Snowboarding project

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

This is a little project I did for myself in Corel Draw. Just thought I would share it. I'm most likely going to have a 24" x 30" poster made of it for framing. Critiques and ideas are always welcome. Thanks for looking.

 

[iSign]

it's awesome!!!

grabbing my snowboard & getting on a plane for Whistler in 6 days... can't frikkin wait!!!

I wouldn't ever critique art that is better than I can draw... but I will say if you do find yourself messin' with it a bit more anyway, I'd wonder if you think some airborn flakes of "spray" might look nice slightly in front of the rider too... like what might be thrown up more off the nose of the board.. just to add depth...

 

[GAC05]

Looks good,
The only thing that stands out a little is that the drawing lacks depth. The figure looks pasted in front of the background and not really part of it.
Need some shadows or more detail in the snow to get the figure a little more 3d.

wayne k
guam usa

 

[visual800]

I like it, its simple and clean and gets the point across

 

[Jillbeans]

The yellow board clashes with the orangey-colored coat, make the board and the guy's goggle frames the same color, like some sort of blue. Not too blue or it will grey out the background.
But think of the color wheel and orange being the opposite of blue (or at least that's what I remember from high school art class) I may mean complimentary. It's been over 30 years now.
Love....Jill

 

[Craig Sjoquist]

I like it ... Surely tweaking will make it better but for the most part wow awesome.

I wouldn't know where to begin with PC art

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

it's awesome!!!

grabbing my snowboard & getting on a plane for Whistler in 6 days... can't frikkin wait!!!

I wouldn't ever critique art that is better than I can draw... but I will say if you do find yourself messin' with it a bit more anyway, I'd wonder if you think some airborn flakes of "spray" might look nice slightly in front of the rider too... like what might be thrown up more off the nose of the board.. just to add depth...

Oh, man! I'm so envious. Especially since this year was a total bummer for me living in Illinois and starting a new business. I had to limit my snowboarding to one day in Wisconsin this year. But I guess since I didn't have the budget to go riding it couldn't have happened at a better time. This season was terrible, especially for the Midwest. I love Colorado and I've gone riding there at several different locations. The people and the vibe out there are both great. I've also been to Upstate Michigan and several places in Wisconsin but I've never ventured into Canada. I'd love to someday so I'll guess I'll be makin' as many signs as I can in the meantime.

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

Looks good,
The only thing that stands out a little is that the drawing lacks depth. The figure looks pasted in front of the background and not really part of it.
Need some shadows or more detail in the snow to get the figure a little more 3d.

wayne k
guam usa

The hard lines on the rider definitely do make it pop and make the rest of it look flat but I kinda want it subdued at least to some point. It definitely can use more depth. The blurred edges on the hills give it a cheap sense of depth but I really need to do more with the contour of the hills and variations of light and dark throughout. I'm kind of at a stopping point at the moment because I'm not entirely sure I even like the background. I rushed it if anything. I just haven't thought of any ideas I'm happy with yet. The original photo had some trees I didn't like because of the perspective and the distance of them. Who knows how it will finally look when I finish tweaking it but I do plan on working with it a little more once I've got some ideas from you guys.

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

The yellow board clashes with the orangey-colored coat, make the board and the guy's goggle frames the same color, like some sort of blue. Not too blue or it will grey out the background.
But think of the color wheel and orange being the opposite of blue (or at least that's what I remember from high school art class) I may mean complimentary. It's been over 30 years now.
Love....Jill

Yep, blue compliments orange and vice versa. I might try changing the board color around. I hadn't really thought about it much. Most of the newer boards are so edgy, bright neon colors are popular on bases. I'm not so sure I want more blue in it though. I could just make the board and goggles black and sort of neutral, but I like mixing the colors up as Colorado is a colorful place and hardly anybody out there wears clothing that matches. Hahaha!

 

[Pixels Are Bad Mmmkay?]

You're right Jill. The blue board and goggles really does look way better.

 

[Jillbeans]

Thanks for trying my suggestion. I find it more visually pleasing than with the yellow.

 

[x2chris7x]

I'm not saying this is right or wrong, just a question:

Would it read better with "Ride" below "Colorado?" It is suppossed to read "Ride Colorado," right?

Looks good the way it is though, just wanted get some opinions...

 

[snokid]

I personally read it like a book. Left to right, top to bottom. Artwork is great I would probably reflect the image and keep the words where they are so that its balanced better (having the snow spray going to the right instead). Just an idea.