Sherlock Fanart, The Fall Part 3

[pennswoods]

Day 2 of my Cumbercrush. We'll see how much longer this lasts...much of today was consumed with teaching and research related stuff as I anticipated. And may I just add, I was ON FIRE in class tonight!

In any case, last night I spent some more time working on my Sherlock WIP and wanted to post an update for some feedback. The picture is behind the cut.





For comparison Parts 1 & 2 here. There are several points I'm fixating on and would appreciate some feedback for:

1. I drew out Sherlock in full just before his jump, but it may be too static. The actual clip from the show cuts him off at the bottom of his coat when his arms extend like this. The clips I find of him actually falling have his legs up higher and don't look quite as elegant as I'd like. I'm wondering if I should just fade out the legs.

2. I obviously need to work on John's blog post to make it look cleaner and more professional. I originally liked the idea of it aligning directly with the coat collar of the silhouette. Now I'm not so sure.

3. I started incorporating the wallpaper from 221b, but it's really a lot of complicated detail. I thought it would be nice to fill in some of the space with that, but I'm not sure if I should stick so close to the original or if I should go a bit more impressionistic.

4. Blurring of the edges versus sharp lines. I think I really want Sherlock as the central figure to be clear and distinct and am thinking to blur out everything else. Right now everything is clean and sharp as I try to lay the bits out, but I want the corner of everything to sort of fad into smokey crosshatched blackness. I'm not quite sure how that will look, but I have a general impression in my head.

5. I'm still struggling with what to put in some of the other white space. i don't want to fill the picture completely, but I'd like to have a few more nods to key themes in the episode. However, I am really struggling with the straight lines and text. I'd like to do something that doesn't involve writing.

Comments

[drinkingcocoa.livejournal.com]

Er.

You changed your tagline.

Sherlock is changing you.

It's changing me, too.

*shaking head in wonder and enjoyment*

Yes, I think fading out the legs is a good idea -- that'll focus in on the outstretched arms being like angel wings.

[foxestacado.livejournal.com]

Oh my god your little Sherlock userhead is amazing. I need it. Much more amazing than my subtle ONTD userhead.

And your artwork is unfolding very dramatically. I love the way you did the IOU. I can't wait to see what happens next!

[dixiebell12.livejournal.com]

*squees* It's going to be amazing, I can't wait to see it finished *G*

I love your new tag line as well. Interests changes, we shouldn't fight it, just embrace the hell out of it, and draw porn to celebrate it :)

HUgs,
Dix

[magicalpresence.livejournal.com]

I thought you might like to see this, it made me giggle!

http://redscharlach.tumblr.com/post/19565284869/otters-who-look-like-benedict-cumberbatch-a

[rotaryphones.livejournal.com]

Hello! I don't know if you're still looking for feedback, but I'm afraid I'm always full of art-related opinions. Feel free to completely ignore them.

I really like the start of this, and I like oustretched-arm-Sherlock a lot. I think it's very dramatic; not static at all. And the wallpaper pattern is a great device to fill in space, especially if it's a repeating motif in a few different areas of the drawing. I wouldn't worry about getting the details precise. In fact, I think a simplified design would look even better, because it won't be as distracting from the important parts of the drawing, and it will still read as wallpaper even if it's not exact. As for the blog, I think the writing would look better straight on instead of tilted, but it's hard to say before everything else is filled in.

This isn't something you asked for feedback on, but have you considered including some of Sherlock's facial features instead of just using the silhouette of his head? I don't want the overall shape to get lost once it's filled in, and it could be really cool if you still included Sherlock's eyes, for example, lightly overlaying the rest of the art. (Er, hopefully that makes sense. It's more clear in my head than in writing.)

Okay, sorry, I'm done now. This is the result of too many years of art school critiques. :) Good luck with the rest of it, and I look forward to seeing how it comes out.