not saying they can't work together, but usually it's quite hard to combine them successfully and I don't think you've managed to do so here.

 

 

 

#2: Really like it, just get rid of the scanlines bar to the right. This one does work very well, because you've got clouds, textures, splatters, two stocks that make up the main focal and a brown-ish colour scheme. It all has that 'messy' look (apart from the scanlines :P ), and everything flows well IMO.

The first one could be alot better - if you took away:

 

 

 

-The dot pattern.

 

-The lines in the middle with the scanlines.

 

-The pentool lines.

 

-The bokeh texture.

 

-One or two of the circles.

 

 

 

You really need to rethink this piece if you want it to look good. Think more about lighting and depth rather than repeating effects (it seems like you have). I think maybe if you got a picture of some proper headphones, not a headset it would look a little more dynamic, but that's down to preference, eh?

 

 

 

The colours in the piece are nice though.

 

 

 

If you are looking for inspiration on this kind of artwork, take a look here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The second piece is definitely the better one of the two, though it still has some issues:

 

 

 

-The render you used is very common and does nothing to help the piece.

 

-The random bits of smudging (texture?)

 

-Splatter brushing with clipping masks - this technique tends works on tags and not larger artwork

 

-Monotone color scheme - It looks ok right now, but a wider color scheme would be more pleasing to the eye.

 

 

 

If you want inspiration for this sorta stuff, check out this category on deviantART.

 

 

 

KIU :thumbup:

I think I will develop both styles, and try to make something really clean, and quite 'pop-art'-ish, and something dirty and grungy. Both of them were experiments so they aren't really things I would show off on, say, something like my portfolio?