This week, I had serious problems deciding exactly which composition to choose, there were just so many great options! I ended up choosing this one because I really liked the shadow pattern; notice how it moves across the page from dark to light to dark to light to dark... and so on. I was also drawn by the solidness of her feet on the floor in contrast to all the light shapes, which feel to me that they're reaching up...
Stage one.
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I have all the shapes and lights and darks blocked in, with the underlying colors, but the colors are WAY too intense. They definitely need to be neutralized.
Stage two.
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Now that I've neutralized some of the colors and messed around with my value structure a little bit more, it's finished! Time to start another one...
Annnd done!