Monosti Dialogu (Jan Vankmajer, 1982)

Možnosti dialogu (Jan Švankmajer, 1982)

RainyXskyz aka Shauna Fannin (USA) - Summer Magic, 2009    Drawings: Scratchboard, Exacto Knife

How to make exterior backgrounds - by Thomas Romain, who work for japanese animation industry (Space Dandy, Basquash, Oban Star-Racers …)

UPDATE: Pond Girl, post 2.   I made a couple changes, adding shading and highlights to the underwater hair- I think this helps tie it more to the water. I also shaded the water behind her more to give dimension. Thanks for the critique, azel!

FINALLY  DONE. We had to design an album cover for an existing album, or we were allowed to choose one song as a single. I knew what kind of music I was going for, but I didn’t actually have a specific band or artist in mind for this when I started. I will for critique day, but until then, I’m mulling over Grimes, Purity Ring, Florence and the Machine, the Botanicula soundtrack, or something ambient and childish. (Maybe an 8track playlist is in order..)

But yeah, done in photoshop, I had fun with the fish, but her hair was difficult! I was attempting to have a look where everything above water was shaded and detailed in texture, but below it lost all that and became flat colors.  As for an assignment, this is finished- but I welcome any critique or ideas to experiment with for the future. 

Please credit me if you remove the captions! Thank you. :)