At the end of last week I emailed my Hellblazer cover to Godmachine and Ben Templesmith. Today I saw that Godmachine had replied and he gave his suggestions in a very clever manner. He had basically taken my picture and photoshopped a few details over the top. Sometimes showing what you mean is easier than telling someone what you mean and I could definitely see where he was coming from. His suggestions were to add some extra highlights at the top of Mnemoth which gave the picture more volume. I think that is one of the problems by using the outlines it seems to immediately make things flat which is also a point to consider for style development. Maybe what I need to focus on more is a better use of light and shadow in the actual painting process. His second suggestions was to add a green-hued underlighting on the figure and to make the smoke green as well. This made the image a lot spookier. They were a couple of very simple tricks which I felt bettered the image dramatically.
I am still awaiting Ben Templesmith's email which may take a while a his original email was a bit of a slower responce as well. It will be interesting to see what suggestions he gives and whether they will be similiar to Godmachines. I will edit the cover in the holidays as I really want to focus on the CD Cover and the Shakespeare's London project at the moment.
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